
Shekhar Chatterjee (1924–1990) was an Indian actor and film director. Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1924. He began his career in the Bengali theatre in the 1950s. He was associated with several leftist theatre groups, including the Communist Party's Indian People's Theatre Association, Utpal Dutt's Little Theatre Group, and Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop, as well as his own group, Theatre Unit, which he formed in 1958. As a stage actor, he was well known for his Shakespearean roles and for playing Shardul Singh in Dutt's 1965 play Kallol. His directorial work focused on works by German-language playwrights Bertold Brecht, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Peter Handke, and Franz Xaver Kroetz. Chatterjee's Brecht productions were rarely adapted to a local setting, and while critics unanimously praised this approach as "authentic", his colleague Dutt attacked it for failing to communicate Brecht's political symbolism to an Indian audience.

Gandhi
MOVIE • 1982

The Sage from the Sea
MOVIE • 1978

Bhuvan Shome
MOVIE • 1969

Chorus
MOVIE • 1974

Raktatilak
MOVIE • 1974

Kal Tumi Aleya
MOVIE • 1966

Tagari
MOVIE • 1985

Chiriyakhana
MOVIE • 1967

Maa
MOVIE • 1984

An Unfinished Story
MOVIE • 1971

Nishimrigaya
MOVIE • 1975

Rodon Bhara Basanta
MOVIE • 1974

The Expedition
MOVIE • 1962

Kuheli
MOVIE • 1971

Sansar
MOVIE • 1971

Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar
MOVIE • 1966

Mrigayaa
MOVIE • 1977

Rajkanya
MOVIE • 1965