Anil Chatterjee
Acting
Biography
Anil Chatterjee (Bengali: অনিল চ্যাটার্জী) was an Indian actor in the Bengali cinema during the early fifties through the mid-nineties and is mostly remembered as a character actor. He acted or performed in about 150 movies, including a few in Hindi.
Born: October 24, 1929
Place of Birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Known For
Aakhri Badla
A vessel named 'Star of Asia' sinks with 6 Crores Rupees worth of gold and diamonds. Interpol gets involved and they assign an Agent, Himadhri Choudhry, who has a sweetheart in Leena Saigol, to work incognito for her dad, Preetam. Soon he will be asked to travel to Tokyo where an employee of the Indian Embassy, Marikawa, is waiting to first seduce, and then have him killed.
The Citizen
The sole dream of Ramu, eldest son a family of migrants, and Uma to build a happy life together is burdened by a pile of obstacles on their way due to economic upheaval in post-partition Calcutta.
Chokh
The film is set in during the Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given death sentence, for the murders of owner Jethia’s brother, and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. However when the mill owner finds about this he tries to manoeuvre the medical system to get both the eyes for his blind son. Meanwhile the doctor discovers that the donation papers provided by the Jethia to be fake. Soon the mill workers get united behind the widow of Jadunath and hold protest rally against the injustice.
Marutirtha Hinglaj
While on their way to Hinglaj, Maharaj and his companions meet Kunti, who was raped by dacoits, and Thirumal, whom she left her family for. Together, they set out to seek the blessings of God.
The Big City
After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
Three Daughters
Three stories with three central female characters linking the stories together. The first one concerns an orphan girl who grows attached to the postmaster she is caring for after he teaches her to read and write. The second one is a supernatural tale about a woman obsessed with the jewels her husband buys for her. The final one follows a young man who falls for an unconventional girl from his new village instead of his arranged bride, the daughter of a respectable family.
Devi
A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.
Kanchenjungha
Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan foothills, allowing the Bengali auteur to examine the class and generational differences of postcolonial India while celebrating the hopes of a society in transition.
Today's Robin Hood
Drama set during the British rule in India has Jatin Chatterjee, a young revolutionary on the run from authorities, take refuge in the home of Shyam Jadhav, who hires Jatin to teach his sons, Ram, Ramdas, and Ramdulaare. What happens when Jatin instructs his students about the legendary bandit Robin Hood?
Uttarayan
Pranbir goes to war where he meets his doppelganger, Rateshwar, who eventually dies in combat. Pranbir decides to visit Rateshwar's family to inform them about his death but the family mistake him for Rateshwar.
Filmography
as Dr. Kundu
as Arun
as Sarvinder Sharma
as Aloke Chatterjee
as Dr. Dasgupta
as Schoolmaster
as Dr. Mukherjee
as Mr. Tarafdar (Bank Manager)
as Avik's Father
as Narrator
as Suhas Da
as Philosophy student
as Brajendra
as Bimala's ward's father
as Police Inspector Bhuvan Roy
as Aniruddha
as Subol
as Doctor
as Shankar's Elder Brother
as Nirmal
as Captain Aftab
as Supriyo
as Subrata Mazumdar
as Narrator
as Hiru
as Anil
as Dr. Ashim Moitra
as Nandal (segment "The Postmaster")
as Rishi
as Shankar
as Bhudeb
as Patient
as Office Staff
as Roop Lal Chadiwala
as Groom