Santosh Dutta

Santosh Dutta

Santosh Dutta (2 December 1925 - 5 March 1988) was an Indian Bengali actor, best known for playing the character of Jatayu in Satyajit Ray's Feluda movies viz. Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath.

Movies for Santosh Dutta...

Samrat O Sundari
Title: Samrat O Sundari
Released: October 31, 1987
Type: Movie
Bideshwar Rakshit is a shrewd businessman who has dominance over everyone, except his son Nirmal. When Nirmal falls in love with Bimala, his father refuses to accept their relationship.
bee
Sukumar Ray
Title: Sukumar Ray
Released: June 19, 1987
Type: Movie
The film presents the life and work of the writer Sukumar Ray, Satyajit Ray's father. Ray made this film as a tribute to celebrate the centenary of his birth.
bee
Dui Adhyay
Title: Dui Adhyay
Released: November 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Overview unknown.
bee
Ogo Bodhu Shundori
Title: Ogo Bodhu Shundori
Character: Abalakanta
Released: March 1, 1981
Type: Movie
Gagan (Uttam Kumar) did not like to socialise while his wife Chitra (Sumitra Mukherjee) loved attending parties. One day Chitra's friend Lola invited her to a party. In the meanwhile the Kolkata Book Fair took off and Gagan wanted to go. Savitri (Moushumi Chatterjee) lived with her uncle from an early age. One day her uncle sold her for some money from where Savitri escaped and took shelter in Gagan's house. When Gagan's wife saw Savitri in Gagan's reading room, she went to her grandfather's house. Gagan and Abalakanta (Santosh Dutta) helped Savitri learn etiquette and the ways of genteel society.
bee
The Kingdom of Diamonds
Title: The Kingdom of Diamonds
Character: Scientist/ King of Shundi
Released: December 18, 1980
Type: Movie
When Goopy and Bagha learn about Hirak Raja's tyranny, they try to set him right with the help of Udayan, a school teacher, and their magical powers.
bee
Paka Dekha
Title: Paka Dekha
Released: August 1, 1980
Type: Movie
Aparna's father, a police officer, fixes her marriage of his own choice. Aparna does not agree with her father and she flees from home. Her father arrests Aparna's friends and interrogates them one by one.
bee
Ghatkali
Title: Ghatkali
Released: April 27, 1979
Type: Movie
Pravanjan Haldar was a professional matchmaker. He and his uncle Bhombal did this business together. One day Niladri's grandfather called Bhombal and asked him to find a perfect match for his grandson. Prabhanjan and Bhombal started to find the suitable girl. Unfortunately, a single misunderstanding totally changes the scenario. Subhra a modern, young girl who had the ability to become the perfect match with Niladri suddenly faced such a situation where she had to marry an old man. Her all friends and other associates protested against such a decision but Subhra stuck to her words. Oneday she met Niladri and they started to like each other from that very moment. Within few days there, relation became deeper and they wanted to start their life together. After a funny drama, everything solved and Niladri married to Subhra and led a happy life.
bee
The Elephant God
Title: The Elephant God
Character: Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu)
Released: January 4, 1979
Type: Movie
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate.
bee
Brojobuli
Title: Brojobuli
Released: January 1, 1979
Type: Movie
The story is as Brajaraj Karforma is a veteran office clerk, who usually came to office very late and likes to chat with every one. The main subject of his stories is his fictional heroic activities.
bee
Charmurti
Title: Charmurti
Character: Mesomosai
Released: March 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Based on Narayan Gangopadhyay’s creation, Potoldangar Charmurti is the story of Tenida and his three followers, who go on a holiday and end up solving a mystery case.
bee
Harmonium
Title: Harmonium
Character: Ashok's father
Released: June 4, 1976
Type: Movie
A child princess gets a harmonium from her father. Through fate and manager she is orphan, then widow and penniless. The harmonium, sold, changed hand and bringing ill-luck wherever it went. Will they ever meet? Under what circumstances?
bee
The Middleman
Title: The Middleman
Character: Hiralal Shah
Released: February 20, 1976
Type: Movie
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
bee
The Golden Fortress
Title: The Golden Fortress
Character: Lalmohan Ganguli (Jotayu)
Released: December 27, 1974
Type: Movie
A young boy becomes a target for crooks, after he claims to remember his past life and mentions precious jewels in a golden fortress.
bee
Jadu Bansha
Title: Jadu Bansha
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s.
bee
Marjina Abdulla
Title: Marjina Abdulla
Character: Alibaba
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Alibaba was a simple, hardworking, middleclass personality who once went to a forest for some purpose. When he entered into that forest he found a deep secret, a formula to enter a cave. Actually that cave was filled by robbed jewelleries and gold coins. He took some with him and became very rich. But those robbers realised that something was missing from their hidden treasures. So they began their investigation for the lost treasure. But in the meantime a neighbour of Alibaba also tried for the same thing but he got caught and killed by the robbers. After that the robbers had successfully traced those hidden treasures, entered the city and found Alibaba. But Marjina and Abdullah understand their plans and caught them by their sheer intelligence and wit.
bee
Marjina Abdulla
Title: Marjina Abdulla
Character: Ali Baba
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Alibaba was a simple, hardworking, middleclass personality who once went to a forest for some purpose. When he entered into that forest he found a deep secret, a formula to enter a cave. Actually that cave was filled by robbed jewelleries and gold coins. He took some with him and became very rich. But those robbers realised that something was missing from their hidden treasures. So they began their investigation for the lost treasure. But in the meantime a neighbour of Alibaba also tried for the same thing but he got caught and killed by the robbers. After that the robbers had successfully traced those hidden treasures, entered the city and found Alibaba. But Marjina and Abdullah understand their plans and caught them by their sheer intelligence and wit.
bee
Sriman Prithviraj
Title: Sriman Prithviraj
Released: January 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Social comedy about two young newlyweds against the backdrop of pre-Independence Bengal.
bee
Letter from the Wife
Title: Letter from the Wife
Character: Doctor
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A worthy companion to Ray’s Charulata, the film is based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore where a young wife goes against her family to save a young girl from the atrocities of the society.
bee
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Title: Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne
Character: King of Shundi / King of Halla
Released: May 8, 1969
Type: Movie
Goopy Gyne and Bagha Byne are banished from their respective villages for being bad musicians. However, with their skills, they succeed in pleasing the king of ghosts who grants them three boons. How will they succeed in preventing the war between Halla and Shundi which is looming large?
bee
The Holy Man
Title: The Holy Man
Character: Professor Nani
Released: May 6, 1965
Type: Movie
A wandering baba initiates a widower layer and his youngest daughter, irritating her boyfriend Satya and the ever-skeptical Nibaran.
bee
Headmaster
Title: Headmaster
Released: April 4, 1958
Type: Movie
The school of a remote and poor village shut down, the head master Krishna Prasanna (Chhabi) migrates to city in search of job. He moves with family, wife Labanya (Karuna), nubile daughter (Ranjana) and very young son. He takes residence with his wife's brother. He meets per chance one of his ex students, of whom he used to take free evening classes and many of whom got merit scholarship and became cream of society, a doctor, a judge, successful lawyer, manager of a big bank and so on. Can he cross the barrier and meet them? All have big bungalows and office with watchmen to stop. If he managed to meet them, will they recall his contribution and help their benefactor? If they do, what change he has to bring in himself? Can he?
bee
Parosh Pathar
Title: Parosh Pathar
Character: Atanu / The Announcer (uncredited)
Released: January 17, 1958
Type: Movie
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch.