D O B March 29,1929
Languages Hindi
Place of Birth Barisal, Brithish India
Known For Actor, Director, Story
Married Yes

Biography Utpal Dutt March August 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 when he founded the 'Little Theater Group' in which enacted many English Shakespearean and Brecht plays in a period now known as the 'Epic theater' period before emerging itself completely in highly political and radical theatre His plays became apt vehicle of the expression for his Marxist ideologies visible in socio-political plays like Kallol Manusher Adhikar Louha Manob Tiner Toloar and Maha-Bidroha He also acted over Bengali and Hindi films in his career spanning years and remains most known for his roles in films like Mrinal Sen s Bhuvan Shome Satyajit Ray s Agantuk Gautam Ghose s Padma Nadir Majhi and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy comedies such as Gol Maal and Rang Birangi He received National Film Award for Best Actor in and three Filmfare Best Comedian Awards In the Sangeet Natak Akademi India's National Academy of Music Dance and Theatre awarded him its highest award the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre His father was Girijaranjan Dutt Dutt was born on March th in Barisal in a Hindu More family and he studied initially at St Edmunds School and later completed his Matriculation in from St Xavier's Collegiate School Kolkata In he graduated with English Literature Honours from the St Xavier's College Calcutta University of Calcutta