Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
48
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-11-30
Day of Death
2004-09-20 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Also Known As
সলিল দত্ত
Salil Dutta
Biography
Salil Dutta (30 November 1931 – 20 September 2004) was an Indian Bengali director, screenwriter and actor. He is well known for his films Surya Sikha (1963), Stree (1972), and Sei Chokh (1976). Dutta was born in 1931 in British India. He started his career as assistant director of Trijama in 1956 and Khokababur Pratyabartan in 1960. The first film directed by him was Surya Sikha (1963) starring Uttam Kumar and Supriya Choudhury. He also acted in several films like Atithi (1965 film), Khelaghar, Dhanyee Meye, etc. Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career. He died on 20 September 2004 in Kolkata due to lung cancer.
