
Acting
Sep 2, 1926
Kolkata, India
Uttam Kumar
Acting
Biography
Uttam Kumar (born Arun Kumar Chatterjee) was an Indian film actor who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema.Kumar is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Bengali cinema.
Feature Films (189)

When Nabakrishna's mother died, he was just a boy. She left him enough fortune to live a well-off life. But, can money fulfil everything that one can desire in their life?
Sei Chokh

Kamona is a Bengali drama film directed by Nabendu Sundar. This movie was released on 4 March 1949 under the banner of Kirti Pictures. This is the second film of Bengali actor Uttam Kumar after Drishtidan and his debut as the leading person crediting him as Uttam Chatterjee instead of Arun Kumar Chatterjee.
A Plea

Bou Thakuranir Haat is a Bengali drama film directed by Naresh Mitra based on a novel of Rabindranath Tagore in the same name, published in 1883. The film is based on the real-life story of Jessore Raj Pratapaditya. Pratapaditya is described as an antagonist more than a protagonist in this film.
Bou Thakuranir Haat

Maryada was a Bengali drama film directed by Digambar Chattopadhyay. This movie was released on 15 December 1950 under the banner of Bhabani Kalamandir Limited. This is the third and first movie in which legendary Bengali actors Uttam Kumar and Bibhu Bhattacharya appeared respectively. In this movie, Uttam Kumar leaps on a song for the first time in his career.
The Honourable

A 1958 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Jiban Gangopadhyay featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.
Joutuk

Deepa, a schizophrenic patient, loses her normalcy due to a mishap that occurred in her personal life. Dr. Surajit Sen takes this case as a challenge to prove that an injured mind needs more care and a better understanding than any medicine on therapy. The film portrays how the doctor gets intimate with his patient and slowly gets into the detail of her crisis and enables her to lead a normal life.
Wax Light

Love story of Tapasi and Kiriti in the backdrop of social and cultural conflict regarding marriages and progressiveness.
Agni Pariksha

Shanker Choudhury's (Tarun Bose) mother (Pratima Devi), at the pleas of her dying husband, marries off his (Shanker's) daughter to a youth. Both the children are under-age and do not know nor understand that they have been married.
Chhoti Si Mulaqat

Suparna is distraught on seeing her sister getting close to her husband, Amitabha. Things take a turn for the worse when Amitabha's sister dies and the suspicion falls on Suparna.
Mon Niye

Shipra is a poor woman who is molested and killed as she witnesses corruption. The police and lawyer Somnath take up the case and slowly dig into it. He traces the corrupted policeman and comes to know that Karuna, the head lady of the orphanage where Shipra used to live is equally involved in female trafficking. However, when he sees Karuna his world is turned upside down. Karuna is Shukla, Somnath’s long-lost wife. Circumstances had led her to become a puppet in the hands of the gangsters. However, she is to keep mum about the entire conspiracy, lest they kill her only daughter. Somnath gives assurance to Karuna to speak the truth. She does that and, in the end, the entire gangster network is caught. Karuna’s daughter is proved to be Somnath’s daughter. They get together again.
Rodon Bhara Basanta

Anu and Binay love each other and wish to get married but face opposition from her greedy uncle. They decide to elope but are caught and separated due to unforeseen circumstances.
The Singing Heart

Noni, a farmer's son, has little interest in his duties and responsibilities on the farm. Instead, he is more interested in the arts, particularly playing the flute, as well as the local stage productions organized by a local group.
