ACTOR

Soumitra Chatterjee

1935 - 2020

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Soumitra Chatterjee (also spelt as Chattopadhyay; 19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020) was an Indian film actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soumitra Chatterjee has received more than 2,162,803 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Soumitra Chatterjee is the 5,543rd most popular actor (down from 3,480th in 2019), the 701st most popular biography from India (down from 459th in 2019) and the 98th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Soumitra Chatterjees by language

Over the past year Soumitra Chatterjee has had the most page views in the with 138,193 views, followed by Bengali (20,115), and Persian (1,723). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbo-Croatian (915.15%), Tamil (42.89%), and Spanish (40.08%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 5,543 out of 13,578. Before him are Grace Park, Ryōko Hirosue, Krystyna Feldman, Marge Champion, Charles Cyphers, and Andrei Panin. After him are Todd Armstrong, Ty Hardin, Frank Dillane, Carla Laemmle, Anton Yelchin, and Mary Brian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 407. Before him are Andrey Zaliznyak, Larry Williams, Roger Hargreaves, Arnaldo Pambianco, Story Musgrave, and Aki Schmidt. After him are Yola Ramírez, Jacques Poos, Stanley Norman Cohen, Jimmy Armfield, Isabelle Collin Dufresne, and A. J. Foyt. Among people deceased in 2020, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 515. Before him are Damián Iguacén Borau, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Arkady Andreasyan, Marge Champion, Dieter Krause, and Ali Bozer. After him are Wolfgang Clement, Jacques Beurlet, Marcelino dos Santos, Vladimir Andreyev, Lorenza Mazzetti, and Vladislav Krapivin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 701 out of 1,861. Before him are Parveen Babi (1949), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), Vijay Amritraj (1953), Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928), and Mehdi Hassan (1927). After him are Vijay Mallya (1955), Tom Kibble (1932), Paddy Ashdown (1941), Govinda (1963), Madhavrao I (1745), and Dwarkanath Tagore (1794).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Soumitra Chatterjee ranks 98. Before him are Juhi Chawla (1967), Alka Yagnik (1966), Shatrughan Sinha (1945), Parveen Babi (1949), Rakhee Gulzar (1947), and Vijay Amritraj (1953). After him are Govinda (1963), Danny Denzongpa (1948), Feroz Khan (1939), Saeed Jaffrey (1929), John Abraham (1972), and Sharman Joshi (1979).

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Television and Movie Roles

Charulata
Amal
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art. But over time a sexual attraction develops, with heartbreaking results. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation and Merchant and Ivory Foundation in 1996.
Apr 17o 19647.6 / 10
Apur Sansar
Apurba Ray
Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
May 1o 19598.2 / 10
The Coward
Amitabha Roy
Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter, driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.
May 7o 19657.1 / 10