Utpal Dutt (listen ; 29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, … See more

Though he was active primarily in Bengali theatre, he started his career in English theatre. As a teenager in the 1940s, he developed his … See more

In 1960, Dutt married theatre and film actress Shobha Sen. Their only daughter, Bishnupriya Dutt, is a professor of Theatre & Performance studies at the School of Arts & Aesthetics at See more

• 1990 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre
• National Film Award for Best Actor – Won 1970 Bhuvan Shome – Bhuvan Shome See more

Utpal Dutta was born into a Bengali family on 29 March 1929 in Barisal. His father was Girijaranjan Dutta. After initial schooling at See more

Forty years after the staging of the classic play Kallol which entails the story of the mutiny of Indian sailors against the British on the Arabian Sea, … See more

On 19 August 1993, Dutt died due to a heart attack right after he returned home from the S.S.K.M hospital, Calcutta, West Bengal where he had undergone dialysis. See more