Utpal Dutt
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.
Known For
Acting
1976
asPrankrishna/Nabakrishna's uncle
1988
as
1981
asNewspaper Editor
1979
asBhavani Shankar
1983
as
1964
asDr. Shome
1991
asManomohan Mitra
1990
asGrandfather
1979
asSaxena
1983
asSriram Seth
1985
asBadri Prasad Sharma
1969
asPriyanath Das
1983
asPolice Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar
1983
asKailashpati Trivedi
1980
asAdvocate
1981
asBhavani Shankar Bajpai
1993
asHossain Miah
1977
as
1980
asAparna's Father
1967
asDhanajay Sarkar (Rati's lawyer)
1980
asProf. Saran
1982
asBadriprasad
1961
as
1976
asSitesh Pyne
1974
asManager
1991
as
1969
asUstal Zafar Khan
1990
asMLA Goverdhan Verma
1982
as
1974
asShatrujit
1984
asBhola Singh
1972
asVedji
1980
asHirak Raja
1950
asMichael Madhusudhan Dutta
1974
asMr. Ghosh
1969
asBhuvan Shome
1982
asJagdishbhai
1987
asVillage Teacher
1976
asRashbihari
1981
as
1970
asAdvocate
1972
as
1982
asUdit Narayan Gupta
1988
asJamaal Saab
1981
as
1978
as
1991
as
1995
as1984
as
1978
as
1974
as
1989
as
1974
asMr. Bhan
1974
as
1981
as
2005
asSelf (archive footage)
1988
asBhujang Chaudhary
1992
as
1980
asPublic Prosecutor Dalaal
1992
as
1975
as
1991
as
1992
as
1988
as
1979
asDiwan Dhanpat Rai
1979
as
1982
as
1991
as
1973
asChieftain
1972
as
1969
asJoginder Nath
1984
as
1995
as
1988
as1977
as
1988
asThe Priest / Postman / Beggar
1987
as
1969
as
1983
as
1983
as
1975
as
1986
asMr. Singh
1984
asMaganbhai
1981
asSahuji
1965
asMaharaja
1984
as
1977
asBalbir Singh
1978
asMr. Sen
1977
asMini's Uncle
1957
asDr. Majumdar
1973
asPannalal Roy Chowdhury
1986
as
1986
asPolice Commissioner Ajay Basu
1963
asDr. Sen
1978
as
1971
asProf. Gupta
1960
as
1974
asSatya
1974
as
1976
as
1976
asMr. Sanyal
1972
asCaptain Vinod's Father
1977
asRasiklal
1976
asBishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
1979
asMaganlal Meghraj
1985
asSitanath Ardhnarayan Choudhry
1971
asLawyer
1984
asSelf
1968
asMarco Polo
1950
as
1950
as
1975
as
1963
asBarrister Mitter
1973
asSaxena
1978
asAvinash Gupta
1988
as
1982
as
1975
asMr. Bhattacharya (Usha's father)
1986
as
1977
as
1985
asMahesh Babu
1983
as
1971
as
1975
asMaheem Ghosal
1989
asSadanand Chaudhary
1986
asTejen Banerjee
1976
as1984
as
1970
asBose
1955
as
1975
asRajmohan / White Boss
1962
asPublic Prosecutor
1985
asKeya's Father
1974
as
1984
as1981
as
1982
asRaj Tilak
1977
asNekiram
1978
asVikram Singh
1971
as
1986
asK. K. Sahib
1963
as
1977
as
1979
asDr. Bhaskar
1971
asBhupati
1973
as
1975
as
1977
as
1980
as
1980
as
1985
as1974
asasDr Majumder
as
asMaganlal Meghraj
1978
asMagician
1977
as1989
asProduction
Crew
Directing
