Dhritiman Chatterjee
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-05-30 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Dhritiman Chatterjee
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.
Acting
(2025)
The Puppet’s Tale
as Jadav Pundit
(2024)
Padatik
as file footage
(2022)
(2021)
Chehre
as Justice Jagdish Acharya
(2020)
Talking Head
as (Self)
(2019)
(2019)
Professor Shanku O El Dorado
as Professor Shanku
(2019)
(2019)
If Not For You
as Narrator
(2019)
Stars for Baba
as Baba
(2018)
Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
as Nandu Don
(2018)
(2018)
Shobdo Kolpo Droom
as Dr. Amlan
(2017)
Poorna
as Alexander
(2017)
Paisa Vasool
as jailor
(2017)
The Bongs Again
as Jishu's uncle
(2017)
(2016)
The Man Who Knew Infinity
as Narayana Iyer
(2016)
Pink
as Judge Satyajeet Dutt
(2016)
Oppam
as Anupam Ram
(2016)
Double Feluda
as Nihar Ranjan Dutta
(2016)
Majnu
as Aditya's Grandfather
(2016)
Chauranga
as Pandey
(2016)
(2016)
The Last Mural
as Bijan Bose
(2015)
Wedding Pullav
as Sid Kapoor
(2015)
Shajarur Kanta
as Byomkesh Bakshi
(2015)
Naxal
as Shiddhartha Chowdhury
(2014)
Ek Phaali Rodh
as Dr. Roy
(2014)
Teenkahon
as Dr. Banerjee
(2013)
Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi
as Bimalda
(2013)
Shunyo Awnko
as Dr. Probal Roy
(2012)
Kahaani
as Bhaskaran K.
(2012)
Agent Vinod
as Sir Jagadishwar Metla
(2012)
Midnight's Children
as Mian Abdullah
(2012)
(2011)
Noukadubi
as Annodababu, Hemnalini's Father
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
Yavarum Nalam
as Mr.Thyagarajan / Mr.Kamdhar
(2009)
(2009)
(2008)
Four Chapters
as Uncle
(2007)
Guru
as Contractor Sahaab
(2007)
Framed
as Inspector
(2006)
(2005)
Black
as Paul McNally
(1999)
Holy Smoke
as Chidaatma Baba
(1996)
(1996)
(1993)
Sunya Theke Suru
as Professor Bhishmadev Sharma
(1991)
The Stranger
as Prithwish Sen Gupta
(1990)
An Enemy of the People
as Nishith Gupta
(1987)
(1981)
36 Chowringhee Lane
as Samaresh Moitra
(1981)
In Search of Famine
as Movie Director
(1974)
(1973)
(1972)
Picnic
as Dipak Dey
(1970)
The Adversary
as Siddhartha Chaudhuri