Salil Dutta (30 November 1931 – 20 September 2004) was an Indian

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director, screenwriter and actor. He is well known for his films Surya Sikha (1963), Stree (1972) and Seyi Chokh (1976).

Career

Dutta was born in 1931 in

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. He started his career as assistant director of ''

Trijama ''Trijama'' (''English: Three Facets'') is a 1956 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Agradoot, based on Subodh Ghosh's novel of the same name. This film was released under the banner of Sunrise Films. Music direction of th ...

'' in 1956 and ''

Khokababur Pratyabartan ''Khokababur Pratyabartan'' (English: ''The Return of Little Master'') is a 1960 Indian Bengali-language social drama film directed by Agradoot based on the 1891 short story of the same name by Rabindranath Tagore. The film starring Uttam Kum ...

'' in 1960. The first film directed by him is

Surya Sikha ''Surya Sikha'' () is a Bengali romance drama film directed by Salil Dutta. This film was released on 12 July 1963 in the banner of Chhayachhabi Pratisthan. The film starring Uttam Kumar Supriya Debi in lead role and Chabi Biswas, Utpal Dutta ...

(1963) starred

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and

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. He also acted in a number of films like ''

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'', ''Khelaghar'', ''

Dhanyee Meye ''Dhanyee Meye'' ( bn, ধন্যি মেয়ে) is a 1971 Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. The cast includes Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Partho Mukherjee, Jaya Bhaduri, Jahor Roy and Nripati Chattopa ...

'' etc. Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career. He died on 20 September 2004 in

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due to lung cancer.

Filmography

* ''

'' (1963) * ''

Momer Alo ''Momer Alo'' is a 1964 Bengali film directed by Salil Dutta. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee in lead roles. It has music composed by Robin Chatterjee. Synopsis Deepa a schizophrenic patient loses her normalcy due to a mishap ...

'' (1964) * ''Prastar Swakkhor'' (1967) * ''

Aparichita ''Aparichita'' () is a 1978 Kannada-language romantic mystery thriller film directed by Kashinath, starring Suresh Heblikar, Sobha, M. V. Vasudeva Rao and Mohan. The music was composed by noted composer L. Vaidyanathan. The movie was cri ...

'' (1969) * ''Kalankita Nayak'' (1970) * ''Khunje Berai'' (1971) * '' Stree'' (1972) * '' Sesh Pristhay Dekhun'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

Sei Chokh ''Sei Chokh'' is a Bengali romantic drama film directed by Salil Dutta based on a story on Bengali novelist Bimal Mitra. The film was released 30 July 1976 under the banner of Gitali Pictures. Nachiketa Ghosh was the music director of Sei Ch ...

'' (1976) * ''Babu Moshai'' (1977) * ''Heerey Manik'' (1979) * ''Ghorer Baire Ghor'' (1980) * ''

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'' (1981) * ''Rajeswari'' (1984) * ''Shyam Saheb'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1986) * ''Doctor Priya'' (1988) * ''Je Jaar Priyo'' (1989) * ''Abishkar'' (1990 * ''Amar Sathi'' (1991) * '' Etai Swargo''(2001)

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