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Utpal Dutt
Dutt on a 2013 stamp of India
Born
(1929-03-29)29 March 1929
Barishal, Bengal, British India (now Barisal, Bangladesh)
Died
19 August 1993(1993-08-19) (aged 64)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Other names
Utpal Dutt
Occupation(s)
Actor, director, writer-playwright
Years active
1947–1993
Works
Filmography
Spouse
Shobha Sen
(m. 1960)
Children
Bishnupriya Dutta
Awards
Full list
Utpal Dutt (listenⓘ; 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.
He received National Film Award for Best Actor in 1970 and three Filmfare Best Comedian Awards. In 1990, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre, awarded him its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre.
^Inside the actor's mind Archived 8 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine Mint (newspaper), 3 July 2009.
^Remembering Utpal Dutt[permanent dead link] Shoma A Chatterji, Screen (magazine), 20 August 2004.
^The Mirror of Class: Essays on Bengali Theatre by Himani Bannerji[usurped] Frontline (magazine), Volume 18 – Issue 12, 9–22 Jun 2001.
^Stage On & Off: Man in iron mask Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine The Telegraph (Kolkata), 26 August 2006.
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