Dhritiman Chatterjee

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.

Acting

2025

2025

2025

2025

2024

Padatik
Movie

file footage

2021

Chehre
Movie

Justice Jagdish Acharya

2019

2018

Captain
Movie

Mr. Sinha

2017

Poorna
Movie

Alexander

2017

2017

2017

2016

2016

Majnu
Movie

Aditya's Grandfather

2016

Pink
Movie

Judge Satyajeet Dutt

2016

Oppam
Movie

Anupam Ram

2016

2016

2015

2015

Shajarur Kanta
Movie

Byomkesh Bakshi

2014

Teenkahon
Movie

Dr. Banerjee

2013

Act Zero
Movie

Dr. Probal Roy

2012

2012

Agent Vinod
Movie

Sir Jagadishwar Metla

2012

Kahaani
Movie

K. Bhaskaran

2011

Noukadubi
Movie

Annodababu, Hemnalini's Father

2009

033
Movie

Unknown

2009

033
Movie

Unknown

2009

Yavarum Nalam
Movie

Mr.Thyagarajan / Mr.Kamdhar

2007

Guru
Movie

Contractor Sahaab

2006

15 Park Avenue
Movie

Dr. Kunal Barua

2005

Black
Movie

Paul McNally

1999

Holy Smoke
Movie

Chidaatma Baba

1996

1996

1996

1991

The Stranger
Movie

Prithwish Sen Gupta

1981

1981

1972

Picnic
Movie

Dipak Dey

1970

The Adversary
Movie

Siddhartha Chaudhuri

Infos

Full Name
Dhritiman Chatterjee
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
5/30/1945
Also Known As

Dhritiman Chatterji

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