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    Shekhar Chattopadhyay

    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.

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    Vasundhara
    0 %|Aug 15, 1986
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    Tagari
    0 %|May 3, 1985
    Drama
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    Maa
    0 %|May 11, 1984
    Drama
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    Gandhi
    75.63 %|Dec 1, 1982
    Drama, History
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    The Sage from the Sea
    98 %|Jan 1, 1978
    Drama
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    Pratima
    0 %|Dec 2, 1977
    Family, Drama
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    Barbadhu
    0 %|Jan 1, 1977
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    The Royal Hunt
    60 %|Apr 1, 1976
    Drama
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    Nishimrigaya
    0 %|Dec 12, 1975
    Thriller, Drama
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    Sangsar Simantey
    0 %|Jan 1, 1975
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    Sangini
    0 %|Jun 14, 1974
    Drama
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    Rodon Bhara Basanta
    0 %|Apr 5, 1974
    Drama
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    Raktatilak
    0 %|Feb 15, 1974
    Drama, Crime
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    Chorus
    57 %|Jan 4, 1974
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    Marjina Abdulla
    0 %|Mar 2, 1973
    Family, Comedy
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    Sansar
    0 %|Dec 24, 1971
    Family, Drama
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    Interview
    65 %|Nov 13, 1971
    Drama
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    Kuheli
    50 %|Aug 13, 1971
    Horror, Crime, Thriller
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    An Unfinished Story
    0 %|Jan 1, 1971
    Drama
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    Aleyar Alo
    0 %|Mar 6, 1970
    Drama, Family
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    Ichhapuran
    0 %|Jan 1, 1970
    Drama, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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    Bhuvan Shome
    64 %|May 12, 1969
    Drama
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    Garh Nasimpur
    0 %|Nov 1, 1968
    Drama, History
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    Chiriyakhana
    60 %|Nov 18, 1967
    Adventure, Crime, Drama
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    Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
    0 %|Dec 9, 1966
    Drama, Family
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    The Expedition
    75.63 %|Sep 27, 1962
    Drama
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    Sabar Uparey
    0 %|Dec 1, 1955
    Mystery, Romance, Drama

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