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Uttam Kumar Birth Anniversary: Celebrities Remembers Bengali Mahanayak

Recipient of many awards over his lifetime, including the National Film Award, he was once dubbed as the 'Flop Master General'. His breakthrough film was Agni Pariksha in 1954

Akriti Anand

Tue Sep 03 2019, 17:40:33 18550 views
Uttam Kumar, famously known as Mahanayak of Bengali film industry, is one the most celebrated actors of his time. The actor, director, producer and singer who is still considered to be a cultural icon in Indian cinema, was once dubbed as the 'Flop Master General' when he first entered the Bengali film industry.

He was a recipient of many awards over his lifetime, including the National Film Award for Best Actor.  On his 93rd birth anniversary, many of celebrities remembered the icon of Bengali film industry.

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Uttam's first release was Drishtidan (The gift of sight, 1948) directed by Nitin Bose, though he worked in an earlier unreleased film called Mayador (Embrace of Affection). Then he acted in about four to five films, all of which were flops. In those films he constantly varied his name: Arun Chatterjee,
Arun Kumar, Uttam Chatterjee and finally Uttam Kumar.

He considered leaving the world of cinema and start working at Calcutta Ports. But his wife, Gouri Chatterjee told him that it would be better if he did not to do a job his heart was not in. His breakthrough film was Agni Pariksha in 1954 that began the success of the all-time romantic pair of Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen, though they had first paired in Sharey Chuattor (1953). The film ran for 65 weeks and established Uttam in the industry.


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