Acting
Kalyan Chatterjee
Born July 31, 1944
Died December 7, 2025 · aged 81
Kalyan Chatterjee (Bengali: কল্যাণ চ্যাটার্জী; 31 July 1944 – 7 December 2025) was an Indian actor recognized for his work in Bengali cinema, and considered to be one of the most famous character actors of Bengali Cinema. Chatterjee's student film '37 Down Manmad Passenger' was released in 1967. He acted in Satyajit Ray's ‘Pratidwandi', Tapan Sinha's ‘Apanjan', ‘Sagina Mahato', ‘Sabuj Dwiper Raja'…
Known For
An Irrelevant Dialogue · 2019An Irrelevant Dialogue
2019
MovieDrama
An octogenarian couple, Shankar & Ila Bagchi, lives a life of isolation confined in one room of a big, empty and time-worn house in a city. Apprehensive of their future and unwilling to suffer a deteriorated life, they write to the President of India, pleading guilty of what they believe to be a crime they have committed and asking for mercy. While awaiting the consequences, they try out desperate measures to fulfil their long-cherished wish. Inspired from a true story, this film explores the life of the couple, through contemplative aesthetics, who exhausted by their present, pursue a shared belief that challenges the status quo.
Kahaani · 2012Kahaani
★ 7.22012
MovieMysteryThriller
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husband, only to find that nothing is what it seems.
Epitaph · 2026Epitaph
2026
MovieDrama
A solitary young woman living with her dog becomes the target of neighbourhood slander. Her sudden suicide—and the earlier discovery of a dead foetus—fuels harsher speculation. Two neighbouring families, a young couple and an elderly father with his bedridden daughter, confront their own fears while discussing her fate. Her ambiguous life and death expose a society quick to judge independent women yet capable of rare empathy.
The Middleman · 1976The Middleman
★ 7.11976
MovieDrama
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals.
The Adversary · 1970The Adversary
★ 7.31970
MovieDrama
Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father's sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job.
The Waiting City · 2010The Waiting City
★ 5.92010
MovieDramaRomance
An outwardly happy Australian couple journey to Calcutta to collect their adopted baby, but on arrival find that the arrangements have yet to be finalized. Soon, the intoxicating mystic power of the Indian city pulls them in separate and unexpected directions, and the vulnerability of their marriage begins to reveal itself.
Ek Je Chhilo Desh · 1977Ek Je Chhilo Desh
1977
MovieDramaComedy
A scientist accidentally finds a drug that can reveal an individual's past. However, when a few politicians fear their exposure, they plot to kill him.
Sagina · 1974Sagina
★ 8.01974
MovieComedyDrama
Sagina a factory laborer,an aggressive, honest and lovable character who was the first to fight against the tyranny of the British bosses in the Tea gardens of North-Eastern India.
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