Dhritiman Chatterjee (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 30 May 1945, he was educated at Kolkata's St Xavier's Collegiate School and Presidency College, and the Delhi School of Economics.

[edit] Filmography

• Joy Lies (2009) (in production) .... Venkat
• Chaturanga (2008) .... Uncle
• Guru (2007) .... Thapar Commission Member ... aka Gurukant (India: Telugu title) ... aka Mani Ratnam's Guru (India: English title: complete title)
• 15 Park Avenue (2005) .... Psychiatrist Dr. Kunal Barua
• Black (2005) (as Dhritiman Chaterji) .... Paul McNally
• Perfumed Garden (2000) .... Sage Vaisyzyana ... aka Tales of Kama Sutra (USA: video title)
• Holy Smoke (1999) (as Dhritiman Chaterji) .... Chidaatma Baba aka Holy Smoke! (USA: video box title)
• Kahini (1997)... aka Fiction
• Sunya Theke Suru (1993) .... Professor Bhishmadev Sharma ... aka A Return to Zero (India: English title)
• Agantuk (1991) .... Prithwish Sen Gupta ... aka The Stranger... aka The Visitor (International: English title) ... aka Visiteur, Le (France)
• Ganashatru (1989) .... Nishrith Gupta... aka An Enemy of the People (UK)
• 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) .... Samaresh Moitra
• Akaler Sandhane (1980) .... Movie Director ... aka Akaler Sandhaney ... aka In Search of Famine
• Jadu Bansha (1974)
• Padatik (1973) .... Political Activist ... aka The Guerilla Fighter
• Pratidwandi (1972) .... Siddhartha Chaudhuri ... aka Siddharta and the City ... aka The Adversary

[edit] External links

• Dhritiman Chatterjee at the Internet Movie Database

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