Tapen Chatterjee

Tapen Chatterjee (3 September 1937 – 24 May 2010) was a Bengali actor from India who played several roles in Satyajit Ray's films, notably as Goopy Gyne in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968), and its sequels Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980) and Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1992). Chatterjee died on 24 May 2010 at the age of 72. He was suffering from pulmonary ailments.

Tapen Chatterjee
Born(1937-09-03)3 September 1937
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died24 May 2010(2010-05-24) (aged 72)[1]
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Known forGoopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969)
Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980)
Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1991)

Career

As a qualified engineer, Chatterjee had a job in Rajasthan, following which he came back to Kolkata and joined Sandesh, the Bengali magazine revived by Satyajit Ray. He started his career in the advertisement department of the children's magazine Sandesh. Ray cast him in a cameo in Mahanagar and then famously as the singer Goopy Gyne in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. The song Aaha Ki Aananda Aakshe Batashe filmed on him Goopy and Rabi Ghosh as Bagha Byne still stirs the memory of the Bengali film lovers.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1963Mahanagar
1969Goopy Gyne Bagha ByneGoopy Gyne
1970RupasiHanda, Balaram's brother[2]
1971Dhanyee MeyeSabitri's brother
1973Shriman PrithvirajSchool Sentry
1973Nanigopaler BiyeDilip
1974Sangini
1974Bikele Bhorer Phul
1974Thagini
1977Bhola Moira
1977Hate Raila Tin
1979GanadevataTara Napit
1980AanchalProduced
1980Heerak Rajar DesheGoopy Gayen
1991Goopy Bagha Phire EloGoopy
1996Rabibar
1997Sriman Bhootnath
2009Narak Guljar(final film role)

References
  1. Harris M. Lentz III (8 June 2011). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2010. McFarland. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8649-6.
  2. http://www.gomolo.com/rupasi-movie-cast-crew/%5B%5D


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