Bio

Uttam Kumar was born on 3rd September 1926 in Kolkata. He was a famous Indian film Actor, prolific Director, Producer, amazing Singer, Music Composer, and a successful playback singer. He was named Arun Kumar Chatterjee at the time of birth. Uttam Kumar debutant from the Nitin Bose directed film "Drishtidan" released in 1948. In that period he acted in the 4-5 film the entire movie got flopped. He changed his name continually to give a new screen name from Arun Kumar, Uttam Chatterjee, Arun Chatterjee, and then in last he finalized his name "Uttam Kumar."Later he got famous with that name and gained popularity in Indian cinema. He fellow called him a "Flop Hero" often he came to the studio and made him laughed. He did not like the sarcastic comments by the studio crew and cast. As a consequence, he left the cinema and joined the (Calcutta Ports). Despite Uttam's wife encouraged him to pursue his dreams and on the suggestion of his wife, he again joined the cinema. In the meanwhile, he got the three years contract from "M.P Studios."During the 60’s to 70’s he has had many successful pairs with the leading heroines of the Indian film industry like "Supriya Choudhury, Madhabi Mukherjee, Tanuja, Kaberi Bose Anjana Bhaumick, Sharmila Tagore, and Aparna Sen.He was always keen to experiment with his characters and role in the films. He opted for the challenging role those he could do full justice with the roles like Mayamriga -1960, Pratyabartan-1960, Marutirtha Hinglaj-1959, Thana Theke Aschi-1965, and Aparichita-1969. Uttam Kumar was always considered to be a perfectionist to set as the substance of acting to sharpen up his skills as an actor instead of becoming the star achiever at the box office.