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Uttam Kumar

1926 - 1980

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Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay (3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), known professionally as Uttam Kumar, was an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, composer and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history of Indian cinema, Kumar dominated Bengali cinema from the 1950s throughout the 1970s, being referred to as "Mahanayak" (Bengali for "The Great Hero"). His accolades include five National Awards and four Filmfare Awards. In a career spanning over five decades, Kumar worked in 211 films, till his death in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Uttam Kumar is the 4,840th most popular actor (down from 3,976th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from India (down from 553rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular Indian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Uttam Kumar ranks 4,840 out of 13,578. Before him are Agnes Ayres, Anna Lee, Martin Klebba, N. T. Rama Rao, László Szabó, and Peter Mullan. After him are Margaret O'Brien, Song Il-gook, Tracey Walter, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Jon Gries, and Juanita Moore.

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Among people born in 1926, Uttam Kumar ranks 365. Before him are Ali Javan, Keith Michell, Garret FitzGerald, Metaksia Simonyan, Brita Borg, and Pedro Dellacha. After him are Rosa Taikon, Noemí Simonetto de Portela, George Robledo, Joan Shawlee, Kerwin Mathews, and Fritz Weaver. Among people deceased in 1980, Uttam Kumar ranks 231. Before him are Enrique Hertzog, Héctor Socorro, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Anna Jantar, László Szollás, and Isabel Briggs Myers. After him are Willi Forst, Nils Skoglund, Marin Preda, Adolph Deutsch, Nikos Xilouris, and Joseph Banks Rhine.

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In India

Among people born in India, Uttam Kumar ranks 677 out of 1,861. Before him are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Gautam Adani (1962), Wasim Sajjad (1941), N. T. Rama Rao (1923), and Chandramukhi Basu (1860). After him are Atul Kulkarni (1965), Celina Jaitly (1981), Somnath Sharma (1923), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), and Gopinath Bordoloi (1890).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Uttam Kumar ranks 104. Before him are Kajal Aggarwal (1985), Sadashiv Amrapurkar (1950), Shriram Lagoo (1927), Dia Mirza (1981), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), and N. T. Rama Rao (1923). After him are Atul Kulkarni (1965), Celina Jaitly (1981), Madhavi (1962), N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983), Riteish Deshmukh (1978), and Sunny Deol (1956).

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