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{{Infobox person
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|name = Subhendu Chatterjee
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|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|11|29|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
|death_date ={{Death date and age|2007|7|05|1936|11|29|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
|occupation = Actor
|yearsactive = 1965–2006
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|parents =
|spouse = Anjali Chatterjee
|children = [[Saswata Chatterjee]]
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'''Subhendu Chatterjee''' (29 November 1936 – 5 July 2007) was an [[India]]n actor of [[Television in India|television]] and [[Indian cinema|films]] in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. A contemporary of actors [[Uttam Kumar]] and [[Soumitra Chatterjee]], with whom he played second hero in many films, Chatterjee with age had graduated into character roles.

== Personal life ==
His father was Shailendra Chattopadhay and mother was Manimala Devi. In 1953, he was admitted into Calcutta Medical College. In 1960, he completed his M.B.B.S. and became a doctor. He worked in Civil Defence and later joined Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

He was involved with amateur theatre under the tutelage of Jnanesh Mukherjee, a stalwart of Bengali theatre and films, and started trying his luck on the silver screen. He was involved with the [[Indian People's Theatre Association|IPTA]]. The elder of his two sons, is the [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[actor]] [[Saswata Chatterjee]] and the other is based in USA.<ref name="toll" />

==Career==
He started his film career with [[Mrinal Sen]]'s ''[[Akash Kusum]]'' in 1965. He was appreciated for his restrained portrayal of the honest friend who would fail to prevent his go-getting friend (played by [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]) from the path of falsehood which would lead to utter humiliation.<ref name="toll">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/jul/05/bengali_actor_subhendu_chatterjee_dead.html |title=Bengali actor Subhendu Chatterjee dead|author=IANS |date= 5 July 2007 |accessdate=12 March 2009}}</ref> He worked with [[Satyajit Ray]] in ''Chiriyakhana'' where he first shared the screen with Uttam Kumar, and then with the versatile [[Soumitra Chatterjee|Soumitra]] in ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]'' (1969) that brought national and international fame. He is mostly remembered for his portrayal of Sankar in ''[[Chowringhee]]'' in 1968 where alongside the matinee idol Uttam Kumar, he carved his niche as the straight and compassionate apprentice (the author's character) of a five-star hotel on the brink of changing ownership. He then starred as the leading character in ''Hansa Mithun'' (1968), ''[[Panchasar (film)|Panchasar]]'' (1968), ''Arogya Niketon'' (1969), ''Nayikar Bhumikay'', " Anindita ", together with playing second lead in Chaddabeshi'' (1972), and "Ekhoni" and the protagonist in ''[[Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant]]'', " Pratham Kadam Phool", " Kuheli", " Kaach Kata Hire", Aandhar Periye", " Bigolito Karuna Jahnabi Yamuna", " Jibon Rahasya", " Bahurupi", ''[[Amrito Kumbher Sandhane]]'', " Ganasatru", " Lal Darwajaa" are some of his noteworthy movies.

By the time, he acted with the legendary [[Uttam Kumar]] in ''[[Chowringhee]]'' and ''Chaddabeshi'', he was already a heartthrob with his tall, dark, handsome, and intelligent looks. He acted in the sequel of ''[[Aranyer Din Ratri]]'', directed by [[Gautam Ghose]]: ''[[Abar Aranye]]'' in 2003.

Recipient of many awards, Chatterjee also was a successful stage actor and the play "Bilkish Begum" staged during the 1980s was a super hit. He also played a very prominent role in the play " Amar Kantak" which also ran many nights. He acted in a number of tele-films as well; one in which he excelled was as Dr. Munshi in "Dr. Munshi's diary" based on a short story by Satyajit Ray. He was a very good singer as well and cut a disc on composition of Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.

One of his recent{{when|date=April 2014}} films was "Abar Arannya" (Again in Forest), a sequel to Ray's "Arannyer Dinratri" made by Goutam Ghosh a few years ago.

== Death ==
He died from respiratory tract complications.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070706/asp/calcutta/story_8022855.asp |title=An actor and a gentleman |author=Staff Reporter |date= 6 July 2007 |accessdate=12 March 2009}}</ref> The Bengali film industry went into a state of mourning as the news of his death spread.

"He was my best friend and a great actor. He was always there by me in my times of trouble. We were a family. He was a good doctor too," said Bengali comedian [[Chinmoy Roy]] as he broke down.

He is one of the ever-remembered personalities of the Bengal celluloid.

==Filmography==
* ''[[Abar Aranye]]'' (2003) as Sanjay Bannerjee
* ''[[Desh (film)|Desh]]'' (2002) as The MLA
* ''[[Dahan (1997 film)|Dahan]]'' (1997) as Jhinuk's father
* ''[[Moner Manush (1997 film)|Moner Manush]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Lal Darja]]'' (1997) as Nabin Datta
* ''[[Jamaibabu]]''
* Asha-o-Bhalobasha (1989)
* ''[[Ganashatru]]'' (1989) as Biresh
* ''[[Amar Sangi]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Rajnandini]]'' (1980)
* Chorus (1974) as Photo-journalist
* Anindita (1972)
* Chhadmabeshi (1971) as Subimal
* Kuheli (1971) as Prashanto
* [[Aranyer Din Ratri]] (1970) (as Subhendu Chatterji) as Sanjay Bannerjee
* [[Arogya Niketan (film)]] (1967) as (Subhendu Chatterji)
* [[Chowringhee (film)|Chowringhee]] (1968) as Shankar
* Hangsa-Mithun (1968)
* [[Chiriyakhana]] (1967) as Bijoy
* Akash Kusum (1965) as Ajay's friend
* Kaach Kata Hirey as friend of Subroto and brother of Uma
* Amar Sangee as Prasenjit's Father
* Bhalobasa as Doctor

==Awards==
* Anandalok Award - Best Actor for [[Lal Darja]] in 1998

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0154166}}

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[[Category:Indian male stage actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
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