Anup Kumar (actor)
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Anup Kumar | |
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Born | Satyen Das 17 June 1930 Calcutta, British India |
Died | 3 September 1998 | (aged 68)
Occupation | Actor, Cinema of West Bengal |
Years active | 1938–1998 |
Relatives | Deepjit Das (grandson) |
Anup Kumar (17 June 1930 – 3 September 1998[1]) was an Indian actor who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.
Early life[]
Anup Kumar was born on 17 June 1930 in Calcutta, British India. His real name was Satyen Das. His parents were Dhirendra Nath Das who was a singer and actor and was closely associated with the famous poet and composer, Kazi Nazrul Islam [1899-1976], and Bijoya Das. He passed his Matriculation at the Calcutta Jubilee Institution. In 1986, he married actress Aloka Ganguly.
Acting career[]
Anup Kumar took his acting lessons from his father and Sisir Kumar Bhaduri. He started acting quite early in life. He got his first break as a child artist in Dhiren Ganguly's film (1938). Nimantran and Palatak were the movies which exposed his versatility as an actor. He was also involved with live theatre, yatras, and film directing.
In 1964, he was awarded the BFJA Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film Palatak. He received a silver medal from the Star Theatre. In 1988, he won the West Bengal Natya Academy Award. In 1989, he was awarded with Siromoni Prize and in 1991, he was awarded Best Director for his yatras. In 1997, he was recognized by the BFJA Awards for completion of 50 years in films.
Besides his superlative performance in Palatak, Anup Kumar is also remembered for his brilliant comic timing. Along with the classic comedians like Nabadwip Haldar, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Jahor Roy and Rabi Ghosh, Anup Kumar is much-admired comedic roles in films such as 'Basanto Bilap', 'Mouchak', 'Dadar Kirti', 'Protisodh'. After the death of Rabi Ghosh, it was Anup Kumar who was cast as Jatayu, the famous friend of Satyajit Ray's detective Feluda.
Politics[]
In 1996, Kumar stood for election to the Vidhan Sabha as a CPI(M) representative from Cossipore; but he was not elected.[citation needed]
Filmography[]
1996||Joto Kando Kathmandute ||Sandip Ray ||||Year | Film | Director | Co-Star | Remarks |
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1938 | Dhirendranath Ganguly | |||
1948 | Chitta Bose | |||
1948 | ||||
1949 | ||||
1949 | Sankalpa | Agradoot | ||
1949 | Bidhayak Bhattacharya | |||
1950 | Pahari Sanyal | |||
1950 | Maryada | |||
1951 | Bhakta Raghunath | |||
1951 | Satyen Bose | Kali Banerjee | ||
1952 | Pasher Bari | Sabitri Chatterjee, Satya Bandyopadhyay | ||
1952 | Rani | L. V. Prasad | ||
1953 | Raja Krishnachandra | |||
1953 | ||||
1953 | ||||
1953 | ||||
1954 | Agni Pareeksha | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen | First movie with Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen |
1954 | ||||
1954 | ||||
1954 | ||||
1954 | ||||
1954 | Annapurnar Mandir | Naresh Mitra | Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Suchitra Sen | |
1955 | ||||
1955 | Agradoot | |||
1955 | Haridas Bhattacharya | |||
1955 | Rani Rashmoni | , Gurudas Banerjee, | ||
1955 | Kankabatir Ghat | Chitta Bose | ||
1955 | Sagarika | Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen | ||
1955 | ||||
1955 | ||||
1956 | Shankar Narayan Bank | Niren Lahiri | Uttam Kumar | |
1956 | Tonsil | Tapan Sinha | Madhabi Mukherjee | |
1956 | Madan Mohan | |||
1956 | Ekti Raat | Chitta Bose | Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, , Kamal Mitra, Pahari Sanyal, | |
1956 | Shyamali | Ajoy Kar | Uttam Kumar, Kaberi Bose, | |
1956 | Putrabadhu | Chitta Bose | ||
1956 | Modhu Bose | Pahari Sanyal, Gurudas Banerjee | ||
1956 | ||||
1956 | ||||
1957 | Adarsha Hindu Hotel (film) | Sabitri Chatterjee | ||
1957 | ||||
1957 | Niren Lahiri | Uttam Kumar, Mala Sinha | ||
1957 | Naresh Mitra | |||
1957 | ||||
1957 | Satyen Bose | |||
1957 | Manu Sen | Uttam Kumar, , Anil Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Jahar Ganguli | ||
1957 | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas | ||
1957 | ||||
1957 | ||||
1957 | Chitta Bose | |||
1957 | Chitta Bose | |||
1957 | Bhanu Banerjee | |||
1957 | Uttam Kumar, Anita Guha | |||
1957 | Harishchandra | |||
1957 | Aaj Production Unit | |||
1958 | ||||
1958 | Salil Sen | |||
1958 | Tapan Sinha | |||
1958 | ||||
1958 | Lukochuri | |||
1958 | Salil Sen | |||
1958 | ||||
1959 | Chhabi Biswas, Chandrabati Devi, Sabitri Chatterjee, Arundhati Devi, Basanta Choudhury | |||
1959 | Sudhir Mukherjee | |||
1959 | Prafulla Chakraborty | Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee | ||
1959 | ||||
1960 | Sushil Ghosh | |||
1960 | Hemchandra Chunder | Kali Banerjee, Supriya Devi | ||
1960 | ||||
1960 | Mrinal Sen | Gyanesh Mukherjee, Madhabi Mukherjee | ||
1960 | Dilip Bose | |||
1961 | ||||
1961 | Aravind Mukherjee | Anil Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy | ||
1961 | ||||
1961 | ||||
1961 | Nirmal Sarbagna | |||
1961 | Chitta Bose | |||
1961 | Kanamachi | Tas Unit | ||
1961 | Tarun Kumar | |||
1962 | Kamal Majumdar | |||
1962 | Bibhuti Chakraborty | |||
1962 | Chitta Bose | |||
1962 | Rajen Tarafdar | |||
1962 | Mrinal Sen | |||
1962 | Arup Guhathakurta | Ruma Guhathakurta | ||
1963 | Taru Mukherjee | |||
1963 | Sukhendu Chakraborty | |||
1963 | Aravind Mukherjee | |||
1963 | Jiban Ganguly | |||
1963 | ||||
1963 | Dilip Bose | Sandhya Roy, Bhanu Banerjee, Anil Chatterjee | ||
1963 | Shyam Chakraborty | |||
1963 | Palatak | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Asitbaran, Bharati Devi, Jahar Roy | |
1964 | Khagen Roy | |||
1964 | Rajen Tarafdar | Sandhya Roy, Bikash Roy | ||
1964 | Pratinidhi | Mrinal Sen | Soumitra Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee | |
1964 | Aravind Mukherjee | |||
1964 | Bikash Roy, Dilip Mukherjee | |||
1965 | Mangal Chakraborty | |||
1965 | Kanak Mukherjee | |||
1965 | Agradoot | |||
1965 | Antaral | Agradoot | ||
1965 | Ajit Ganguly | |||
1965 | Partha Prathim Choudhury | |||
1965 | Alor Pipasa | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Basanta Choudhury | |
1965 | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Soumitra Chatterjee | ||
1965 | Chitta Bose | Malina Devi, Pahari Sanyal, Sabitri Chatterjee, Anil Chatterjee, Lily Chakraborti, Tarun Kumar | ||
1966 | Binoy Bannerjee | |||
1966 | Uttar Purush | Chitrakar | ||
1966 | Kanak Mukherjee | |||
1966 | Prafulla Chakraborty | |||
1966 | Rajdrohi | Niren Lahiri | Uttam Kumar, Anjana Bhoumick, Bikash Roy | |
1966 | Anil Chatterjee, Pahari Sanyal, Sandhya Roy, Jahar Roy, Sumita Sanyal | |||
1966? | Prafulla Chakraborty | |||
1967 | Balika Bodhu | Tarun Majumdar | Partha Mukherjee, Mousumi Chatterjee | |
1967 | Hiren Nag | Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi, Kamal Mitra | ||
1967 | Kheya | Rupak Gosthi | ||
1967 | Salil Dutta | Sandhya Roy | ||
1967 | Hathat Dekha | Nityananda Dutta | ||
1968 | Jagannath Chatterjee | Biswajeet, Madhabi Mukherjee | ||
1968 | Aravind Mukherjee | |||
1968 | Dilip Bose | |||
1968 | Ajit Lahiri | Uttam Kumar, Biswajeet, Madhabi Mukherjee, Dev Mukherjee | ||
1968 | Mangal Chakraborty | |||
1968 | Ajit Ganguly | Anil Chatterjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Lily Chakraborti | ||
1969 | Ajit Ganguly | |||
1969 | Jagannath Chatterjee | |||
1969 | ||||
1969 | Aravind Mukherjee | |||
1969 | Amal Dutta | |||
1970 | ||||
1970 | Salil Dutta | Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Bikash Roy, Aparna Sen | ||
1970 | Ajit Lahiri | |||
1970 | Nishi Padma | Aravind Mukherjee | Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee | |
1970 | Agradoot | Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee | ||
1970 | Samantaral | Gurudas Bagchi | ||
1970 | Mangal Chakraborty | |||
1971 | Attatar Din Pare | |||
1971 | Dinen Gupta | |||
1971 | Nirmal Mitra | |||
1971 | Nimantran | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Nondini Maliya | |
1971 | Ramprasad Chakraborty | |||
1972 | Piyush Kanti Ganguly | |||
1972 | Ajit Ganguly | Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhyarani, Sabitri | ||
1972 | Prabhat Chakraborty | |||
1972 | Chitta Bose | |||
1972 | Manu Sen | Uttam Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee | ||
1973 | Shabari | Ashok Das | ||
1973 | Uma Prasad Moitra | |||
1973 | Basanta Bilap | Dinen Gupta | Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Rabi Ghosh | |
1974 | Dinen Gupta | |||
1974 | Mouchak | Aravind Mukherjee | Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick | |
1974 | Sangini | Dinen Gupta | ||
1974 | S. M. Sagar | |||
1974 | Kanak Mukherjee | |||
1974 | Thagini | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Utpal Dutta, Robi Ghosh | |
1974 | Fuleswari | Tarun Majumdar | Sandhya Roy, Samit Bhanja | |
1974 | Sadhan Sarkar | Kamal Mitra, Malina Devi, Satya Banerjee | ||
1975 | Dinen Gupta | Ranjit Mallick, Aparna Sen | ||
1975 | Dinen Gupta | |||
1975 | Surendra Sailaj | |||
1975 | Dilip Bannerjee | |||
1975 | Sarathi | |||
1976 | Aravind Mukherjee | Soumitra Chatterjee, Sumitra Mukherjee, Basanta Choudhry | ||
1976 | Mangal Chakraborty | Uttam Kumar, Arati Bhattacharyya | ||
1976 | Do Anjaane | Dulal Guha | ||
1976 | Mrigaya | Mrinal Sen | Mithun Chakrabarty, Mamata Shankar | |
1976 | Sei Chokh | Salil Dutta | ||
1976 | Gyanesh Mukherjee | |||
1976 | Dilip Mukherji | |||
1977 | Aravind Mukherjee | |||
1977 | Sanai | Dinen Gupta | ||
1977 | Ardhendu Chatterjee | Sandhya Roy, Biswajeet | ||
1977 | Babu Moshai | Salil Dutta | ||
1977 | Sunil Bannerjee | |||
1977 | Palash Bannerjee | Soumitra Chatterje, Sumitra Mukherjee | ||
1977 | Pinaki Mukherjee | Ranjit Mallick, Santu Mukherjee | ||
1977 | Piyush Kanti Ganguly | Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi, Bikash Roy, Lily Chakraborti | ||
1977 | Dinen Gupta | Ranjit Mallick, Aparna Sen, Satya Banerjee | ||
1977 | Tapan Sinha | Dipankar De, Sumitra Mukherjee, Sonali Gupta, Santosh Dutta | ||
1977 | Swadesh Sarkar | Dipankar De, Sandhya Roy | ||
1978 | Nadi Theke Sagare | Aravind Mukherjee | ||
1978 | Ranjit Mull Kankaria | |||
1978 | Sunil Basu Mullick | Satya Banerjee, Nirmal Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee | ||
1978 | Tilottama | Dinen Gupta | Ranjit Mallick, Sumitra Mukherjee, Utpal Dutta, Gita Dey | |
1978 | Shakti Bandyopadhyay | |||
1978 | Tusi | Gurudas Bagchi | Anil Chatterjee | |
1979 | Bimal Roy Jr. | Satya Banerjee | ||
1979 | Gurudas Bagchi | |||
1980 | Dadar Kirti | Tarun Majumdar | Mahua Roychoudhury, Debasree Roy, Tapas Paul, Ayan Banerjee, Kali Banerjee | |
1981 | Tarun Majumdar | Samit Bhanja, Sandhya Roy | ||
1981 | Bijoy Bose | Madhabi Mukherjee | ||
1981 | Tarun Majumdar | |||
1981 | Pratishodh | Sukhen Das | Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Mohua Roychowdhury | |
1981 | Gurudas Bagchi | |||
1981 | Niranjan Dey | |||
1982 | Bodhan | Amal Dutta | ||
1982 | Prafulla | Sujoy Datta | ||
1982 | Dilip Ray | Subhendu Chatterjee, Bhanu Banerjee, Aparna Sen, Lily Chakraborti | ||
1982 | Dinen Gupta | Ranjit Mallick | ||
1982 | Shrikanta Guha-Thakurta | |||
1982 | Tarun Majumdar | |||
1982 | Parimal Ghosh | |||
1982 | Shantimoy Bannerjee | Uttam Kumar, Supriya Devi, Dipankar De | ||
1982 | Sadhan Choudhury | |||
1982 | Inder Sen | |||
1982 | Kedar Agarwal | |||
1983 | Ei Chhilo Mone | Subir Sarkar | ||
1983 | Arpita | Aravind Mukherjee | ||
1983 | Srinkhal | Abir Basu | ||
1983 | Jiban Maran | Sukhen Das | ||
1983 | Rashbehari Sinha | |||
1983 | Indira | Dinen Gupta | ||
1983 | Aravind Mukherjee | |||
1983 | Bijoy Bose | |||
1983 | Mrinal Bhattacharya | |||
1983 | Abhinoy Noy | Archan Chakraborty | ||
1984 | Jahar Biswas | |||
1984 | Dinen Gupta | |||
1984 | Sachin Adhikari | |||
1984 | Prabir Mitra | |||
1984 | Prayashchitta | Aravind Mukherjee | ||
1984 | Ashutosh Bannerjee | |||
1984 | Shatru | Anjan Choudhury | Ranjit Mallick | |
1984 | Sorgol | Biswajit | ||
1984 | Mohanar Dike | Biresh Chatterjee | Dipankar De, Aparna Sen, Sumitra Mukherjee | |
1984 | Tarun Majumdar | Soumitra Chatterjee, Biswajeet, Sandhya Roy | ||
1985 | Dilip Ray | Dilip Ray, Aparna Sen, Mamata Shankar | ||
1985 | Bhalobasa Bhalobasa | Tarun Majumdar | Tapas Paul, Debosree Roy, Utpal Dutta | |
1985 | Amit Sarkar | |||
1985 | Anjan Mukherjee | |||
1985 | Shantimoy Bannerjee | |||
1985 | Baikunther Will | Sushil Mukherjee | ||
1985 | Bimal Bhowmick | |||
1985 | Harishchandra Shaibya | Ardhendu Chatterjee | ||
1986 | Biresh Chatterjee | |||
1986 | Goutam Mukhopadhyay | |||
1986 | Bablu Samaddar | |||
1986 | Jahar Biswas | Tapas Paul, Mohua Roychowdhury | ||
1986 | Ashirwad | Biresh Mukherjee | ||
1986 | Salil Dutta | |||
1986 | Jagadish Mandal | |||
1986 | Ashirbad | Biresh Chattopadhyay | ||
1987 | Gayak | Shantanu Bhowmick | Amit Kumar | |
1987 | Sushil Mukherjee | |||
1987 | Arpan | Srinivas Chakraborty | ||
1987 | Mahamilan | Dinen Gupta | ||
1987 | Abir | Kamal Majumdar | ||
1987 | Dabar Chal | Kumar Gangopadhyay | ||
1987 | Raj Purush | Iman Kalyan Chatterjee | ||
1987 | Sarit Bannerjee | |||
1987 | Radharani | Ajit Bannerjee | ||
1987 | Lalan Fakir | Shakti Chatterjee | Ashim Kumar | |
1987 | Sargam | |||
1987 | Biresh Chattopadhyay | Victor Banerjee, Aparna Sen | ||
1987 | Sujit Guha | |||
1987 | Anjan Choudhury | |||
1988 | Shuven Sarkar | |||
1988 | Tarun Majumdar | Tapas Paul, Debosree Roy, Sandhya Roy, Utpal Dutta | ||
1988 | Channachara | Anjan Mukherjee | ||
1988 | Kidnap | Abir Basu | ||
1988 | Boba Sanai | Ajit Ganguly | ||
1988 | Antaranga | Dinen Gupta | ||
1988 | Surer Akashe | Biresh Chatterjee | ||
1988 | Ora Charjan | Shamit Bhanja | ||
1988 | Debi Baran | Shrikanta Guha-Thakurta | ||
1988 | Manoj Ghosh | |||
1988 | Dena Paona | Sukhen Das | ||
1989 | Shatarupa | Palash Bannerjee | ||
1989 | Aghatan Ajo Ghate | Amal Mitra | ||
1989 | Chhandaneer | Utpalendu Chakrabarty | ||
1989 | Haranath Chakraborty | |||
1989 | Aparanher Alo | Agradoot | Sandhyarani | |
1989 | Sujit Guha | |||
1989 | Biday | Ajit Ganguly | ||
1989 | Aamar Shapath | Prabhat Roy | ||
1989 | Abhisar | Sanat Dutta | ||
1989 | Asha | Anup Sengupta | ||
1989 | Sujit Guha | |||
1989 | Asha | Sajal Deb | ||
1990 | Jahar Biswas | |||
1990 | Apan Aamar Apan | Tarun Majumdar | ||
1990 | Raktareen | Sushil Mukherjee | ||
1990 | Garmil | Dilip Ray | ||
1990 | Abhijit Sen | |||
1991 | Bourani | Bhabesh Kundu | ||
1991 | Ahankar | Shrikanta Guha-Thakurta | ||
1991 | Abhagini | Bablu Samaddar | ||
1991 | Ek Pashla Brishti | Nitish Ray | ||
1991 | Nabab | Haranath Chakraborty | ||
1991 | Narayan Chakraborty | |||
1991 | Nilimay Nil | Biresh Chatterjee | Tapas Paul | |
1991 | Tarun Majumdar | |||
1991 | Tarun Majumdar | |||
1991 | Biresh Chattopadhyay | |||
1992 | Rupaban | Harun-Ur-Rashid | ||
1992 | Satya Mithya | A. K. Mintu | ||
1992 | Indrajit | Anjan Choudhury | ||
1992 | Mahashoy | Mukul Dutta | ||
1992 | Priya | Shibu Mitra | ||
1992 | Nabarupa | Amal Ray Ghatak | ||
1992 | Pennam Kolkata | Gurudas Bagchi | ||
1992 | Anutap | Prabhat Ray | ||
1993 | Shraddhanjali | Shrikanta Guha-Thakurta | ||
1993 | Tapasya | Rajat Das | ||
1993 | Prithibir Shesh Station | Lalit Mukhopadhyay | ||
1993 | Maya Mamata | Anjan Choudhury | ||
1993 | Krantikal | Amal Sur | ||
1993 | Kanyadan | Amal Dutta | ||
1993 | Bhranta Pathik | Ardhendu Chatterjee | ||
1993 | Mon Mane Na | Inder Sen | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Silpa das | |
1993 | Mishti Madhur | Santimoy Bandyopadhyay | ||
1994 | Lal Pan Bibi | Prashanta Nanda | ||
1994 | Salma Sundari | Ajit Ganguly | ||
1994 | Katha Chhilo | Tarun Majumdar | ||
1994 | Nati Binodini | Dinen Gupta | ||
1994 | Atikram | Amal Dutta | ||
1994 | Geet Sangeet | Subhash Sen | ||
1994 | Ami O Maa | Sukhen Chakraborty | ||
1994 | Tobu Mone Rekho | Nitish Ray | ||
1995 | Rangin Basanta | Sandip Chattopadhyay | ||
1995 | Bablu Samaddar | |||
1995 | Mashal | Shankar Ray | ||
1995 | Sangharsha | Haranath Chakraborty | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Tapas Paul, Laboni Sarkar | |
1995 | Sansar Sangram | Chiranjit | ||
1996 | Himghar | Sandip Ray | Anil Chatterjee | |
1996 | Rabibar | Nitish Mukhopadhyay | ||
1997 | ||||
1997 | ||||
1997 | Saptami | Pallab Ghosh | ||
1997 | ||||
1997 | Haranath Chakraborty | Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick, Tapas Paul | ||
1997 |
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