FrameThrower · Actors · Soumitra Chatterjee
Soumitra Chatterjee
3 films · 169 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1959–1965
Born 19 January 1935 · Krishnanagar, Bengal Presidency, British India · died 15 November 2020
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Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935 — 15 November 2020) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Soumitra Chatterjee is also the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest award for artists.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 169 frames · top-billed in 3 · 1959–1965
- Knight of the Legion of Honour2017
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award2011
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award2006
- National Film Award for Best Actor2006
- Padma Bhushan2004
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres1999
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award1998
- Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South1994
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award1989
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award1987
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award1976
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award1974
How their films are shot
Measured across 169 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Soumitra takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 59% of their frames are day, 49% natural — the look of the work Soumitra takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
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