Utpal Dutt: Renowned Theatre Artist, Actor, Writer and Director

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Utpal Dutt acted in over 100 Bengali films and has a career of 40 years in Cinema! Know more about the actor, writer and director, Utpal Dutt.

1. Utpal Dutt was born in March 1929. He mainly worked in Bengali theatre.

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2. In 1945, Utpal Dutt completed his schooling from Kolkata and did his graduation in English Literature.

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3. He started his career from English shows. Once, while Utpal was performing the role based on Shakespeare’s Richard-3, Joffrey and Lora Candle (famous theatre artists) were surprised by his performance. They gave him a contract of 2-years in Shakespeariana theatre group. Later, he changed the group name to the Little theatre group.

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4. He also formed the Indian People Theatre Association (IPTA) with his friends, but after two years he left IPTA, but side by side he was teaching English subjects in a school.

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5. Dutt also played comedy roles in Hindi cinema. His most notable films were Guddi, Golmaal, Naram Garam, Rang Birangi and Shaukeen.

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6. The Congress Party once jailed him for his play, Kallol, which the party thought, would provoke the public.

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7. Dutt has also acted in villain roles in successful films like The Great Gambler and Inquilaab. He also got nominated for the Bengali Film Award For Best Actor in 1993.

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8. Utpal Dutt received the National Film Award For Best Actor for Bhuvan Shome in 1970. He also won Filmfare Best Comedian Award thrice (for Golmaal, Naram Garam and Rang Birangi).

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9. In 2002, a movie processed along with Amitabh Bachchan, The Last Lear, based on a show, written by Utpal Dutt, Aaj Ke Shahjahan.

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10. His daughter is also a theatre professor at the School of Arts And Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.

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11. Utpal Dutt did his last role as a sculptor, Sir Digindra Narayan, in an episode, Seemant Heera of Byomkesh Bakshi, celebrated serial that of 1993 on Doordarshan.