Soumitra Chatterjee

Soumitra Chatterjee ( Shoumitro Chôţţopaddhae) (born January 19, 1935) is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. Soumitra studied at the the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta, graduating with honours in Bengali literature. He has lived for a number of years in Calcutta in Satyajit Ray's old apartment. Soumitra's film debut came in 1959 in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar. As noted on the official website for Ray, "At that time, Soumitra Chatterjee was a radio announcer and had only played a small role in a Bengali stage production" . Soumitra would eventually collaborate with Ray on fourteen films. His centrality to Ray's work is akin to other key collaborations in the history of cinema - Mifune & Kurosawa, Mastroianni & Fellini, or De Niro & Scorsese. He also worked with Sharmila Tagore in a number of Ray films. Besides working with Ray, Soumitra excelled in collaborations with other well... full article at wikipedia