Dhritiman Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee

Born: May 30, 1945
in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
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.

Movies for Dhritiman Chatterjee...

The Keysmith
Title: The Keysmith
Released: April 7, 2022
Type: Movie
The Sanyals, a wealthy family with a communication gap, meet Chabiwalah, a strange man who claims to own a key that can open any lock.
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Chehre
Title: Chehre
Character: Justice Jagdish Acharya
Released: August 27, 2021
Type: Movie
An ad agency executive takes shelter at an old man's home in mountains amid a dangerous snow storm, but soon finds himself trapped with no way out when the man and his clan of veterans hook him for a game of crime and punishment.
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Title: Feluda Pherot
Character: Mahesh Chowdhuriy
Released: December 25, 2020
Type: TV
Chronicles the adventures of Prodosh Chandra Mitra a Bengali private detective along with his sidekick Topesh and friend Lalmohan Ganguly
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Talking Head
Title: Talking Head
Character: (Self)
Released: December 17, 2020
Type: Movie
An elusive actor is a rarity. Talking Head is about the actor Dhritiman Chaterji. In October 1970, Pratidwandi (The Adversary) one of Satyajit Ray’s most political films was released. It was a film about the time; the moment of anger, disenchantment, strikes, injustice and unemployment among the young. It was a film about angry youth and it introduced Dhritiman Chaterji, into film acting. A new actor in Bengali cinema, Dhritiman Chaterji acted in few of the most prominent films of the decade
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Title: Forbidden Love
Character: Dr. Harold Fernandez
Released: September 9, 2020
Type: TV
Forbidden love is a Hindi romantic thriller short film starring Ali Fazal, Patralekhaa, and Omkar Kapoor. Unable to come out of the closet to his parents, Neel gets married to his partner Dev's sister, Keya. Will Neel succeed in living a dual life, or will his truth destroy everyone involved?
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Professor Shanku O El Dorado
Title: Professor Shanku O El Dorado
Character: Professor Shanku
Released: December 20, 2019
Type: Movie
Based on Satyajit Rayʼs iconic character, this film portrays the story of Trilokeshwar Shanku - a respected scientist and inventor who travels to Brazil for a science convention. But once he`s there Shanku gets involved in an adventure, a quest for the mythical city of El Dorado. Through the journey, he encounters native tribesmen and anacondas, but will Shanku and his friends ever find El Dorado?
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Mission Mangal
Title: Mission Mangal
Released: August 15, 2019
Type: Movie
A team of Indian scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) take on the extraordinary task of successfully sending a satellite into the orbit of planet Mars in a country's maiden attempt.
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Stars for Baba
Title: Stars for Baba
Character: Baba
Released: July 19, 2019
Type: Movie
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If Not For You
Title: If Not For You
Character: Narrator
Released: May 24, 2019
Type: Movie
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired by him. The film also draws parallels between Dylan's body of work and the Baul tradition of Bengal.
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Kavacha
Title: Kavacha
Released: April 5, 2019
Type: Movie
An unfortunate young girl becomes the target of a vengeful serial killer who is on the loose. The only person standing between the killer and the girl is a visually challenged man who has vowed to protect her at any cost.
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Shobdo Kolpo Droom
Title: Shobdo Kolpo Droom
Character: Dr. Amlan
Released: July 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Four terrorists take shelter in a hostel for specially-abled children during their summer vacation. Five children, who stay back during vacation, uncover their mission.
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Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
Title: Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
Character: Nandu Don
Released: June 1, 2018
Type: Movie
A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will transform him from a common man into a Superhero.
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Jai Simha
Title: Jai Simha
Released: January 12, 2018
Type: Movie
Narasimha is a man on the run with his one-year-old son. He reaches Kumbakonam and stays at the house of the village temple's dharma karta's house. But while there, he bumps into Gowri who seems to dislike him for some reason, despite being his childhood friend. A death row inmate Rami Reddy also seems to hold a grudge against Narasimha. Who is Narasimha and what did he do to make so many enemies?
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Chilekotha
Title: Chilekotha
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A Premangshu Roy film.
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Paisa Vasool
Title: Paisa Vasool
Character: jailor
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
A self-proclaimed criminal Theda Singh who’s just been released from Tihar Jail is recruited by India’s premier intelligence agency RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) to infiltrate the gang of mafia don Bob Marley and ultimately eliminate him.
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Poorna
Title: Poorna
Character: Alexander
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
An Adivasi 13-year-old from Telangana becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest.
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The Bongs Again
Title: The Bongs Again
Character: Jishu's uncle
Released: January 13, 2017
Type: Movie
10 years after The Bong Connection, The Bongs Again is a journey of two young women. Sara, in her 20s, comes to Kolkata from the UK to look for her biological mother. Oli, also in her 20s, goes to London from Kolkata in search of her father who had left her and the family. The story takes us through their journeys, the connections they make, and the pursuit of finding their blood relations. The Bongs Again is fun-filled but with insights which change the way we perceive life. The film depicts today's cosmo Calcuttans and NRI Bengalis, their lifestyle, thinking, and approach towards life.
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Double Feluda
Title: Double Feluda
Character: Nihar Ranjan Dutta
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: Movie
The movie consists of two Feluda stories by Satyajit Ray, Samaddar-er-Chabi and Golokdham Rahashya, shown on either half of the film. It was a tribute to the 50-year anniversary of Feluda and a sequel to Royal Bengal Rahashya (2011).
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The Last Mural
Title: The Last Mural
Character: Bijan Bose
Released: December 14, 2016
Type: Movie
The story of the bond between an aged blind artist, about to create his last masterpiece and a rebellious young artist girl who comes to assist him.
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Majnu
Title: Majnu
Character: Aditya's Grandfather
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
The film is about the romantic life of an assistant director Aditya (Nani) and his relationships with 2 women (Anu Emmanuel and Priya Shri) while he attempts to write a romantic comedy story.
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Pink
Title: Pink
Character: Judge Satyajeet Dutt
Released: September 16, 2016
Type: Movie
A sexual assault victim, unjustly tried for the attempted murder of her attacker, is defended by a retired lawyer who challenges India's rape culture.
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Oppam
Title: Oppam
Character: Anupam Ram
Released: September 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Jayaraman (Mohanlal) is born as a blind man but with heightened senses of smell, sound and touch. He is trained in the martial art of Kalaripayattu. He works as an elevator operator in an apartment where many reputed people live. One day he happens to encounter a murder in a flat. The killer escapes and Jayaraman is charged with the murder. To prove his innocence to the law, Jayaraman must now find and kill the true murderer.
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Let Her Cry
Title: Let Her Cry
Released: May 12, 2016
Type: Movie
When an alluring young undergrad becomes infatuated with her nearly retired professor, she stirs up the man's humdrum home life in a most unusual way.
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The Man Who Knew Infinity
Title: The Man Who Knew Infinity
Character: Narayana Iyer
Released: April 8, 2016
Type: Movie
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
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Chauranga
Title: Chauranga
Character: Pandey
Released: January 8, 2016
Type: Movie
A fourteen year old Dalit (lower caste) boy in rural India is killed for writing a love letter.
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Wedding Pullav
Title: Wedding Pullav
Character: Sid Kapoor
Released: October 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Wedding Pullav shows the story of two best friends Adi (Diganth) and Anushka (Anushka Ranjan) who are in love but they themselves are unaware of it. When Anushka is invited to attend the wedding of Diganth this love confusion further increases. On one hand Diganth is jealous with Anushkas boyfriend while on other side Anushka do not like Diganth to marry another girl whom she initially praises. The story then moves to a stage where they know their feelings but not sure what to do next.
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Naxal
Title: Naxal
Character: Shiddhartha Chowdhury
Released: June 11, 2015
Type: Movie
After nearly 42 years one fine morning a FAX arrives at the Kolkata Metro Railways Headquarters. It says that today Anirban will commit suicide under the last Metro. Questions regarding his identity and demands start emerging as the news has taken centre stage in the city. This news shake the entire city from Kolkata Police Headquarters (Lalbazar) to the news channels, while Anirban rattles the administration with one FAX after the other.
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Shajarur Kanta
Title: Shajarur Kanta
Character: Byomkesh Bakshi
Released: March 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Sajarur Kanta is about a series of mysterious murders where the quill of a porcupine pierces the heart of the victim, killing him or her instantly. One victim does not die and Byomkesh is summoned. Konkona Sen Sharma plays Deepa, who belongs to a theatre group. She gets married to Debasish but makes it clear that she will not share conjugal relations with him. The two stories, one of Deepa and Debasish's married life and the other of the murder mysteries run parallel till they both converge.
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Ek Phaali Rodh
Title: Ek Phaali Rodh
Character: Dr. Roy
Released: December 5, 2014
Type: Movie
Dr. Somshankar Roy, a social scientist, engages Swagato and Anwesha to create 'mock' crisis on the streets. The aim was to observe reactions of people to different forms of crisis happening around them, and to analyse and derive conclusions about human behaviour from them. But all theories and deductions go astray when they come face to face with a real crisis in their own lives and cannot decipher whether the crisis is MOCK or REAL.
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Three Obsessions
Title: Three Obsessions
Character: Dr. Banerjee
Released: November 7, 2014
Type: Movie
Bengal episode film with three stories.
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Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
Title: Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
Released: August 9, 2013
Type: Movie
Kasi and Suni are close friends who studied together in an engineering college. Assi, who comes to Kerala to study engineering under the North East quota falls in love with Kasi. Certain incidents that follow set Kasi and Suni on a road trip to Nagaland on two motorcycles. The incidents that happen during this road adventure forms the film.
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Shunyo Awnko
Title: Shunyo Awnko
Character: Dr. Probal Roy
Released: July 26, 2013
Type: Movie
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining.
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Midnight's Children
Title: Midnight's Children
Character: Mian Abdullah
Released: August 31, 2012
Type: Movie
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, growing up in the country that is nothing like their parent's generation. A Canadian-British film adaptation of Salman Rushdie's novel of the same name.
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Agent Vinod
Title: Agent Vinod
Character: Sir Jagadishwar Metla
Released: March 23, 2012
Type: Movie
Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague. Terror strikes when he unfolds an even bigger conspiracy.
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Kahaani
Title: Kahaani
Character: Bhaskaran K.
Released: March 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.
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Mayabazaar
Title: Mayabazaar
Released: January 27, 2012
Type: Movie
Three different stories Smriti (Memories), Satwa (Soul) and Bhobiswot (Future) get interwoven in one complex plot, creating a world of illusion.
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Noukadubi
Title: Noukadubi
Character: Annodababu, Hemnalini's Father
Released: May 20, 2011
Type: Movie
Rameshchandra Chaudhry, a lawyer by profession, is in love with Hemnalini, and is displeased when he finds that his father wants him to marry Sushilla, the daughter of a widow. He initially refuses despite of his father disowning him, but changes his mind when the bride's mother pleads with him, and gets married without even seeing, leave alone getting to know his bride. After the marriage, they board a boat which overturns after a storm, and they end up being the only survivors. Unable to get Hemnalini out of his mind, he refuses to be intimate with his bride. On talking with her gradually over the next few months, it slowly sinks in that she is not Sushilla but Kamla - the bride of another male! The question remains: what can he do under these circumstances, and what impact will this have on Kamla - who has traditionally accepted him as her husband.
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Gorosthane Sabdhan
Title: Gorosthane Sabdhan
Released: December 10, 2010
Type: Movie
By accident, more than anything else, the three find themselves beside the grave of Thomas Godwin. The grave was dug up by some miscreants for unknown reasons. The rather colorful history of Mr. Godwin makes Feluda curious to know more about the man.From the diary of Thomas' daughter Charlotte, Feluda finds that a very precious clock went to Thomas' grave with him. To his surprise, Feluda finds that another party knows about this clock and they are trying to get it aided by the letter with them. Thanks to the brilliance of the detective and the help of 'Haripodobabu', the chauffeur of Mr. Ganguli, a new introduction in this book, their plot is foiled.
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Ekti Tarar Khonje
Title: Ekti Tarar Khonje
Released: November 26, 2010
Type: Movie
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Hit List
Title: Hit List
Released: November 20, 2009
Type: Movie
When the employees of an ad agency start getting killed off one by one, Detective Prabhat is tasked with finding the person responsible for the murders.
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033
Title: 033
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
his Bengali film is about the increasing migrations of young people outside the city of Calcutta, looking for better opportunities.
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Yavarum Nalam
Title: Yavarum Nalam
Character: Mr.Thyagarajan / Mr.Kamdhar
Released: March 6, 2009
Type: Movie
Manohar, along with his family, moves into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbed by a spirit that uses the television set as a medium to communicate with them.
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Four Chapters
Title: Four Chapters
Character: Uncle
Released: November 21, 2008
Type: Movie
Defying his father’s wishes by following his rebellious uncle’s example, a young Bengali from an upper caste tries to help those on the lower end of the spectrum and, while he’s at it, offers to marry his brother’s pregnant mistress.
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Guru
Title: Guru
Character: Contractor Sahaab
Released: January 12, 2007
Type: Movie
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film chronicles the obstacles he meets, his subsequent rise and the huge backlash he receives when it is revealed that he used unethical means to rise in the business circuit.
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Framed
Title: Framed
Character: Inspector
Released: January 1, 2007
Type: Movie
Six college students try to play a prank on the Dean. When he ends up dead and the trail leads to them, they need to explain what happened.
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15 Park Avenue
Title: 15 Park Avenue
Released: January 6, 2006
Type: Movie
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a successful professor with a powerful personality. She is the anchoring rock for her family and carer for her sister Meethi whose progression into schizophrenia has been speed ed up by traumatic experiences. Anjali has always dominated the life of her attractive younger sister, and jealously warded off Meethi's handsome fiancé Jojo with fear of Meethi's impending illness. Years later when Meethi and Anjali are on holiday in the Hills there is a chance meeting with Jojo, now with his new wife and children. He is shocked to discover that Meethi does not now recognize him, but lives in a world visited by an imaginary husband and children of her own.
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Black
Title: Black
Character: Paul McNally
Released: February 4, 2005
Type: Movie
Unable to see, hear, or speak after a childhood illness, a young woman grows up prone to violent outbursts until an eccentric tutor changes her life.
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Holy Smoke
Title: Holy Smoke
Character: Chidaatma Baba
Released: September 4, 1999
Type: Movie
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
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Himghar
Title: Himghar
Released: July 18, 1996
Type: Movie
Barun Banerjee, a middle-class bank employee, gets in trouble after the head office sets up an enquiry about previous transactions. However, he soon sees the selfish nature of the world around him.
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Kahini
Title: Kahini
Released: January 4, 1996
Type: Movie
One day Rajat decides to kidnap a child. But before he can work out a proper plan, a mysterious stranger gives him old documents, court transcripts and a partly burned photo from his childhood. This disturbing picture is just what confirms Rajat's determination to carry out his plan. His accomplices are a taxi driver and a sign painter. They set of on a strange journey with the kidnapped child, getting more and more entangled in weired experiences and frightening encounters. Crossing a dark forest they suddenly come upon a ruined house. Here the trio meets Tarak Das, the stubborn housekeeper who firmly belives that he can eventually cure the hopeless condition of his little spastic child. Meanwhile the kidnapped child gets worse and worse. Worry and fear only add to the confusion. But then it becomes clear that the picture on the partly burned photo resembles this child.
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Sunya Theke Suru
Title: Sunya Theke Suru
Character: Professor Bhishmadev Sharma
Released: July 15, 1993
Type: Movie
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The Stranger
Title: The Stranger
Character: Prithwish Sen Gupta
Released: May 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
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An Enemy of the People
Title: An Enemy of the People
Character: Nishith Gupta
Released: January 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.
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Sarisreep - The Reptile
Title: Sarisreep - The Reptile
Released: August 27, 1987
Type: Movie
An award winning film by Nabyendu Chatterjee
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36 Chowringhee Lane
Title: 36 Chowringhee Lane
Character: Samaresh Moitra
Released: August 29, 1981
Type: Movie
Middle-aged Violet, an Anglo-Indian teacher, lives alone in a flat at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta. When a former student starts visiting her with her boyfriend, Violet welcomes them eagerly.
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In Search of Famine
Title: In Search of Famine
Character: Movie Director
Released: January 4, 1981
Type: Movie
A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Famine. It’s a film that he hopes will reveal the problems and privations still current in rural India.
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Jadu Bansha
Title: Jadu Bansha
Released: April 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s.
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Padatik
Title: Padatik
Released: April 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A political activist escapes the prison van and is sheltered in a posh apartment owned by a sensitive young woman. Both are rebels: the activist against political treachery and the other on social level. Both are bitter about badly organized state of things. Being in solitary confinement, the fugitive engages himself in self-criticism and, in the process, questions the leadership. Questions are not allowed, obeying that is mandatory. Displeasure leads to bitterness, bitterness to total rift. The struggle has to continue, both for the political activist, now segregated, and the woman in exile.
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Picnic
Title: Picnic
Character: Dipak
Released: August 28, 1972
Type: Movie
Three couples go on a picnic date to a riverside unbeknownst to their families. On the way back their car breaks down forcing them to spend the night in a nearby inn. During their stay, each couple must go through a test to prove their love.
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The Adversary
Title: The Adversary
Character: Siddhartha Chaudhuri
Released: October 27, 1970
Type: Movie
Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job. He lives in a flat with his younger, employed sister, revolutionary brother and widowed mother. The strain of the situation ultimately causes him to hallucinate.
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Putul nacher Itikatha
Title: Putul nacher Itikatha
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
WWII is looming large. A forlorn doctor longs for intellectual romance. Based on Manik Bandyopadhyay’s seminal novel, a humble protest against the hypocrites who tend to play with the lives of humans as if they were puppets