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	'''Dhritiman Chatterjee''' ({{lang-bn\|ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়}}) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of ]'s '']'' (''The Adversary'')<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Dhritiman Chatterjee: I never wanted to be an actor\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/dhritiman-chatterjee-i-never-wanted-to-be-an-actor/articleshow/72454434.cms?from=mdr\|url-status=live}}</ref>. Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as ], ] and ], among others.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Satyajit Ray’s actors remember his genius\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/satyajit-ray-100-years-actors-genius-barun-chanda-mamata-shankar-dhritiman-chatterjee-madhabi-mukherjee-6424276/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Satyajit Ray in 100 Anecdotes\|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/14/20269/Satyajit-Ray-in-100-Anecdotes\|url-status=live}}</ref>He has also worked in ] films with well-known filmmakers such as ] and ].		'''Dhritiman Chatterjee''' ({{lang-bn\|ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়}}) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of ]'s '']'' (''The Adversary'')<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Dhritiman Chatterjee: I never wanted to be an actor\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/dhritiman-chatterjee-i-never-wanted-to-be-an-actor/articleshow/72454434.cms?from=mdr\|url-status=live}}</ref>. Most of his acting work has been in India's "parallel", or independent, cinema with filmmakers such as ], ] and ], among others.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Satyajit Ray’s actors remember his genius\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/satyajit-ray-100-years-actors-genius-barun-chanda-mamata-shankar-dhritiman-chatterjee-madhabi-mukherjee-6424276/\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Satyajit Ray in 100 Anecdotes\|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/14/20269/Satyajit-Ray-in-100-Anecdotes\|url-status=live}}</ref>He has also worked in ] films with well-known filmmakers such as ] and ].

	== Early ~~Life~~ ==		== 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 ], social communications and ]making.		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 ], social communications and ]making.

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Dhritiman Chatterjee ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়
Chatterjee, at IFFI, 2012
Born	(1945-05-30) 30 May 1945 (age 79) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Occupation(s)	Film, TV & Stage Actor, Ad & Short filmmaker, Literary Performer & Reciter

Dhritiman Chatterjee (Template:Lang-bn) 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 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 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)

Never a part of mainstream "Bollywood", he's made an astonishingly small number of films. In recent years he's taken roles with filmmakers as diverse as Jane Campion and hugely successful Mumbai directors Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Mani Ratnam. Dhritiman has received several acting awards in India and has been 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

Films

Year	Title	Role
1970	Pratidwandi	Siddhartha Chaudhuri - a.k.a. Siddharta and the City - a.k.a. The Adversary
1972	Picnic
1973	Padatik	Political Activist - a.k.a. The Guerilla Fighter
1974	Jadu Bansha
1980	Akaler Sandhane	a.k.a. Akaler Sandhaney - a.k.a. In Search of Famine
1981	36 Chowringhee Lane	Samaresh Moitra
1989	Ganashatru	Nishrith Gupta - a.k.a. An Enemy of the People (UK)
1991	Agantuk	Prithwish Sen Gupta - a.k.a. The Stranger - a.k.a. The Visitor (International: English title) - a.k.a. Visiteur, Le (France)
1993	Sunya Theke Suru	Professor Bhishmadev Sharma - a.k.a. A Return to Zero (India: English title)
1997	Kahini
2005	15 Park Avenue	Psychiatrist Dr. Kunal Barua
2008	Chaturanga	Uncle
2009	Joy Lies	Venkat
2009	Hitlist
2010	Ekti Tarar Khonje	Land Lord uncle
2010	Gorosthaney Sabdhan	Mahadev Chowdhury
2011	Noukadubi	Hemnalni's father
2012	Maya Bazaar
	Professor Shonku O El Dorado	Professor Shonku
2014	Ek Phaali Rodh	Dr. Somshankar Roy
2015	Naxal	Shiddhartha Chowdhury
	Agantuker Pore	Prithwish Sen Gupta
	Shajarur Kanta	Byomkesh Bakshi
2016	Double Feluda	Dr. Nihar Dutta

Hindi

Year	Title	Role
2005	Black	Paul McNally
2007	Guru	Contractor Sahaab
2009	13B Fear Has a New Address	Mr.Thyagarajan/ Mr.Kamdhar Yavarum Nalam
2009	Ek: The Power of One	DIG Sheirgill
2012	Kahaani	Bhaskaran K, Director Intelligence Bureau
	Agent Vinod	Sir Jagadishwar Metla
2014	Kick	Raj Bhai
2015	Wedding Pullav	Sid Kapoor
2016	Pink	Judge Satyajit Dutt
	Chauranga	Pandit
	Sanam Teri Kasam	Sanjay Pandit
2017	Poorna: Courage Has No Limit	Alexandar
2019	Mission Mangal

English

Year	Title	Role
1999	Holy Smoke	Chidaatma Baba - a.k.a. Holy Smoke! (USA: video box title)
2000	Perfumed Garden	Sage Vaisyzyana - a.k.a. Tales of Kama Sutra (USA: video title)
2013	Carnival	Master
2015	The Man Who Knew Infinity	Narayana Iyer
	If Not for You