actor · Golden Age

Soumitra Chatterjee

1935–2020

3 National Film Awards; Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2012); Padma Bhushan (2004); France's Legion of Honour (2017).

Ray's most frequent leading man across 14 films: the intellectual, everyman counterpoint to Uttam Kumar's romantic stardom.

Known for

Apur Sansar (1959) · Charulata (1964) · Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) · Ghare Baire (1984)