Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar was "the" super star of Bengali cinema and the most popular Bengali film hero. Was born in 1926 at Calcutta. Original name was Arun Kumar Chatterjee. Passed Matriculation Examination from South Suburban School and got admitted into Goenka College. Could not complete graduation. Took a clerical job in Calcutta Port Commission.
The first released movie was dristidaan directed by Nitin Bose released in 1948. Prior to that acted in mayador which was never released. The first appearance with Suchitra Sen was in the comedy movie saarey chuattor in 1953. The movie was a big hit and from that time onwards, Uttam-Suchitra combination brought golden age of commercial Bengali cinema. Uttam Kumar's performance in Satyajit Ray's movie Nayak was remarkable. He also starred in another Ray movie - chiriakhana. For a brief time he acted in professional theatre also. In 1955, he took part in the drama Shyamali in Star Theatre. Uttamkumar died in 1980.
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