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'''Anil Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay)'''<ref name="Anil Chatterjee @ IMDB">{{cite web|title=Anil Chatterjee (I)|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154110/reference|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=7 December 2013}}</ref> {{lang-bn|অনিল চ্যাটার্জী (চট্টোপাধ্যায়)}} (25 October 1929 – 17 March 1996) was an Indian actor<ref name="Anil Chatterjee Gom">{{cite web|title=Anil Chatterjee|url=http://www.gomolo.com/about-anil-chatterjee/61|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624020234/http://www.gomolo.com/about-anil-chatterjee/61|archive-date=24 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]] during the early fifties through the mid-nineties and is mostly remembered as a character actor.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} He acted or performed in about 150 movies, including a few in [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]]. He played different shades, though mostly as a character actor, as well as in leading roles and at times as an antagonist, despite the limited opportunities he received. Irrespective of the roles, he left an indelible impression on the viewers and the critics. He also acted in the leading role in a tele-serial named ''Naqab'' in the national network of Doordarshan. He is one of the very few selected actors who worked with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha and [[Mrinal Sen]]; with the first three directors, he performed with on more than a number of occasions. His performance in the title role of the film ''Deshbandhu Chittaranjan'' [a biopic on the noted and revered freedom-fighter and barrister Chittaranjan Das (1870–1925), who was conferred the title of "Deshbandhu (Friend of the Country)"] won the appreciation of Basanti Devi, the wife of the "Deshbandhu" (she is said to have personally blessed the actor). | '''Anil Chatterjee (Chattopadhyay)'''<ref name="Anil Chatterjee @ IMDB">{{cite web|title=Anil Chatterjee (I)|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154110/reference|publisher=IMDB|accessdate=7 December 2013}}</ref> {{lang-bn|অনিল চ্যাটার্জী (চট্টোপাধ্যায়)}} (25 October 1929 – 17 March 1996) was an Indian actor<ref name="Anil Chatterjee Gom">{{cite web|title=Anil Chatterjee|url=http://www.gomolo.com/about-anil-chatterjee/61|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=4 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624020234/http://www.gomolo.com/about-anil-chatterjee/61|archive-date=24 June 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> in the [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]] during the early fifties through the mid-nineties and is mostly remembered as a character actor.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} He acted or performed in about 150 movies, including a few in [[Hindi cinema|Hindi]]. He played different shades, though mostly as a character actor, as well as in leading roles and at times as an antagonist, despite the limited opportunities he received. Irrespective of the roles, he left an indelible impression on the viewers and the critics. He also acted in the leading role in a tele-serial named ''Naqab'' in the national network of Doordarshan. He is one of the very few selected actors who worked with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Tapan Sinha and [[Mrinal Sen]]; with the first three directors, he performed with on more than a number of occasions. His performance in the title role of the film ''Deshbandhu Chittaranjan'' [a biopic on the noted and revered freedom-fighter and barrister Chittaranjan Das (1870–1925), who was conferred the title of "Deshbandhu (Friend of the Country)"] won the appreciation of Basanti Devi, the wife of the "Deshbandhu" (she is said to have personally blessed the actor). | ||
Born | Born at [[Balagarh (community development block)|Balagarh]], near [[Jirat]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[India]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=ওর মতো ছেলেমানুষ খুব একটা দেখিনি|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/patrika/some-unknown-stories-of-actor-anil-chatterjee-1.589792|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref> hailed from [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]], was graduated from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata - the institution to which he remained attached all through as an office-bearer and member of The Alumnoram Soceitas (Alumni Society) of the college. Prior to that, he completed his schooling from Delhi, having stood first in entire North India in the Senior Cambridge Examinations. In his college days, he became associated with [[Utpal Dutt]] and acted in a number of plays. He was also a Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly [MLA], having won the by-election from the erstwhile [[Chowringhee]] Assembly Constituency as a [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] supported Independent candidate. | ||
==Limited Filmography== | ==Limited Filmography== | ||
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| 1987 || ''Mahamilan''|| | | 1987 || ''Mahamilan''|| | ||
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| 1988 || ''Aaj Ka Robin Hood'' || Tapan Sinha | | 1988 || ''[[Aaj Ka Robin Hood]]'' || Tapan Sinha | ||
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| 1988 || ''Agun''|| | | 1988 || ''Agun''|| | ||