Uttam Kumar

Uttam Kumar (Bangla: ????? ????? ) was a famous Bengali actor. He is fondly called the Mahanayak or the "Great Hero" of Bengali Cinema. He was born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee in 1926 in Kolkata. He died on 24 July, 1980. He had been an actor, director and producer. Apart from acting in two films with Satyajit Ray, Nayak (The Hero) and Chiriyakhana (The Zoo, a thriller written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, in which he played the famous Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi), he has acted in some Hindi films like "Chhoti si Mulakat" (with Vaijayantimala), "Amanush" (with Sharmila Tagore), "Ananda Ashram" (with Sharmila Tagore), "Kitaab" and "Dooriyan".

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Bangla - Bengali - Bengali Cinema - 1926 - Kolkata - 24 July - 1980 - Satyajit Ray - Chiriyakhana - Byomkesh Bakshi - Hindi

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