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Utpal Dutt

1929 - 1993

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Utpal Dutt (; 29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theatre Group" in 1949. This group enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the "Epic theatre" period, before it immersed itself completely in highly political and radical theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Utpal Dutt has received more than 1,552,041 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Utpal Dutt is the 5,696th most popular actor (down from 5,270th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Actor.

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  • 21

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  • 1.85

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  • 3.74

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Utpal Dutt ranks 5,696 out of 13,578. Before him are Richard Norton, Hana Laszlo, John Cho, Owen Moore, Sidney Blackmer, and Richard Mulligan. After him are Frances O'Connor, Konstantin Khabensky, Michelle Ryan, Carina Wiese, Heather Langenkamp, and Rosa Salazar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Utpal Dutt ranks 431. Before him are Goffredo Parise, Amar Bose, Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak, Vanja Blomberg, J. B. Lenoir, and Givi Kartozia. After him are Audun Boysen, Yordan Radichkov, Arturo Fernández Rodríguez, Eugène Parlier, Pentti Hämäläinen, and Frans Andriessen. Among people deceased in 1993, Utpal Dutt ranks 237. Before him are Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Conway Twitty, Kenneth Burke, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Mia Zapata, and Paul Grégoire. After him are Aleks Buda, Thomas Watson Jr., Zeno Colò, Mircea David, Rıfat Ilgaz, and Viola Myers.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Utpal Dutt ranks 57 out of 74. Before him are Pritilata Waddedar (1911), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Abu Sayeed Chowdhury (1921), Abdul Quader Molla (1948), A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury (1915), and Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921). After him are Vilayat Khan (1928), Runa Laila (1952), Geeta Dutt (1930), Bimal Roy (1909), Irene Khan (1956), and Sarat Chandra Das (1849).

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Among ACTORS In Bangladesh

Among actors born in Bangladesh, Utpal Dutt ranks 2. Before him are Suchitra Sen (1931). After him are Geeta Dutt (1930), and Shakib Khan (1979).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Stranger
Manomohan Mitra
A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
May 7o 19917.491 / 10
Gol Maal
Bhavani Shankar
A man's simple lie to secure his job escalates into more complex lies when his orthodox boss becomes suspicious.
Apr 19o 19797.37 / 10
The Elephant God
Maganlal Meghraj
Set in the holy city of Benares, this is the second film about the detective Feluda, in which he goes for a holiday along with his cousin, Topshe and his friend, Lalmohan Ganguly. But the theft of a priceless deity of Lord Ganesh (the Elephant God) from a local household forces him to investigate. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Jan 4o 19797.1 / 10