Dhritiman Chatterjee
Date of birth: 1945-05-30
Place of birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Dhritiman Chatterji, 드리티만 채터지
Biography
Dhritiman Chatterjee (Bengali: ধৃতিমান চট্টোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian actor. He began his acting career in 1970 as the protagonist of Satyajit Ray's Pratidwandi (The Adversary). Most of his acting work has been in India's "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 well-known 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 You[1], a documentary about Kolkata's long lasting love affair with legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Never a part of mainstream "Bollywood", he's made an astonishingly small number of films. In recent years he's 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 Kolkata's St Xavier's 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.
Movie Credits
Black
2005-02-04
Unable to see, hear, or speak after a childhood illness, a young woman grows up prone to violent out
Kahaani
2012-03-08
Pregnant and alone in the city of Kolkata, a woman begins a relentless search for her missing husban
Framed
2007-01-01
Six college students try to play a prank on the Dean. When he ends up dead and the trail leads to th
Yavarum Nalam
2009-03-06
Manohar and his family move into a new apartment on the 13th floor. However, their peace is disturbe
The Puppet’s Tale
2025-08-01
Shashi, an urbane doctor, returns to his native village, a place seemingly mired in a backward way o
36 Chowringhee Lane
1981-08-29
After the marriage of her niece, an Anglo-Indian school-teacher, Violet Stoneham, lives a lonely lif
Sarisreep - The Reptile
1987-08-27
An award winning film by Nabyendu Chatterjee
Sunya Theke Suru
1993-07-15
Act Zero
2013-07-26
A citified executive meets an idealistic journalist who challenges his values as he negotiates with
Agent Vinod
2012-03-23
Agent Vinod sets out on a secret mission to find the reason behind the death of Rajan, his colleague
The Bongs Again
2017-01-13
10 years after The Bong Connection, The Bongs Again is a journey of two young women. Sara, in her 20
Hit List
2009-11-20
When the employees of an ad agency start getting killed off one by one, Detective Prabhat is tasked
Kahini
1996-01-04
One day Rajat decides to kidnap a child. But before he can work out a proper plan, a mysterious stra
In Search of Famine
1981-01-04
A young, idealistic director arrives in a village to make a picture set during the Great Bengal Fami
Himghar
1996-07-18
Barun Banerjee, a middle-class bank employee, gets in trouble after the head office sets up an enqui
The Guerrilla Fighter
1973-04-01
A political activist escapes the prison van and is sheltered in a posh apartment owned by a sensitiv
Chilekotha
2017-09-01
A Premangshu Roy film.
Picnic
1972-09-01
Three couples go on a picnic date to a riverside unbeknownst to their families. On the way back thei
Chauranga
2016-01-08
A fourteen year old Dalit (lower caste) boy in rural India is killed for writing a love letter.
Gorosthane Sabdhan
2010-12-10
By accident, more than anything else, the three find themselves beside the grave of Thomas Godwin. T
Dear Maa
2025-07-18
Is love thicker than blood?
Naxal
2015-06-11
After nearly 42 years one fine morning a FAX arrives at the Kolkata Metro Railways Headquarters. It
Shajarur Kanta
2015-03-20
Deepa and Debasish are married under unhappy circumstances, and their relationship proceeds as such,
The Adversary
1970-10-27
Siddhartho Chowdhury, a brilliant young medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his fa
An Enemy of the People
1990-01-19
Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at
The Stranger
1991-05-07
A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be t
Padatik
2024-08-15
The film follows Mrinal Sen in his early days around the time of India’s independence, where he is a
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
2013-08-09
Kasi and Suni are close friends who studied together in an engineering college. Assi, who comes to K
15 Park Avenue
2006-01-06
An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta.
Jadu Bansha
1974-04-01
A political film reflecting the turbulent times of the '60s and '70s.
Pink
2016-09-16
After being molested, Minal and her friends try to file an FIR against a politician's nephew. When t
Let Her Cry
2016-05-12
When an alluring young undergrad becomes infatuated with her nearly retired professor, she stirs up
The Last Mural
2016-12-14
The story of the bond between an aged blind artist, about to create his last masterpiece and a rebel
Guru
2007-01-12
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the bigg
Poorna
2017-03-31
An Adivasi 13-year-old from Telangana becomes the youngest girl in history to climb Mount Everest.
Midnight's Children
2012-08-31
The story of a pair of children born within moments of India gaining independence from England, grow
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
2018-06-01
A young man who stands for the right discovers that he's destined to do bigger things, which will tr
Majnu
2016-09-23
Aditya, an assistant director, tries to impress Suma by narrating his old love story. However, while
Noukadubi
2011-05-20
Rameshchandra Chaudhry, a lawyer by profession, is in love with Hemnalini, and is displeased when he
Kavacha
2019-04-05
An unfortunate young girl becomes the target of a vengeful serial killer who is on the loose. The on
Mission Mangal
2019-08-15
A team of Indian scientists at ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) take on the extraordinary t
Jai Simha
2018-01-12
Narasimha is a man on the run with his one-year-old son. He reaches Kumbakonam and stays at the hous
Professor Shanku O El Dorado
2019-12-20
Based on Satyajit Rayʼs iconic character, this film portrays the story of Trilokeshwar Shanku - a re
Chehre
2021-08-27
An ad agency executive takes shelter at an old man's home in mountains amid a dangerous snow storm,
033
2009-06-19
his Bengali film is about the increasing migrations of young people outside the city of Calcutta, lo
The Keysmith
2025-06-06
The Sanyals, a wealthy family with a communication gap, meet Chabiwalah, a strange man who claims to
Four Chapters
2008-11-21
Defying his father’s wishes by following his rebellious uncle’s example, a young Bengali from an upp
Ek Phaali Rodh
2014-12-05
Dr. Somshankar Roy, a social scientist, engages Swagato and Anwesha to create 'mock' crisis on the s
Teenkahon
2014-11-07
Three stories show the changing face of morality, the degeneration of values, the increasing polluti
Mayabazaar
2012-01-27
Three different stories Smriti (Memories), Satwa (Soul) and Bhobiswot (Future) get interwoven in one
Talking Head
2020-12-17
An elusive actor is a rarity. Talking Head is about the actor Dhritiman Chaterji. In October 1970, P
Holy Smoke
1999-09-04
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influen
The Man Who Knew Infinity
2016-04-08
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge Universi
Stars for Baba
2019-07-19
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If Not For You
2019-05-24
A tribute film on Bob Dylan, depicting Calcutta's affinity with Dylan through cityscape and intervie
Shobdo Kolpo Droom
2018-07-06
Four terrorists take shelter in a hostel for specially-abled children during their summer vacation.
Wedding Pullav
2015-10-16
Wedding Pullav shows the story of two best friends Adi (Diganth) and Anushka (Anushka Ranjan) who ar
Double Feluda
2016-12-16
The movie consists of two Feluda stories by Satyajit Ray, Samaddar-er-Chabi and Golokdham Rahashya,
Oppam
2016-09-08
A retired judge faces difficulty keeping his daughter safe from a convict he imprisoned. Later, when
Paisa Vasool
2017-09-01
A self-proclaimed criminal Theda Singh who’s just been released from Tihar Jail is recruited by Indi
Ekti Tarar Khonje
2010-11-26
An orphan with a dream of becoming an actor, relocates to Kolkata. Endowed with the ability to froes