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Dhritiman Chaterji (Bengali: ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi (The Adversary). Most of his acting work has been in the India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen, among others. He has also worked in English language films with well-known filmmakers such as Jane Campion. He has received several acting awards in India and has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards.

Dhritiman pursues a parallel career in advertising, social communications and documentary filmmaking.

Never a part of mainstream "Bollywood", he's made an astonishingly small number of films. In recent years he's wandered to assignments with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam.

Dhritiman is his screen name. He is otherwise known as Sundar Chaterji and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai. Born on May 30, 1945, he was educated at Kolkata's St Xavier's Collegiate School and Presidency College, and the Delhi School of Economics.

Selected Filmography

By Satyajit Ray:

• Pratidwandi (The Adversary)
• Ganashatru (Enemy of the People)
• Agantuk (The Visitor)

By Mrinal Sen:

• Padatik (The Foot Soldier)
• Akaler Sandhane (In Search of Famine)

By Aparna Sen:

• 36 Chowringhee Lane
• 15, Park Avenue

By Jane Campion:

• Holy Smoke

By Jagmohan Mundhra:

• The Perfumed Garden

By Rajshri Ojha:

• Badger (At the American Film Institute)

By Sanjay Leela Bhansali:

• Black

By Mani Ratnam:

• Guru

External Links

• IMDB page on Dhritiman Chaterjee

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