Shekhar Chattopadhyay
Known For
Acting
Born
in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Biography
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.
Most Known For
Gandhi
as Suhrawardy
Sangsar Simantey
Chiriyakhana
Bhuvan Shome
The Expedition
as Rameshwar
Barbadhu
Raktatilak
Kal Tumi Aleya
as Lawyer
Mrigayaa
The Sage from the Sea
as Bhairavamoorthy
Marjina Abdulla
as Qasim
Sangini
Interview
Nishimrigaya
Rodon Bhara Basanta
Sabar Uparey
Tagari
Kuheli
as Station Master
Chorus
