Shekhar Chattopadhyay
Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with several leftist theatre groups, including the Communist Party's Indian People's Theatre Association, Utpal Dutt's Little Theatre Group, and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, as well as his own group, Theatre Unit, which he formed in 1958. As a stage actor, he was well known for his Shakespearean roles and for playing Shardul Singh in Dutt's 1965 play Kallol. His directorial work focused on works by German-language playwrights Bertold Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Handke, and Franz Xaver Kroetz. Chatterjee's Brecht productions were rarely adapted to a local setting, and while critics unanimously praised this approach as "authentic", his colleague Dutt attacked it for failing to communicate Brecht's political symbolism to an Indian audience.
Known For
Credits
- 1986 · Vasundhara as
- 1985 · Tagari as
- 1984 · Maa as
- 1982 · Gandhi as Suhrawardy
- 1978 · The Sage from the Sea as Bhairavamoorthy
- 1977 · Pratima as
- 1977 · Barbadhu as
- 1976 · The Royal Hunt as
- 1975 · Nishimrigaya as
- 1975 · Sangsar Simantey as
- 1974 · Sangini as
- 1974 · Rodon Bhara Basanta as
- 1974 · Raktatilak as
- 1974 · Chorus as
- 1973 · Marjina Abdulla as Qasim
- 1971 · Sansar as
- 1971 · Interview as
- 1971 · Kuheli as Station Master
- 1971 · An Unfinished Story as
- 1970 · Aleyar Alo as
- 1970 · Ichhapuran as Subol Chandra Sarkar
- 1969 · Bhuvan Shome as
- 1968 · Garh Nasimpur as
- 1967 · Chiriyakhana as
- 1966 · Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar as
- 1962 · The Expedition as Rameshwar
- 1955 · Sabar Uparey as