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Shekhar Chattopadhyay

Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with several leftist theatre groups, including the Communist Party's Indian People's Theatre Association, Utpal Dutt's Little Theatre Group, and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, as well as his own group, Theatre Unit, which he formed in 1958. As a stage actor, he was well known for his Shakespearean roles and for playing Shardul Singh in Dutt's 1965 play Kallol. His directorial work focused on works by German-language playwrights Bertold Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Handke, and Franz Xaver Kroetz. Chatterjee's Brecht productions were rarely adapted to a local setting, and while critics unanimously praised this approach as "authentic", his colleague Dutt attacked it for failing to communicate Brecht's political symbolism to an Indian audience.


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Born:
In Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Movie/TV Credits:
26
First Appeared:
In the movie Sabar Uparey 1955-12-01
Latest Project:
Movie Vasundhara 1986-08-15
Known For
Poster of Pratima
Poster of Nishimrigaya
Poster of Sangini
Poster of Aleyar Alo
Filmography
Movie Vasundhara 1986-08-15
Movie Maa 1984-05-11
Movie Gandhi Suhrawardy 1982-12-01
Movie The Sage from the Sea 1978-01-01
Movie Barbadhu 1977-01-01
Movie Pratima 1977-12-02
Movie The Royal Hunt 1976-04-01
Movie Sangsar Simantey 1975-01-01
Movie Nishimrigaya 1975-12-12
Movie Raktatilak 1974-02-15
Movie Chorus 1974-01-04
Movie Sangini 1974-06-14
Movie Rodon Bhara Basanta 1974-04-05
Movie Marjina Abdulla Qasim 1973-03-02
Movie An Unfinished Story 1971-01-01
Movie Kuheli Station Master 1971-08-13
Movie Sansar 1971-12-24
Movie Interview 1971-11-13
Movie Ichhapuran Subol Chandra Sarkar 1970-01-01
Movie Aleyar Alo 1970-03-06
Movie Bhuvan Shome 1969-05-12
Movie Garh Nasimpur 1968-11-01
Movie Chiriyakhana 1967-11-18
Movie Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar 1966-12-09
Movie The Expedition Rameshwar 1962-09-27
Movie Sabar Uparey 1955-12-01