Dipankar Dey ( bn, দীপঙ্কর দে) (born 5 July 1944) is an Indian actor in the
Bengali film industry
Tollywood, also known as Cinema of West Bengal, is an Indian film industry of Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the w ...
. He has worked in many movies as hero, villain and character artist.
He starred in Ray's ''
Jana Aranya
''Jana Aranya'' is a 1976 Bengali film directed by Satyajit Ray, based on the novel of the same name by Mani Shankar Mukherjee. It is the last among Ray's Calcutta trilogy series, the previous two being, ''Pratidwandi'' (''The Adversary'', 1970) ...
'' (''The Middleman'', 1976), ''
Ganashatru
''Ganashatru'' ( bn, গণশত্রু ''Gônoshotru'' 'Enemy of the People') is a 1990 Indian film directed by Satyajit Ray. It is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's 1882 play '' An Enemy of the People'', and was released under that title in t ...
'' (''Enemy of the People'', 1990), ''
Shakha Proshakha
''Shakha Proshakha'' ( en, Branches of the Tree, italic=yes) is a 1990 film directed by Satyajit Ray. It deals with four generations of a well-to-do Bengali family, with a focus on the third generation. This film displays an extraordinary use ...
'' (''Branches of the Tree'', 1990) and ''
Agantuk
''Agantuk'' () is a 1991 Bengali language, Bengali-language Drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Notable for being Ray's last film, it was based on one of his own short stories, ''Atithi''. A joint Indo-F ...
'' (''The Stranger'', 1991).
He has acted in many art house and commercial films.
Selected filmography
TV shows
Awards
*1986
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...
:
Best Supporting Actor: ''
Parama''
References
External links
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Living people
University of Calcutta alumni
Bengali male actors
Male actors in Bengali cinema
Best Supporting Actor National Film Award winners
Indian male film actors
1944 births
Male actors from Jharkhand
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