Dhritiman Chatterjee (Bengali: ধৃতিমান চটà§à¦Ÿà§‹à¦ªà¦¾à¦§à§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¯à¦¼) 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.
Dhritiman Chatterjee Biography / Wiki
| Name | Dhritiman Chatterjee |
| Also Know | Dhritiman Chatterji, 드리티만 채터지 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India] |
| Date of Birth | 1945-05-30 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 77 |
| Deathday |
Dhritiman Chatterjee Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| In Search of Famine | Movie Director | 1981-01-04 | 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 pr… |
| Padatik | 1973-04-01 | 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 again… | |
| Shajarur Kanta | Byomkesh Bakshi | 2015-03-20 | 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. On… |
| The Adversary | Siddhartha Chaudhuri | 1970-10-27 | Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father’s sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high … |
| The Last Mural | Bijan Bose | 2016-12-14 | 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…. |
| Poorna | Alexander | 2017-03-31 | An Adivasi 13-year-old from Telangana becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest…. |
| Professor Shanku O El Dorado | Professor Shanku | 2019-12-20 | Based on Satyajit Rayʼs iconic character, this film portrays the story of Trilokeshwar Shanku – a respected scientist and inventor who travels to Bra… |
| Four Chapters | Uncle | 2008-11-21 | 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 … |
| Ek Phaali Rodh | Dr. Roy | 2014-12-05 | 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… |
| Talking Head | (Self) | 2020-12-17 | 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… |
| Stars for Baba | Baba | 2019-07-19 | –Placeholder–… |
| If Not For You | Narrator | 2019-05-24 | A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta’s affinity with Dylan through cityscape and interviews of notable Indian musicians who were inspired b… |
| Sunya Theke Suru | Professor Bhishmadev Sharma | 1993-07-15 | … |
| Kahini | 1996-01-04 | 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 an… | |
| 36 Chowringhee Lane | Samaresh Moitra | 1981-08-29 | 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 … |
| Chauranga | Pandey | 2016-01-08 | A fourteen year old Dalit (lower caste) boy in rural India is killed for writing a love letter…. |
| An Enemy of the People | Nishith Gupta | 1990-01-19 | 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 … |
| Let Her Cry | 2016-05-12 | 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…. | |
| 033 | 2009-06-19 | his Bengali film is about the increasing migrations of young people outside the city of Calcutta, looking for better opportunities…. | |
| Mayabazaar | 2012-01-27 | Three different stories Smriti (Memories), Satwa (Soul) and Bhobiswot (Future) get interwoven in one complex plot, creating a world of illusion…. | |
| Sarisreep – The Reptile | 1987-08-27 | An award winning film by Nabyendu Chatterjee… | |
| Shunyo Awnko | Dr. Probal Roy | 2013-07-26 | A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with tribal peoples to acquire their land for mining…. |
| Himghar | 1996-07-18 | Barun Banerjee, a middle-class bank employee, gets in trouble after the head office sets up an enquiry about previous transactions. However, he soon s… | |
| Bhavesh Joshi Superhero | Nandu Don | 2018-06-01 | 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…. |
| Shobdo Kolpo Droom | Dr. Amlan | 2018-07-06 | Four terrorists take shelter in a hostel for specially-abled children during their summer vacation. Five children, who stay back during vacation, unco… |
| Framed | Inspector | 2007-01-01 | 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…. |
| Chilekotha | 2017-09-01 | A Premangshu Roy film…. | |
| Naxal | Shiddhartha Chowdhury | 2015-06-11 | 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 … |
| Jadu Bansha | 1974-04-01 | A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the ’60s and ’70s…. | |
| The Keysmith | 2022-04-07 | 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…. | |
| Ekti Tarar Khonje | 2010-11-26 | … | |
| Putulnacher Itikatha | 2023-01-05 | WWII is looming large. A forlorn doctor longs for intellectual romance. Based on Manik Bandyopadhyay’s seminal novel, a humble protest against the h… | |
| Black | Paul McNally | 2005-02-04 | Black is an adaptation of Helen Keller’s autobiography. Black revolves around a blind and deaf girl, and her relationship with her teacher who himself… |
| Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi | 2013-08-09 | 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 qu… | |
| The Stranger | Prithwish Sen Gupta | 1991-05-07 | 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 … |
| Noukadubi | Annodababu, Hemnalini’s Father | 2011-05-20 | 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… |
| Kavacha | 2019-04-05 | 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… | |
| 15 Park Avenue | 2006-01-06 | 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… | |
| Pink | Judge Satyajeet Dutt | 2016-09-16 | 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…. |
| Double Feluda | Nihar Ranjan Dutta | 2016-12-16 | Double Feluda is a Bengali language crime thriller Detective film, based on the Bengali sleuth Feluda, created by the acclaimed and renowned Oscar- wi… |
| Kahaani | Bhaskaran K. | 2012-03-08 | 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…. |
| Hitlist | 2009-11-20 | 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 murder… | |
| Majnu | Aditya’s Grandfather | 2016-09-23 | 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 a… |
| Chehre | Justice Jagdish Acharya | 2021-08-27 | 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 whe… |
| Wedding Pullav | Sid Kapoor | 2015-10-16 | 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. W… |
| Yavarum Nalam | Mr.Thyagarajan / Mr.Kamdhar | 2009-03-06 | 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 s… |
| Midnight’s Children | Mian Abdullah | 2012-10-26 | 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 p… |
| Guru | Contractor Sahaab | 2007-01-12 | 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 mar… |
| Paisa Vasool | jailor | 2017-09-01 | A self-proclaimed criminal Theda Singh who’s just been released from Tihar Jail is recruited by India’s premier intelligence agency RAW (Research … |
| The Man Who Knew Infinity | Narayana Iyer | 2016-04-08 | Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathe… |
| Jai Simha | 2018-01-12 | 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. Bu… | |
| Three Obsessions | Dr. Banerjee | 2014-11-07 | Bengal episode film with three stories…. |
| Mission Mangal | 2019-08-15 | A team of Indian scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) take on the extraordinary task of successfully sending a satellite into the o… | |
| Holy Smoke | Chidaatma Baba | 1999-09-04 | While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate … |
| Oppam | Anupam Ram | 2016-09-08 | 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. H… |
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