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Birthday: May 30, 1945
Place of Birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee (Bengali: ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi (The Adversary). Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen, among others. He has also worked in English films with well-known filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion. He has received several acting awards in India and has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards. Chatterjee pursues a parallel career in advertising, social communications and documentary filmmaking. In 2019, he lent his voice for narration in If Not for You[1], a documentary about Kolkata's long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Never a part of mainstream "Bollywood", he's made an astonishingly small number of films. In recent years he's taken roles with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam. Dhritiman is his screen name. He is otherwise known as Sundar Chatterjee and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai. Born on 30 May 1945, he was educated at Kolkata's St Xavier's Collegiate School and Presidency College, and the Delhi School of Economics. About his acting qualities, Satyajit Ray once remarked, "I do not know what definition of a star these filmmakers have been using, but mine goes something like this. A star is a person on the screen who continues to be expressive and interesting even after he or she has stopped doing anything. This definition does not exclude the rare and lucky breed that gets lakhs of rupees per film; and it includes everyone who keeps his calm before the camera, projects a personality and evokes empathy. This is a rare breed too but one has met it in our films. Dhritiman Chatterjee of Pratidwandi is such a star." - (Our Films Their Films) Dhritiman is currently the anchor of Pradhanmantri in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Black Paul McNally 2005
Kahaani Bhaskaran K. 2012
Framed Inspector 2007
Yavarum Nalam Mr.Thyagarajan / Mr.Kamdhar 2009
The Puppet’s Tale 2025
36 Chowringhee Lane Samaresh Moitra 1981
Sarisreep - The Reptile 1987
Sunya Theke Suru Professor Bhishmadev Sharma 1993
Shunyo Awnko Dr. Probal Roy 2013
Agent Vinod Sir Jagadishwar Metla 2012
The Bongs Again Jishu's uncle 2017
Hit List 2009
Kahini 1996
In Search of Famine Movie Director 1981
Himghar 1996
The Guerrilla Fighter 1973
Chilekotha 2017
Picnic Dipak Dey 1972
Chauranga Pandey 2016
Gorosthane Sabdhan 2010
Dear Maa 1970
Naxal Shiddhartha Chowdhury 2015
Shajarur Kanta Byomkesh Bakshi 2015
An Enemy of the People Nishith Gupta 1990
The Adversary Siddhartha Chaudhuri 1970
The Stranger Prithwish Sen Gupta 1991
Padatik file footage 2024
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi 2013
15 Park Avenue 2006
Jadu Bansha 1974
Pink Judge Satyajeet Dutt 2016
Let Her Cry 2016
The Last Mural Bijan Bose 2016
Guru Contractor Sahaab 2007
Poorna Alexander 2017
Midnight's Children Mian Abdullah 2012
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero Nandu Don 2018
Majnu Aditya's Grandfather 2016
Noukadubi Annodababu, Hemnalini's Father 2011
Kavacha 2019
Mission Mangal 2019
Jai Simha 2018
Professor Shanku O El Dorado Professor Shanku 2019
Chehre Justice Jagdish Acharya 2021
033 2009
The Keysmith 2022
Four Chapters Uncle 2008
Ek Phaali Rodh Dr. Roy 2014
Teenkahon Dr. Banerjee 2014
Mayabazaar 2012
Talking Head (Self) 2020
Holy Smoke Chidaatma Baba 1999
The Man Who Knew Infinity Narayana Iyer 2016
Stars for Baba Baba 2019
Shobdo Kolpo Droom Dr. Amlan 2018
Paisa Vasool jailor 2017
If Not For You Narrator 2019
Double Feluda Nihar Ranjan Dutta 2016
Oppam Anupam Ram 2016
Wedding Pullav Sid Kapoor 2015
Ekti Tarar Khonje 2010
Series Cast Year
Feluda Pherot Mahesh Chowdhuriy 2020
Forbidden Love Dr. Harold Fernandez 2020
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