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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935 — 15 November 2020) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Soumitra Chatterjee is also the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. Not only that, in 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra...
Known for
CharulataMovie • 1964
The World of ApuMovie • 1959
DeviMovie • 1960
The CowardMovie • 1965
An Enemy of the PeopleMovie • 1990
Three DaughtersMovie • 1961
Distant ThunderMovie • 1973
AhalyaMovie • 2015
Days and Nights in the ForestMovie • 1970
The Elephant GodMovie • 1979
PraktanMovie • 2016
The Home and the WorldMovie • 1985
The Golden FortressMovie • 1974
The Kingdom of DiamondsMovie • 1980