Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Uttam Kumar

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Jun 25, 2012, 2:55:23 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Uttam Kumar

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+'''Uttam Kumar (1926-80)'''
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+
+Bengali superstar who at times was the
+Tollygunge-based Bengali film industry. Real
+name: Arun Kumar Chatterjee. Employed as a
+clerk in the port commissioner’s office,
+Calcutta, before joining films. Briefly stage
+actor at the Star Theatre (e.g. in Shyamali,
+1953, filmed in 1956). Début as extra in
+uncompleted Mayadore. Broke with the
+prevailing theatrical acting styles and achieved
+stardom with Nirmal Dey’s Sharey Chuattar,
+which also initiated his famed co-starring films
+with Suchitra Sen: they featured in some of
+the most spectacular Bengali melodramas
+made by Naresh Mitra, Sushil Majumdar,
+Ajoy Kar and the Agradoot and Agragami
+units, epitomising the genre of the soft-focus
+musical romance (with Hemanta Mukherjee
+as his regular playback voice). Melodramas of
+suffering, betrayal and the struggle for truth (cf.
+Sagarika, Saptapadi) made an embattled
+literary tradition (with a bhadralok middle-class
+identity and an apolitical humanist philosophy)
+popular again after a long history of radical
+attacks on the Bengali novel. In e.g. Kartick
+Chattopadhyay’s Saheb Bibi Golam and in
+the Ajoy Kar and Tapan Sinha films, the Uttam
+Kumar persona abandoned many conservative
+tenets of this tradition while receiving an
+unprecedented degree of mass adulation. S.
+Ray presented his version of the phenomenon
+in Nayak, which many saw as the star’s
+autobiography. The two also worked together
+in Chidiakhana. His biographer
+Gourangaprasad Ghosh claimed that when his
+effort to go ‘national’ with the Hindi film
+Chotisi Mulaqat proved a failure, he finally
+turned into an actor of mass-produced
+romances. Except for Amanush, his Hindi
+films were mostly unsuccessful. His last film,
+Ogo Bodhu Sundari, a version of My Fair
+Lady, was completed with another actor. Wrote
+his autobiography (1979).
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY''' (* also d/** also music d):
+1948: Drishtidaan; 1949: Mayadore
+(incomplete); Kamana; 1950: Maryada; 1951:
+Ore Jatri; Sahajatri; Nastaneer; 1952:
+Sanjibani; Basu Parivar; Kar Papey; 1953:
+Sharey Chuattar; Lakh Taka; Nabin Yatra;
+Bou Thakuranir Haat; 1954: Moner Mayur;
+Ora Thake Odhare; Champadangar Bou;
+Kalyani; Maraner Pare; Sadanander Mela;
+Annapurnar Mandir; Agni Pareeksha; Bokul;
+Grihapravesh; Mantra Shakti; 1955: Sanjher
+Pradeep; Anupama; Raikamal; Devatra; Shap
+Mochan; Bidhilipi; Hrad; Upahar; Kankabatir
+Ghat; Bratacharini; Sabar Uparey; 1956: Raat
+Bhore; Sagarika; Saheb Bibi Golam; Laksha-
+Hira; Chirakumar Sabha; Ekti Raat; Shankar
+Narayan Bank; Shyamali; Trijama;
+Putrabadhu; Shilpi; Nabajanma; 1957: Haar
+Jeet; Bardidi; Yatra Holo Suru; Prithibi Amar
+Chai; Taser Ghar; Surer Parashey; Punar
+Milan; Harano Sur; Abhoyer Biye;
+Chandranath; Pathe Holo Deri; Jiban Trishna;
+1958: Rajalakshmi-o-Shrikanta; Bandhu;
+Manmoyee Girls’ School; Daktar Babu; Shikar;
+Indrani; Joutuk; Surya Toran; 1959:
+Marutirtha Hinglaj; Chaowa-Pawa; Bicharak;
+Pushpadhanu; Gali Theke Rajpath; Khelaghar;
+Sonar Harin; Abak Prithvi; 1960: Maya Mriga;
+Raja-Saja; Kuhak; Uttar Megh; Haat Baraley
+Bandhu; Khokha Babur Pratyabartan; Sakher
+Chor; Saharer Itikatha; Suno Baro Nari; 1961:
+Sathi Hara; Agni Sanskar; Jhinder Bandi;
+Necklace; Saptapadi; Dui Bhai; 1962:
+Bipasha; Shiulibari; Kanna; 1963: Shesh-
+Anka; Nisithe; Uttarayan; Bhranti Bilas; Surya
+Sikha; Deya Neya; 1964: Bibhas; Jotugriha;
+Natun Tirtha; Momer Alo; Lal Patthar; 1965:
+Thana Theke Aschhi; Raj Kanya; Surya Tapa;
+Kal Tumi Aleya**; 1966: Sudhu Ekti
+Bachhar*; Nayak; Rajdrohi; Sankha Bela;
+1967: Antony Firingee; Chidiakhana;
+Grihadah; Jiban Mrityu; Nayika Sangbad;
+Chhotisi Mulaqat; 1968: Chowringhee;
+Kokhono Megh; Teen Adhyay; Garh Nasimpur;
+1969: Aparichita; Chiradiner; Kamallata;
+Mon-Niye; Sabarmati; Shuk Sari; 1970:
+Kalankita Nayak; Bilambita Lay; Duti Mon;
+Nishipadma; Manjari Opera; Rajkumari; 1971:
+Chhadmabeshi; Dhanyi Meye; Ekhane Pinjar;
+Jay Jayanti; Jiban Jignasa; Nabaraag; 1972:
+Alo Amar Alo; Andha Atit; Biraj Bou;
+Chinnapatra; Haar Mana Haar; Memsahib;
+Stree; 1973: Kaya Hiner Kahini; Rater
+Rajanigandha; Roudra Chhaya; Sonar
+Khancha; Bon Palashir Padabali*; Rodon
+Bhora Basanta; 1974: Alor Thikana;
+Amanush; Bikele Bhorer Phool; Jadu
+Bansha; Jadi Jantem; Rakta Tilak; Mouchak;
+1975: Ami Sey-o-Sekha; Agniswar; Bagh Bandi
+Khela; Kajal Lata; Nagar Darpane; Priya
+Bandhabi; Sanyasi Raja; Sei Chokh;
+Sabhyasachi**; 1976: Banhi Sikha; Chander
+Kachhakachhi; Mom Batti; Nidhi Ram Sardar;
+Rajbansha; Hotel Snow Fox; Ananda Mela;
+Asadharan; 1977: Bhola Moira; Jaal Sanyasi;
+Sister; Anand Ashram; Kitaab; Brajabuli;
+1978: Bandi; Dhanraj Tamang; Dui Purush;
+Nishan; 1979: Dooriyan; Devdas;
+Nabadiganta; Samadhan; Srikanter Will;
+Sunayani; 1980: Aro Ekjan; Darpachurna;
+Dui Prithibi; Pankhiraj; Raja Saheb; Raj
+Nandini; 1981: Plot No 5; Kalankini
+Kankabati*; Khana Baraha; Pratishodh; Ogo
+Bodhu Sundari; Surya Sakhi; 1982: Desh
+Premi; Iman Kalyan; 1987: Mera Karam Mera
+Dharam.
+
+[[Actor]]