Shekhar Chattopadhyay

Biography

Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with several leftist theatre groups, including the Communist 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.

Known For

Mrigayaa
Mrigayaa
Ichhapuran
Ichhapuran
The Expedition
The Expedition
Maa
Maa
Chorus
Chorus
Bhuvan Shome
Bhuvan Shome

Filmography

1986 Vasundhara
as
1985 Tagari
as
1984 Maa
as
1982 Gandhi
as Suhrawardy
1978 The Sage from the Sea
as Bhairavamoorthy
1977 Pratima
as
1977 Barbadhu
as
1976 Mrigayaa
as
1975 Nishimrigaya
as
1975 Sangsar Simantey
as
1974 Sangini
as
1974 Rodon Bhara Basanta
as
1974 Raktatilak
as
1974 Chorus
as
1973 Marjina Abdulla
as Qasim
1971 Sansar
as
1971 Interview
as
1971 Kuheli
as Station Master
1971 An Unfinished Story
as
1970 Aleyar Alo
as