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Dhritiman Chatterjee

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38: 177:. About his acting qualities, Satyajit Ray once remarked, "I do not know what definition of a star these filmmakers have been using, but mine goes something like this. A star is a person on the screen who continues to be expressive and interesting even after he or she has stopped doing anything. This definition does not exclude the rare and lucky breed that gets lakhs of rupees per film; and it includes everyone who keeps his calm before the camera, projects a personality and evokes empathy. This is a rare breed too but one has met it in our films. Dhritiman Chatterjee of Pratidwandi is such a star." - ( 1300: 1512: 184:
Never a part of mainstream "Bollywood", he's made an astonishingly small number of films. In recent years he's taken roles with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam. Dhritiman has received several acting awards in India and
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Dhritiman is his screen name. He is otherwise known as Sundar Chatterjee and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai. Born on 30 May 1945, he was educated at Kolkata's St Xavier's Collegiate School and Presidency College, and the Delhi School of Economics. Chatterjee went on to pursue a
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Film, TV & Stage Actor, Ad & Short filmmaker, Literary Performer & Reciter
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Professor Bhishmadev Sharma - a.k.a. A Return to Zero (India: English title)
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is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of
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The Visitor (International: English title) - a.k.a. Visiteur, Le (France)
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Sage Vaisyzyana - a.k.a. Tales of Kama Sutra (USA: video title)
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Chidaatma Baba - a.k.a. Holy Smoke! (USA: video box title)
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has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards.
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a.k.a. Akaler Sandhaney - a.k.a. In Search of Famine
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Nishrith Gupta - a.k.a. An Enemy of the People (UK)
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In 2019, Chatterjee lent his voice for narration in
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"Chai n Chat" session-A section for the first time @ IFFI. A Platform to meet & discuss the world of cinema with the eminent film personalities with Kabir Bedi, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Vinay Pathak and Nirupama Kotru.jpg
IFFI, 2012
Calcutta
Bengal Presidency
British India
Satyajit Ray
Pratidwandi
Satyajit Ray
Mrinal Sen
Aparna Sen
English
Deepa Mehta
Jane Campion
advertising
documentary filmmaking
Kolkata
Bob Dylan
Pradhanmantri
Bengali
ABP Ananda
Pratidwandi
Picnic
Padatik
Akaler Sandhane
36 Chowringhee Lane
Ganashatru
Agantuk
Kahini
15 Park Avenue
Chaturanga

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