14 Facts About Subhendu Chatterjee

Subhendu Chatterjee's father was Shailendra Chattopadhay and mother was Manimala Devi.

Subhendu Chatterjee worked in Civil Defence and later joined Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Subhendu Chatterjee was involved with amateur theatre under the tutelage of Jnanesh Mukherjee, a stalwart of Bengali theatre and films.

Subhendu Chatterjee had two sons; Saswata Subhendu Chatterjee, the eldest son, is a Bengali actor.

Subhendu Chatterjee started his film career with Mrinal Sen's Akash Kusum in 1965.

Subhendu Chatterjee was appreciated for his restrained portrayal of the honest friend who would fail to prevent his go-getting friend from the path of falsehood which would lead to utter humiliation.

Subhendu Chatterjee worked with Satyajit Ray in Chiriyakhana where he first shared the screen with Uttam Kumar; he then worked with the versatile Soumitra in Aranyer Din Ratri that brought national and international fame.

Subhendu Chatterjee is mostly remembered for his portrayal of Sankar in Chowringhee in 1968 where alongside the matinee idol Uttam Kumar, he carved his niche as the straight and compassionate apprentice of a five-star hotel on the brink of changing ownership.

Subhendu Chatterjee then starred as the leading actor in Hansa Mithun, Panchasar, Arogya Niketon, Nayikar Bhumikay, Anindita, along with playing second lead in Chaddabeshi, and Ekhoni.

Subhendu Chatterjee played the protagonist in Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant.

Subhendu Chatterjee acted in the sequel of Aranyer Din Ratri, directed by Gautam Ghose, Abar Aranye, in 2003.

Subhendu Chatterjee was a stage actor and the play "Bilkish Begum" staged during the 1980s was a hit.

Subhendu Chatterjee acted in a number of tele-films as well; including as Dr Munshi in "Dr Munshi's diary" based on a short story by Satyajit Ray.

Subhendu Chatterjee was a singer as well and cut a disc on composition of Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.