Dhritiman Chatterjee (born 30 May 1945) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's (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 and is noted for his acting skills. He has also worked in English films with well-known filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion.
Early life 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. Chatterjee went on to pursue a parallel career in advertising, social communications and documentary filmmaking.
Career In 2019, Chatterjee lent his voice for narration in If Not for You, a documentary about Kolkata's long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. 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 has not been closely associated with mainstream "Bollywood" and has appeared in a relatively small number of films. In later years, he worked with filmmakers including Jane Campion, as well as Indian directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam. He has received acting awards in India and has served on the jury of the Indian National Film Awards.
He is currently the anchor of Pradhanmantri in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013.
Filmography
Bengali YearTitleRoleNotes1970 Siddhartha Chaudhuri Siddharta and the City - a.k.a. The Adversary1972Picnic1973PadatikPolitical Activist The Guerilla Fighter1974Jadu Bansha1980Akaler SandhaneAkaler Sandhaney - a.k.a. In Search of Famine198136 Chowringhee LaneSamaresh Moitra1989GanashatruNishrith Gupta An Enemy of the People (UK)1991AgantukPrithwish Sen Gupta The Stranger - a.k.a. The Visitor (International: English title) - a.k.a. Visiteur, Le (France)1993Sunya Theke SuruProfessor Bhishmadev Sharma A Return to Zero (India: English title)1997Kahini2008ChaturangaUncle2009Joy LiesVenkatHitlist2010Ekti Tarar KhonjeLand Lord uncleGorosthaney SabdhanMahadev Chowdhury2011NoukadubiHemnalni's father2012Maya Bazaar2013Shunyo AwnkoDr. Probal Roy 2014Ek Phaali Rodh Dr. Somshankar Roy2015NaxalShiddhartha ChowdhuryAgantuker PorePrithwish Sen GuptaShajarur KantaByomkesh Bakshi2016Double FeludaDr. Nihar DuttaChitrokar2018Shobdo Kolpo Droom2019Professor Shonku O El DoradoProfessor Shonku2025Putulnacher ItikathaJadabDear MaaMentorChabiwala: The KeysmithOwner of an advertising agency
Hindi YearTitleRoleNotes2005Black Paul McNally2007Guru Contractor Sahaab200913B Mr.Kamdhar Ek: The Power of OneDIG Sheirgill2012KahaaniBhaskaran K, Director Intelligence BureauAgent VinodSir Jagadishwar Metla2014Kick Raj Bhai2015Wedding PullavSid KapoorUncredited2016Pink Judge Satyajit DuttChaurangaPanditSanam Teri Kasam Sanjay Pandit2017Poorna: Courage Has No Limit Alexandar2021Chehre Justice Jagdish Acharya
English YearTitleRoleNotes1999Holy Smoke Chidaatma Baba Holy Smoke! (USA: video box title)2000Tales of The Kama Sutra: The Perfumed GardenSage Vaisyzyana Tales of Kama Sutra (USA: video title)200515 Park AvenuePsychiatrist Dr. Kunal Barua2007FramedInspectorSapno Ke Desh Mein (Hindi title)2013Carnival Master2015The Man Who Knew InfinityNarayana Iyer2019If Not for YouDocumentary; voice role
Malayalam YearTitleRoleNotes2013Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna BhoomiBirmalda (Village head, Gouri's father)2018CaptainMr.Sinha
Other language films YearTitleRoleLanguage2009Yavarum NalamMr. ThyagarajanTamil2016Let Her CryProfessorSinhala
Streaming television YearTitleRoleLanguageNetworkNotes2020Forbidden LoveDr Harold FernandezHindiZEE52020Feluda PherotMahesh ChowdhuryBengaliAddatimes
See also Barun Chanda Pradhanmantri (TV Series)
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