Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1929-03-29
Day of Death
1993-08-19
Place of Birth
Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India
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.
Filmography (156)
A Tribute To Ismail Merchant
2005
Antar Bahir
1995
Kencho Khunrte Keute
1995
The Padma Boatman
1993
Mayabini
1992
Pennam Kolkata
1992
Mani Kanchan
1992Sajani Go Sajani
1991
The Stranger
1991
Ahankar
1991
Path O Prasad
1991
Nawab
1991
Jawani Zindabad
1990
Triyatri
1990
