Utpal Dutt
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-03-29 in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
1993-08-19
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.
Most Known For
The Lady Thug
Fuleswari
Spandan
Main Balwaan
as Police Commissioner Ajay Basu
Palanka
as Rajmohan / White Boss
Raaste Pyar Ke
as Udit Narayan Gupta
Aagaman
Gol Maal
as Bhavani Shankar
The Bengali Night
as The Priest / Postman / Beggar
Guddi
as Prof. Gupta
Ram Balram
as Prof. Saran
Do Anjaane
as Mr. Sanyal
Bhuvan Shome
as Bhuvan Shome
Angoor
as Raj Tilak
The Great Gambler
as Saxena
The Middleman
as Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
The Guru
as Ustal Zafar Khan
Saaheb
as Badri Prasad Sharma
Bhalobasha Bhalobasha
as Keya's Father
The Stranger
as Manomohan Mitra