Utpal Dutt
Age: N/A | From: Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
Person Details
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Aliases: उत्पल दत्त , উৎপল দত্ত
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
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Movie Involvements: 63
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
(29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in 1949. This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre. His plays became an apt vehicle for the expression of his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays such as Kallol (1965), Manusher Adhikar, Louha Manob (1964), Tiner Toloar and Maha-Bidroha. He also acted in over 100 Bengali and Hindi films in a career spanning 40 years, and remains most known for his roles in films such as Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome (1969), Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk (1991), Gautam Ghose’s Padma Nadir Majhi (1992) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy Hindi comedies such as Gol Maal (1979) and Rang Birangi (1983).[1][2][3][4] He also did the role of a sculptor, Sir Digindra Narayan, in the episode Seemant Heera of Byomkesh Bakshi (TV series) on Doordarshan in 1993, shortly before his death.
Most Famous Work
Saaheb
(1985) Badri Prasad Sharma
The Bengali Night
(1988) The Priest / Postman / Beggar
Shakespeare-Wallah
(1965) Maharaja
Mere Jeevan Saathi
(1972) Captain Vinod's Father
Saat Hindustani
(1969) Joginder Nath
Do Anjaane
(1976) Mr. Sanyal
Kuheli
(1971) Lawyer
The Elephant God
(1979) Maganlal MeghrajActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 2005 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1995 | N/A | |
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| 1993 | Hussain Miah | |
| 1992 | N/A | |
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| 1991 | N/A | |
| Manomohan Mitra | ||
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| 1990 | MLA Goverdhan Verma | |
| Grandfather | ||
| 1989 | Sadanand Chaudhary | |
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| 1988 | The Priest / Postman / Beggar | |
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| Bhujang Chaudhary | ||
| Jamaal Saab | ||
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| 1987 | N/A | |
| Theater Actor | ||
| 1986 | Police Commissioner Ajay Basu | |
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| Tejen Banerjee | ||
| Mr. Singh | ||
| K. K. Sahib | ||
| 1985 | Mahesh Babu | |
| Sitanath Ardhnarayan Choudhry | ||
| Badri Prasad Sharma | ||
| Keya's Father | ||
| 1984 | N/A | |
| Bhola Singh | ||
| Maganbhai | ||
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| Self | ||
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| 1983 | N/A | |
| Kailashpati Trivedi | ||
| Police Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar | ||
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| Sriram Seth | ||
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| 1982 | Udit Narayan Gupta | |
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| Jagdishbhai | ||
| Raj Tilak | ||
| Badriprasad | ||
| 1981 | N/A | |
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| Bhavani Shankar Bajpai | ||
| Sahuji | ||
| Newspaper Editor | ||
| 1980 | Hirak Raja | |
| Advocate | ||
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| Prof. Saran | ||
| Public Prosecutor Dalaal | ||
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Diwan Dhanpat Rai | ||
| Bhavani Shankar | ||
| Saxena | ||
| Maganlal Meghraj | ||
| 1978 | Avinash Gupta | |
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| Vikram Singh | ||
| Mr. Sen | ||
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| 1977 | Rasiklal | |
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| Nekiram | ||
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| Balbir Singh | ||
| Mini's Uncle | ||
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Mr. Sanyal | ||
| Sitesh Pyne | ||
| Prankrishna/Nabakrishna's uncle | ||
| Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose | ||
| Rashbihari | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| Rajmohan / White Boss | ||
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| Maheem Ghosal | ||
| Mr. Bhattacharya (Usha's father) | ||
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| 1974 | N/A | |
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| Mr. Bhan | ||
| Manager | ||
| Shatrujit | ||
| Mr. Ghosh | ||
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| 1973 | Saxena | |
| Pannalal Roy Chowdhury | ||
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| 1972 | Vedji | |
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| Captain Vinod's Father | ||
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| 1971 | N/A | |
| Prof. Gupta | ||
| Lawyer | ||
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| 1970 | Bose | |
| Advocate | ||
| 1969 | N/A | |
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| Joginder Nath | ||
| Bhuvan Shome | ||
| Ustal Zafar Khan | ||
| 1968 | Marco Polo | |
| 1967 | Dhanajay Sarkar (Rati's lawyer) | |
| 1965 | Maharaja | |
| 1964 | Dr. Shome | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| Barrister Mitter | ||
| 1962 | Public Prosecutor | |
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| 1961 | N/A | |
| 1957 | Dr. Majumdar | |
| 1955 | N/A | |
| 1950 | Michael Madhusudhan Dutta | |
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| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 2008 | Theatre Play | |
| 1981 | Writer | |
| 1961 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1984 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1961 | Director | |
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