Utpal Dutt
Acting · Writing
Born March 29, 1929, Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
(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.
Filmography
- 2008The Last Lear — Theatre Play
- 1995Antar Bahir
- 1995Kencho Khunrte Keute
- 1993The Padma Boatman — Hossain Miah
- 1992Mani Kanchan
- 1992Mayabini — Biplab Panja
- 1992Pennam Kolkata
- 1991Ahankar
- 1991Nawab
- 1991Path O Prasad
- 1991Prem Joyare
- 1991Sajani Go Sajani
- 1991The Stranger — Manomohan Mitra
- 1990Jawani Zindabad — MLA Goverdhan Verma
- 1990Mahajan
- 1990Triyatri — Grandfather
- 1989Bahurani — Sadanand Chaudhary
- 1989Gili Gili Ge
- 1989Jar Je Priya
- 1988Aagaman
- 1988Antaranga
- 1988Libaas — Jamaal Saab
- 1988Mahaveera
- 1988Sagar Sangam — Bhujang Chaudhary
- 1988The Bengali Night — The Priest / Postman / Beggar
- 1988Today's Robin Hood
- 1987Samrat O Sundari
- 1987Sukumar Ray — Village Teacher
- 1986Aap Ke Saath — K. K. Sahib
- 1986Baat Ban Jaye — Mr. Singh
- 1986Kirayadar
- 1986Main Balwaan — Police Commissioner Ajay Basu
- 1986Pathbhola — Tejen Banerjee
- 1986Sadaa Suhagan
- 1985Aar Paar — Mahesh Babu
- 1985Bhalobasha Bhalobasha — Keya's Father
- 1985Mera Damad — Sitanath Ardhnarayan Choudhry
- 1985Saaheb — Badri Prasad Sharma
- 1985Tagari
- 1984Bandh Honth
- 1984Inquilab Ke Baad — Director
- 1984Lakhon Ki Baat — Maganbhai
- 1984Maa — Director
- 1984Rashifal
- 1984The Crossing — Bhola Singh
- 1984Yeh Desh
- 1983Agamikal
- 1983Indira
- 1983Kissi Se Na Kehna — Kailashpati Trivedi
- 1983Madhuban
- 1983Pasand Apni Apni — Sriram Seth
- 1983Rang Birangi — Police Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar
- 1983Shubh Kaamna
- 1982Angoor — Raj Tilak
- 1982Hamari Bahu Alka — Badriprasad
- 1982Matir Swarga
- 1982Raaste Pyar Ke — Udit Narayan Gupta
- 1982Rajbadhu
- 1982Shaukeen — Jagdishbhai
- 1982Spandan
- 1981Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
- 1981Baisakhi Megh — Director, Writer
- 1981Barsaat Ki Ek Raat — Sahuji
- 1981Kalankini
- 1981Kaleidoscope — Newspaper Editor
- 1981Naram Garam — Bhavani Shankar Bajpai
- 1981Saheb
- 1980Apne Paraye — Advocate
- 1980Gharer Baire Ghar
- 1980Khwab — Public Prosecutor Dalaal
- 1980Paka Dekha — Aparna's Father
- 1980Pankhiraj
- 1980Ram Balram — Prof. Saran
- 1980The Kingdom of Diamonds — Hirak Raja
- 1979Gol Maal — Bhavani Shankar
- 1979Kartavya — Diwan Dhanpat Rai
- 1979Prem Vivah — Dr. Bhaskar
- 1979Shipwreck — Annadababu
- 1979The Elephant God — Maganlal Meghraj
- 1979The Great Gambler — Saxena
- 1978Atithee — Avinash Gupta
- 1978Bandie — Vikram Singh
- 1978Dhanraj Tamang
- 1978Kissaa Kursee Kaa — Magician
- 1978Laal Kuthi — Mr. Sen
- 1978Moyna
- 1978Priyatama
- 1978Toote Khilone
- 1977Anand Ashram — Rasiklal
- 1977Asadharan
- 1977Babu Moshai
- 1977Ek Hi Raasta
- 1977Farishta Ya Qatil
- 1977Immaan Dharam — Balbir Singh
- 1977Mantramugdha
- 1977Swami — Mini's Uncle
- 1977The White Elephant
- 1977Yehi Hai Zindagi — Nekiram
- 1976Anandamela — Panchabhoot Baba AKA Jawga Da
- 1976Datta — Rashbihari
- 1976Do Anjaane — Mr. Sanyal
- 1976Nidhiram Sardar — Sitesh Pyne
- 1976Sei Chokh — Prankrishna/Nabakrishna's uncle
- 1976Shaque
- 1976The Middleman — Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
- 1975Amanush — Maheem Ghosal
- 1975Anari
- 1975Chhutir Phande
- 1975Julie — Mr. Bhattacharya (Usha's father)
- 1975Nishimrigaya
- 1975Palanka — Rajmohan / White Boss
- 1975Swayamsiddha
- 1974Alor Thikana — Mr. Bhan
- 1974Asati
- 1974Bisarjan
- 1974Charitraheen — Mr. Ghosh
- 1974Chorus — Manager
- 1974Fuleswari
- 1974Love in the Autumn
- 1974Reason, Debate and a Story — Shatrujit
- 1974Rodon Bhara Basanta — Satya
- 1974The Lady Thug
- 1973Agnibhramar
- 1973Marjina Abdulla — Chieftain
- 1973Mr. Romeo — Saxena
- 1973Sriman Prithviraj — Pannalal Roy Chowdhury
- 1972Calcutta 71
- 1972Mere Jeevan Saathi — Captain Vinod's Father
- 1972Sabse Bada Sukh — Vedji
- 1972Sesh Parba
- 1971An Unfinished Story
- 1971Fariyad
- 1971Guddi — Prof. Gupta
- 1971Khunje Berai — Bhupati
- 1971Kuheli — Lawyer
- 1970Bombay Talkie — Bose
- 1970Kalankita Nayak — Advocate
- 1969Aparichito — Priyanath Das
- 1969Bhuvan Shome — Bhuvan Shome
- 1969Bibaha Bibhrat
- 1969Saat Hindustani — Joginder Nath
- 1969The Guru — Ustal Zafar Khan
- 1968Chowringhee — Marco Polo
- 1967Mahashweta — Dhanajay Sarkar (Rati's lawyer)
- 1965Shakespeare-Wallah — Maharaja
- 1964Wax Light — Dr. Shome
- 1963And at Last
- 1963Sesh Anka — Barrister Mitter
- 1963Surya Sikha — Dr. Sen
- 1962Kancher Swarga — Public Prosecutor
- 1961Megh — Director, Screenplay
- 1960Uttar Megh
- 1957Harano Sur — Dr. Majumdar
- 1955Rani Rashmoni
- 1950Jan Pahchan
- 1950Michael Madhusudhan — Michael Madhusudhan Dutta
- 1950Vidyasagar
- The Criminals of Kathmandu — Maganlal Meghraj
Appearances as themselves (2)
- 2005A Tribute To Ismail Merchant — Self (archive footage)
- 1984The Wandering Company — Self