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Soumitra Chatterjee

1935 - 2020

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Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; Bengali: [ˈʃou̯mitːɾo ˈt͡ʃɔʈːopadʱːae̯] ; 19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films. Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of The Apu Trilogy, as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (1964), Kapurush (1965), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Sonar Kella (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980), Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984), Shakha Proshakha (1990) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Soumitra Chatterjee is the 6,801st most popular actor (down from 5,544th in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from India (down from 701st in 2019) and the 159th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 6,801 out of 13,578. Before him are Ann Sothern, Devin Ratray, Juliana Paes, Laurent Lafitte, Sam Bottoms, and Mark Feuerstein. After him are Adriana Ozores, Prunella Scales, Seohyun, George E. Stone, Marie Prevost, and Kaitlin Olson.

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Among people born in 1935, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 483. Before him are Larry Williams, Valdis Muižnieks, Eldridge Cleaver, Marilee Stepan, Jürgen Werner, and Vicente Cantatore. After him are Anaid Iplicjian, David Pegg, Claude Esteban, Prem Chopra, Sylvia Robinson, and Albert Heath. Among people deceased in 2020, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 675. Before him are Detto Mariano, Abby Dalton, Nicolas Chumachenco, Herman Cain, Michael Robinson, and Frank Press. After him are Jim Marurai, Georg Volkert, Mike Moore, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Beverly Pepper, and Blagoja Georgievski.

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In India

Among people born in India, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 863 out of 1,861. Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872), Jaipal Singh Munda (1903), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), George Caridia (1869), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), and George Fernandes (1930). After him are Simon Pimenta (1920), Neerja Bhanot (1963), Michael Bates (1920), Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (2005), Shatrughan Sinha (1945), and Yash (1986).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 159. Before him are Jaaved Jaaferi (1963), Padmini (1932), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Roopa Ganguly (1966), Persis Khambatta (1948), and Rakesh Roshan (1949). After him are Michael Bates (1920), Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Yash (1986), Juhi Chawla (1967), Mammootty (1951), and Kirron Kher (1955).

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