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Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (''Shoumitro Chôṭṭopaddhae''; born 19 January 1935) is an Indian film and stage actor and poet. He is best known for his collaborations with film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Starting with his debut film, ''Apur Sansar'' (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of ''Apu Trilogy'', he went on to work in several notable films with Ray, including ''Abhijan'' (The Expedition, 1962), ''Charulata'' (The Lonely Wife, 1964), ''Aranyer Din Ratri'' (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); ''Ashani Sanket'' (Distant Thunder, 1973); ''Sonar Kella'' (The Fortress, 1974), ''Joi Baba Felunath'' (The Elephant God, 1978), ''Ghare-Baire'' (The Home and The World, 1984) and ''Ganashatru'' (Enemy of the People, 1989). Meanwhile, he also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, with Mrinal Sen in ''Akash Kusum'' (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in ''Kshudista Pashan'' (Hungry Stones, 1960), ''Jhinder Bandi'' (1961), Asit Sen in ''Swaralipi'' (1961), Ajoy Kar in ''Saat Pake Bandha'' (1963), ''Parineeta'' (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in ''Sansar Simante'' (1975) and ''Ganadevata'' (1978). He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given by the government of India for lifetime achievement. He has won two National Film Awards as an actor, and as an actor in Bengali theatre, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in ''Rupkatha Noy''. ==Early life and background== Soumitra was born in Krishnanagar, a town in Nadia district of West Bengal, 100 km from Calcutta, in 1935. The town under the influence of playwright Dwijendralal Ray, also from Krishnanagar, had a flourishing theatre culture, with numerous small theatre groups. His grandfather was the president of one such group, while his father though lawyer by profession, also worked as an amateur actor. He started acting in school plays. Encouraged by the praise he received his acting, gradually his interest in theatre grew with passing years, thus in late school years, he was taking acting seriously.〔 He was a very close friend of famous theatre personality, Mrityunjay Sil who is often regarded as the person due to which Soumitra is a star. 〔 Soumitra and his family moved to Howrah and Calcutta during his early years. Soumitra graduated from the City College, Kolkata with honours in Bengali literature, as a graduating student of the University of Calcutta.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Upperstall )〕 He has lived for a number of years in Calcutta in Satyajit Ray's old apartment. He studied for his M.A. in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. While still a student, he learnt acting under noted actor-director of Bengali theatre Ahindra Choudhury.〔 However a turning point came when in the final year of college he saw a play by Sisir Bhaduri, theatre director and the doyen of Bengali theatre. The play not only set a standard for acting for him, but also help makeup his mind to become an actor. He managed to meet Bhaduri, though his friend's mother, actress Shefalika Putul. Though, he met Bhaduri, towards the end of his career, when his theatre had closed, nevertheless over the next three years, till Bhaduri's death in 1959, Chatterjee made him a mentor, and learnt the craft of acting through their regular interactions.〔〔〔 He even appeared in a small role in one of Bhaduri's productions. 〔(Soumitra Chatterjee, Actor ) ''satyajitray.org''. Retrieved 3 October 2012.〕 Subsequently, he started his career working in All India Radio as an announcer, while he was still there he started pursuing a career in films. He came in touch with Ray during the casting for ''Aparajito'' (1956), who was looking for new faces. Ray thought he had the right look, however found him, age 20, and just out of college, too old for the role of adolescent Apu. Ray remembered him and offered him the role of adult Apu two years later. Meanwhile, he was rejected in his screen test for Bengali film, ''Nilachale Mahaprabhu'' (1957) directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soumitra Chatterjee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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