Utpal Dutt
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Gol Maal
as Bhavani Shankar 1979
The Stranger
as Manomohan Mitra 1991
The Elephant God
as Maganlal Meghraj 1979
Angoor
as Raj Tilak 1982
The Kingdom of Diamonds
as Hirak Raja 1980
The Middleman
as Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose 1976
Reason, Debate and a Story
as Shatrujit 1974
Shakespeare-Wallah
as Maharaja 1965
The Great Gambler
as Saxena 1979
Guddi
as Prof. Gupta 1971
Naram Garam
as Bhavani Shankar Bajpai 1981
Ram Balram
as Prof. Saran 1980
The Crossing
as Bhola Singh 1984
Bhuvan Shome
as Bhuvan Shome 1969
Calcutta 71
1972
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
1981
Bombay Talkie
as Bose 1970