Utpal Dutt
(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.
Acting
Movie
Gol Maal
as Bhavani Shankar
1979
Movie
The Stranger
as Manomohan Mitra
1991
Movie
The Elephant God
as Maganlal Meghraj
1979
Movie
Angoor
as Raj Tilak
1982
Movie
The Kingdom of Diamonds
as Hirak Raja
1980
Movie
The Middleman
as Bishwanath 'Bishu' Bose
1976
Movie
Reason, Debate and a Story
as Shatrujit
1974
Movie
Shakespeare-Wallah
as Maharaja
1965
Movie
Guddi
as Prof. Gupta
1971
Movie
The Great Gambler
as Saxena
1979
Movie
Naram Garam
as Bhavani Shankar Bajpai
1981
Movie
Ram Balram
as Prof. Saran
1980
Movie
Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyoon Aata Hai
1981
Movie
Paar
as Bhola Singh
1984
Movie
Bhuvan Shome
as Bhuvan Shome
1969
Movie
Calcutta 71
1972
Movie
Kissi Se Na Kehna
as Kailashpati Trivedi
1983
Movie
Bombay Talkie
as Bose
1970
Movie
Kaleidoscope
as Newspaper Editor
1981
Movie
Barsaat Ki Ek Raat
as Sahuji
1981
Movie
Do Anjaane
as Mr. Sanyal
1976
Movie
Rang Birangi
as Police Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar
1983
Movie
Hamari Bahu Alka
as Badriprasad
1982
Movie
Chorus
as Manager
1974
