Uttam Kumar filmography

Uttam Kumar debuted as Arun Kumar Chatterjee, a child artist, in the 1948 film Drishtidaan directed by Nitin Bose. The film was unsuccessful. The next year he appeared as a leading hero Uttam Chatterjee in the film Kamona 1949 which was also unsuccessful. In 1951 film Sahajatri he kept his name permanently as Uttam Kumar. But he gave back to back seven flop films and was stated as flop master general.^[1]^[2]

His first success was the 1952 film Basu Paribar directed by Nirmal Dey. Next year along with ttsame director, he worked with Suchitra Sen for the first time in Sharey Chuattor. The film became blockbuster and established him. He got his break in the 1954 film Agnipariksha of Agradoot's direction. He also playbacked in his film Nabajanma (1956). He produced six very successful Bengali films from where he received four National Film Award. He also got success as director and composer. He directed three hit films like Sudhu Ekti Bachor, Bon Polashir Padabali and Kalankini Kankabati and composed superhit Kal Tumi Aleya. In 1966 he collaborated with Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray's in the iconic cult classic Nayak which gave him the international recognition. It is considered as one of the best films in his entire career and also in Bengali cinema history. He acted in 203 released films in total, PLOT no.5 (1981) released after his death, Hindi, his last film in a main lead in which Uttam Kumar played the role of a serial killer who was bound to a wheel chair. The movie also includes stars like Amjad Khan playing a police officer along with Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha & Sriram Lagoo. He received the BFJA Best Actor Award eight times.^[3] He became the first Indian actor to receive the National Award for Best Actor for his performance in Antony Firingee and Chiriyakhana (1967).^[4]^[5]

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No	Year	Movie	Director	Co-stars	Music Director	Banner	Role
1	1957	Harano Sur ^[14]	Ajoy Kar	Suchitra Sen, Utpal Dutta	Hemanta Mukherjee	Alochaya Productions Private Limited	Alok Mukherjee
2	1961	Saptapadi ^[15]	Ajoy Kar	Suchitra Sen, Chabi Biswas, Tarun Kumar, Tulsi Chakraborty	Hemanta Mukherjee	Alochaya Productions Private Limited	Krishnendu
3	1963	Bhranti Bilash ^[16]	Manu Sen	Bhanu Banerjee, Sabitri Chatterjee, Sandhya Ray	Shyamal Mitra	Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited	Chiranjit and Chiranjiv (Double role)
4	1963	Uttar Falguni ^[17]	Asit Sen	Suchitra Sen, Bikash Roy	Robin Chatterjee Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited	Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited	Only as producer
5	1964	Jatugriha ^[18]	Tapan Sinha	Arudhati Devi, Anil Chatterjee	Ashish Khan	Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited	Shatadal
6	1967	Chhoti Si Mulaqat ^[19]	Alo Sarkar	Vyjainthimala, Rajendranath	Shankar-Jaikishan	Our Movies	Ashok
7	1967	Grihadaha^[20]	Subodh Mitra	Suchitra Sen, Pradeep Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee	Robin Chatterjee	Uttam Kumar Films Private Limited	Mahim
8	1973	Bon Palashir Padabali ^[21]	Uttam Kumar	Supriya Devi, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bikash Roy, Basabi Nandi, Jahar Ganguly	Shyamal Mitra	Shilpi Sangshad	Udashi
9	1980	Dui Prithibi ^[22]	Pijush Bose	Supriya Devi, Victor Banerjee, Ranjit Mallick	Ananda Shankar	Shilpi Sangshad	Mrinal Dutta

No	Year	Movie	Director	Co-stars	Music Director	Banner	Role
1	1966	Shudhu Ekti Bachhar^[23]	Uttam Kumar	Supriya Devi, Tarun Kumar	Robin Chatterjee	Chayachabi Pratisthan	Sanjoy
2	1973	Bon Palashir Padabali ^[21]	Uttam Kumar	Supriya Devi, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bikash Roy, Basabi Nandi, Jahar Ganguly	Shyamal Mitra	Shilpi Sangshad	Udashi (As background scorer also)
3	1981	Kalankini Kankabati ^[24]	Uttam Kumar, Pijush Bose	Sharmila Tagore, Mithun Chakraborty, Supriya Devi	R.D Barman	Subrato Mukhopadhyay	Raj Shekhar Rai

No	Year	Movie	Director	Co-stars	Music Director	Banner	Role
1	1956	Nabajanma ^[25]	Debaki Bose	Sabitri Chatterjee, Kanu Banerjee, Arundhati Devi	Nachiketa Ghosh	Deluxe Films	Gouranga (as playback singer
2	1966	Kal Tumi Aleya ^[26]	Sachin Mukherjee	Supriya Devi, Tarun Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Sumita Sanyal, Kamal Mitra	Uttam Kumar	Sree Loknath Chitram	Dhirapada Chakraborty (As composer)
3	1977	Sabyasachi^[27]	Pijush Bose	Supriya Devi, Anil Chatterjee	Uttam Kumar, Rabindranath Tagore, Kaji Najrul Islam, Dwijendralal Ray	Usha Films	Sabyasachi (As composer)

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No	Year	Movie	Director	Co-stars	Music Director	Banner	Role
1	1948	Drishtidan	Nitin Bose	Asit Baran, Sunanda Banerjee, Krishnachandra Dey, Chhabi Biswas, Sandhyarani	Timir Baran Bhattacharya	S.B Production
2	1949	Kamona	Nabendu Sundar	Chhabi Roy	Dwijen Chowdhury	Kirti Pictures
3	1950	Maryada	Digambar Chatterjee	Pahari Sanyal, Smriti Biswas, Nripati Chatterjee, Nabadwip Haldar, Kamal Mitra	Ramachandra Pal, Satinath Mukhopadhyay	Bhabani Kalamandir Ltd.
4	1951	Ore Jatri	Rajen Choudhury	Anubha Gupta, Renuka Ray, Prabha Debi	Kalipada Sen	Kalpa Chitramandir
5		Sahajatri	Agradoot	Bharati Devi	Robin Chatterjee	M.P. Productions
6		Nastaneer	Pashupati Chatterjee	Sunanda Banerjee	Robin Chatterjee	M.P. Productions
7	1952	Sanjibani	Sukumar Dasgupta	Sandhyarani, Jahar Ganguly	Anupam Ghatak	M.P. Productions
8		Basu Poribar	Nirmal Dey	Sabitri Chatterjee, Supriya Bandyopadhyay (debut), Nepal Nag, Pahari Sanyal, Bhanu Bandopdhyay	Umapati Seal	M.P. Productions	Sukhen
9		Kar Pape	Kaliprasad Ghosh	Asit Baran, Chhabi Biswas, Manju Dey, Reba Devi	Anupam Ghatak	M. P. Productions Pvt. Ltd.	Shankar
10	1953	Sharey Chuattor^[6]	Nirmal Dey	Suchitra Sen, Tulsi Chakraborty, Molina Devi, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Jahor Roy	Kalipada Sen	M.P. Productions	Rampreeti
11		Lakh Taka	Niren Lahiri	Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Chhabi Biswas, Sabitri Chatterjee, Jahor Roy	Shyamal Mitra, Niren Lahiri	Satabdi Chitra Pratisthan
12		Bou Thakuranir Haat	Naresh Mitra	Manju Dey, Rama Devi, Pahari Sanyal, Shambhu Mitra, Naresh Mitra, Nitish Mukherjee, Satya Bandyopadhyay, Bhanu Bandyopadhyay	Dwijen Chowdhury	Emar Productions	Uday
13		Nabin Jatra	Subodh Mitra	Maya Mukherjee, Tulsi Chakraborty, Basanta Chaudhury, Molina Devi	Pankaj Mullick	New Theatres
14	1954	Moner Mayur	Sushil Majumdar	Bharati Devi, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Tulsi Chakraborty, Suprabha Mukhopadhyay, Bikash Roy	Satyajit Majumdar	Rama Chhayachitra Ltd.	Binay
15		Ora Thake Odhare	Sukumar Dasgupta	Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Tulsi Chakrabaorty, Dhiraj Bhattacharya	Kalipada Sen	S.M. Productions	Chanchal
16		Champadangar Bou	Nirmal Dey	Sabitri Chatterjee, Anubha Gupta, Kanu Banerjee, Tulsi Chakraborty	Manabendra Mukhopadhyay	Nirmal Dey Productions	Mahatap
17		Kalyani	Niren Lahiri	Sabitri Chatterjee, Anubha Gupta, Bikash Roy	Anupam Ghatak	Sunrise Films
18		Maraner Pare	Satish Dasgupta	Suchitra Sen, Sombhu Mitra, Ajit Banerjee, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Bhanu Bandopadhyay	Sargam Unit	Himalayan Art Producers	Ashok
19		Sadanander Mela	Sukumar Dasgupta	Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Tulsi Chakraborty, Kanu Banerjee, Jahor Roy, Padmadevi,	Kalipada Sen	Aurora Film Corporation Release	Ajit
20		Annapurnar Mandir	Naresh Mitra	Suchitra Sen, Sabitri Chatterjee, Naresh Mitra, Anup Kumar			Bishweshwar
21		Agni Pariksha	Agradoot	Suchitra Sen, Kamal Mitra, Reba Bose, Anup Kumar	Anupam Ghatak	M.P. Productions	Bulu/Kiriti
22		Bakul	Bholanath Mitra	Arundhati Devi, Sobha Sen	Pranab Dey	New Theatres
23		Grihapravesh	Ajoy Kar	Suchitra Sen, Manju Dey, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Tulsi Chakraborty, Pahari Sanyal, Bikash Roy	Mukul Ray	Naba Chitrabharati Ltd.	Pritthish
24		Mantra Shakti	Chitta Basu	Sandhyarani, Anubha Gupta, Manju Dey, Asit Baran, Kanu Banerjee, Bhanu Bandopadhyay	Umapati Seal	H.N.C. Productions	Ambernath
25	1955	Saajher Pradip	Sudhangshu Mukhopadhyay	Suchitra Sen, Dhiraj Bhattacharya, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Tulsi Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi, Chhabi Biswas	Manabendra Mukhopadhyay	Srilekha Pictures	Sumanta
26		Anupama	Agradoot	Sabitri Chatterjee, Anubha Gupta, Anup Kumar, Bikash Roy,	Anupam Ghatak	M.P. Productions	Abani
27		Raikamal	Subodh Mitra	Sabitri Chatterjee, Kaberi Bose, Nitish Mukherjee	Pankaj Mullick	Aurora Film Corporation	Ranjan
28		Debatra	Haridas Bhattacharya	Kanan Devi, Sipra Mitra, Jahor Roy, Anup Kumar	Kalipada Sen	Srimathi Pictures	Arun
29		Shap Mochan	Sudhir Mukherjee	Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Kamal Mitra, Bikash Roy	Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay	Sudhir Mukherjee	Mahendra
30		Bidhilipi	Manu Sen	Sandhyarani, Sabitri Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Bikash Roy, Anup Kumar, Kamal Mitra	Kalipada Sen	Rama Pictures	Satikanta
31		Hrad (film)	Ardhendu Sen	Sandhyarani, Asit Baran, Chhabi Biswas, Jahor Roy, Tarun Kumar, Premangshu Bose	Manabendra Mukhopadhyay	Rupamaya	Banibrata
32		Upahar	Tapan Sinha	Sabitri Chatterjee, Anubha Gupta, Chhabi Biswas, Kanu Banerjee, Manju Dey, Tulsi Chakraborty, Nirmal Kumar	Kalipada Sen	Bani Chitram	Ashok
33		Kankabatir Ghat	Chitta Basu	Sandhyarani, Kamal Mitra, Anubha Gupta, Anup Kumar	Kalipada Sen	H. N. C. Productions	Prabir
34		Raat Bhore	Mrinal Sen	Sabitri Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Devi	Salil Chowdhury	S. B. Productions
35		Bratacharini	Kamal Ganguly	Sandhyarani, Anubha Gupta, Sabitri Chatterjee, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Asit Baran, Chhaya Devi, Chhabi Biswas	Kamal Dasgupta	Emkeji Productions Pvt. Ltd.	Bijay
36		Sabar Uparey	Agradoot	Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Chhabi Biswas, Nitish Mukherjee, Kamal Mitra	Robin Chatterjee	M.P. Productions	Shankar
37	1956	Sagarika^[7]	Agragami	Suchitra Sen, Pahari Sanyal, Jahar Ganguli, Jiben Bose, Anup Kumar	Robin Chatterjee	S.C. Productions	Arun
38		Saheb Bibi Golam	Kartick Chattopadhyay	Chhaya Devi, Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Pahari Sanyal, Anubha Gupta, Kanu Banerjee, Chhabi Biswas, Padma Devi	Robin Chatterjee	Sarkar Productions Pvt. Ltd.	Bhutnath
39		Laksha-Hira	Chittaranjan Mitra	Manju Dey, Dipti Roy, Nitish Mukherjee, Bikash Roy, Kamal Mitra, Chandrabati Devi	Kalipada Sen	Kalpana Chitra Pratisthan Ltd.	Subhadra
40		Chirakumar Sabha	Debaki Bose	Anita Guha, Jahar Ganguli, Nitish Mukherjee, Ajit Chatterjee	Santosh Sengupta	Dilip Pictures