Dhritiman Chatterjee

Dhritiman Chatterjee Bengali ধতমন চটটপধযয is an Indian actor He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Rays Pratidwandi The Adversary Most of his acting work has been in Indias parallel or independent cinema with filmmakers such as Satyajit Ray Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen among others He has also worked in English films with wellknown filmmakers such as Deepa Mehta and Jane Campion He has received several acting awards in India and has been on the Jury of the Indian National film Awards Chatterjee pursues a parallel career in advertising social communications and documentary filmmaking In 2019 he lent his voice for narration in If Not for You1 a documentary about Kolkatas long lasting love affair with legendary singersongwriter Bob Dylan Never a part of mainstream Bollywood hes made an astonishingly small number of films In recent years hes taken roles 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 Chatterjee and is quite active on the English stage in Chennai Born on 30 May 1945 he was educated at Kolkatas St Xaviers Collegiate School and Presidency College and the Delhi School of Economics About his acting qualities Satyajit Ray once remarked I do not know what definition of a star these filmmakers have been using but mine goes something like this A star is a person on the screen who continues to be expressive and interesting even after he or she has stopped doing anything This definition does not exclude the rare and lucky breed that gets lakhs of rupees per film and it includes everyone who keeps his calm before the camera projects a personality and evokes empathy This is a rare breed too but one has met it in our films Dhritiman Chatterjee of Pratidwandi is such a star Our Films Their Films Dhritiman is currently the anchor of Pradhanmantri in Bengali on ABP Ananda from 14 December 2013