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Shekhar Chatterjee (born c. 1924 in Calcutta) is a Bengali actor and director.
Chatterjee began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with a number of leftist theatre groups, including the Commmunist 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.
Chatterjee was also active in Bengali, Indian, and world cinema, having acted in nearly a hundred films by the time he was sixty. Among his first credited roles was in Agradoot's 1955 film noir Sabar Uparey; he later had memorable roles in several of Mrinal Sen's films, including Bhuvan Shome, Ek Adhuri Kahani, Chorus, and Mrigayaa. His biggest international role was that of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in Richard Attenborough's biographical epic Gandhi. Casting director Dolly Thakore recommended Chatterjee for the role after seeing him onstage in Calcutta and noting that he shared Suhrawardy's large stature.
In 1983, Chatterjee directed the film Vasundhara, which was awarded Best Bengali Film at the 31st National Film Awards. The Directorate of Film Festivals cited it for "its sincere attempt to depict the struggle against social injustice".
Chatterjee began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with a number of leftist theatre groups, including the Commmunist 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.
Chatterjee was also active in Bengali, Indian, and world cinema, having acted in nearly a hundred films by the time he was sixty. Among his first credited roles was in Agradoot's 1955 film noir Sabar Uparey; he later had memorable roles in several of Mrinal Sen's films, including Bhuvan Shome, Ek Adhuri Kahani, Chorus, and Mrigayaa. His biggest international role was that of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy in Richard Attenborough's biographical epic Gandhi. Casting director Dolly Thakore recommended Chatterjee for the role after seeing him onstage in Calcutta and noting that he shared Suhrawardy's large stature.
In 1983, Chatterjee directed the film Vasundhara, which was awarded Best Bengali Film at the 31st National Film Awards. The Directorate of Film Festivals cited it for "its sincere attempt to depict the struggle against social injustice".
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Gandhi (1982)
, 3h11Réalisé par Richard Attenborough
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Biographie, Aventure, Historique
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale, Le racisme
Acteurs Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Martin Sheen, Edward Fox, Roshan Seth, John Gielgud
Rôle Suhrawardy
Note79%
Le film retrace différents éléments célèbres de la vie de Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi et de la lutte pour l'indépendance indienne. Ainsi, on assiste au combat pour les droits civils en Afrique du Sud au début du siècle, à la création de l'Ashram de Sabarmati, au massacre d'Amristar et au mouvement de désobéissance civile qui l'a suivie, à la marche du sel, à la mort de sa femme lors de sa captivité, à l'indépendance et la partition de l'Inde et enfin à son assassinat le 30 janvier 1948.
कोन्दुरा (1978)
, 2h17Réalisé par Shyam Benegal
Genres Drame
Acteurs Smita Patil, Vanisri, Anant Nag, Amrish Puri, Satyadev Dubey, Sulabha Deshpande
Rôle Bhairavamoorthy
Note72%
Mrigayaa (1976)
Réalisé par Mrinal Sen
Genres Drame
Acteurs Mithun Chakraborty, Mamata Shankar, Anoop Kumar, Tom Alter, Shekhar Chatterjee
Note69%
Set in the 1930s, the film is about a group of tribals who live in a small village in Orissa amidst wild animals like tigers and boars. Apart from the problems faced by the animals that ruin the harvest, they also suffer in the hands of the greedy moneylenders and police informers. Around this time, a newly posted British administrator arrives at the village who happens to be passionate on hunting. He befriends Ghinua, a native tribal who is also an exceptional archer. The two get into a deal where Ghinua will be rewarded if he brings a "big game".
Chorus (1974)
Réalisé par Mrinal Sen
Acteurs Utpal Dutt, Rabi Ghosh, Shekhar Chatterjee, Moon Moon Sen, Subhendu Chatterjee
Note75%
Interview (1971)
, 1h41Réalisé par Mrinal Sen
Genres Drame
Acteurs Ranjit Mallick, Karuna Banerjee, Shekhar Chatterjee
Note78%
Ranjit Mullick is a smart personable young man. A friend of the family, who works in a foreign firm, has assured him of a lucrative job in his firm. All Ranjit has to do is to appear in an interview, dressed in a western style suit.
Ek Adhuri Kahani (1971)
Réalisé par Mrinal Sen
Genres Drame
Acteurs Utpal Dutt, Shekhar Chatterjee, Shobha Sen
Note69%
Monsieur Shome (1969)
, 1h36Réalisé par Mrinal Sen
Genres Drame
Acteurs Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Amitabh Bachchan
Note71%
Les mésaventures comiques d'un fonctionnaire bourgeois indien affecté d'une rigidité très victorienne.
Monsieur Shome (1969)
, 1h36Origine Inde
Genres Drame
Acteurs Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Amitabh Bachchan
Note71%
Les mésaventures comiques d'un fonctionnaire bourgeois indien affecté d'une rigidité très victorienne. Selon Mrinal Sen, dans le film, « il s'agit moins de dompter le bureaucrate que de le "débaucher" ; c'est une fable amorale. »
La Ménagerie (1967)
, 2h5Réalisé par Satyajit Ray
Genres Drame, Aventure, Policier
Acteurs Uttam Kumar, Subhendu Chatterjee, Shekhar Chatterjee, Chinmoy Roy
Rôle (as Shekhar Chattopadhyay)
Note71%
Un inspecteur de police, Satyanweshi Byomkesh, est chargé d'élucider le mystère de la mort d'un ancien juge désormais à la retraite...
Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar (1966)
Genres Drame
Acteurs Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Tarun Kumar, Bikash Roy, Kali Banerjee
Note64%
L'Expédition (1962)
, 2h30Réalisé par Satyajit Ray
Genres Drame
Acteurs Soumitra Chatterjee, Waheeda Rehman, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Rabi Ghosh, Shekhar Chatterjee
Rôle Rameshwar
Note78%
Narsingh, chauffeur de taxi se voit retirer son permis de conduire par la police, le contraignant ainsi à se réfugier dans la petite ville de Kolkata. Il rencontre alors Sukhanram, un riche homme d’affaires qui l’engage pour transporter des marchandises. Narsingh se rend alors vite compte qu’il est impliqué dans un trafic d’opium
Sabar Uparey (1955)
Réalisé par Agradoot
Genres Drame, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Kali Banerjee, Pahari Sanyal, Shobha Sen
Note75%
Prashanta Chatterjee (Chhabi Biswas) is sentenced to life imprisonment after the alleged murder of Hemangini, a lady based in Krishnanagar whom he is accused of loving and then dumping and murdering heinously.