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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Soumitra Chatterjee</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><a href="Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">LH</a> <a href="Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">PB</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">Chatterjee reciting a poem by <a href="Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Tagore</a> at an event</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Soumitra Chattopadhyay</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1935-01-19</span>)</span>19 January 1935<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="Krishnanagar%2C_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagore</a>, Nadia and 24 Parganas, Bengal Presidency, British India</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">15 November 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-11-15)</span> (aged 85)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="Bhowanipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhowanipur">Bhowanipore</a>, Kolkata, West Bengal, India<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><span class="wrap">Actor, poet, writer, playwright, theatre director</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1959–2020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Works</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Soumitra_Chatterjee_filmography" title="Soumitra Chatterjee filmography">Filmography</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1298804929">
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<div class="marriage-display-inline"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Deepa Chatterjee</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960)<wbr></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="wrap"><a href="Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2004)<br><a href="Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a> (2012)<br> Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur or Commander of <a href="Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a> (2018)<br> <a href="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_-_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South">Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - South</a> (1994)</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Soumitra</b> <b>Chatterjee</b> (also spelt as <b>Chattopadhyay</b>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">
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</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Bengali:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="bn-Latn-fonipa">[ˈʃou̯mitːɾo<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈt͡ʃɔʈːopadʱːae̯]</span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/1\/13\/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Titodutta-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC.wav\/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Titodutta-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC.wav.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-\u09b8\u09cc\u09ae\u09bf\u09a4\u09cd\u09b0 \u099a\u099f\u09cd\u099f\u09cb\u09aa\u09be\u09a7\u09cd\u09af\u09be\u09af\u09bc.wav"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Titodutta-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC.wav/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Titodutta-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8C%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC.wav.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable">ⓘ</sup></span>; 19 January 1935 – 15 November 2020)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian film</a> actor, play-director, playwright, writer, thespian and poet. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential actors in the history of <a href="Indian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian cinema">Indian cinema</a>. He is best known for his collaborations with director <a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>, with whom he worked in fourteen films.
</p><p>Starting with his debut film, <i><a href="Apur_Sansar" class="mw-redirect" title="Apur Sansar">Apur Sansar</a></i> (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of <i><a href="The_Apu_Trilogy" title="The Apu Trilogy">The Apu Trilogy</a></i>, as adult <a href="Apu_(Apu_Trilogy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apu (Apu Trilogy)">Apu</a>, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including <i><a href="Abhijan_(1962_film)" title="Abhijan (1962 film)">Abhijan</a></i> (The Expedition, 1962), <i><a href="Charulata" title="Charulata">Charulata</a></i> (1964), <i><a href="Kapurush" title="Kapurush">Kapurush</a></i> (1965), <i><a href="Aranyer_Din_Ratri" class="mw-redirect" title="Aranyer Din Ratri">Aranyer Din Ratri</a></i> (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), <i><a href="Ashani_Sanket" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashani Sanket">Ashani Sanket</a></i> (Distant Thunder, 1973), <i><a href="Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (The Fortress of Gold, 1974) and <i><a href="Joi_Baba_Felunath_(film)" title="Joi Baba Felunath (film)">Joi Baba Felunath</a></i> (The Elephant God, 1978) as <a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a>, <i><a href="Hirak_Rajar_Deshe" title="Hirak Rajar Deshe">Hirak Rajar Deshe</a></i> (1980), <i><a href="Ghare_Baire_(film)" title="Ghare Baire (film)">Ghare Baire</a></i> (The Home and The World, 1984), <a href="Shakha_Proshakha" title="Shakha Proshakha">Shakha Proshakha</a> (1990) and <i><a href="Ganashatru" title="Ganashatru">Ganashatru</a></i> (Enemy of the People, 1989).
</p><p>He also worked with other noted directors of <a href="Cinema_of_West_Bengal" title="Cinema of West Bengal">Bengali cinema</a>, such as <a href="Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> in <i><a href="Akash_Kusum" title="Akash Kusum">Akash Kusum</a></i> (Up in the Clouds, 1965); <a href="Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> in <a href="Kshudhita_Pashan" title="Kshudhita Pashan">Kshudhita Pashan</a> (Hungry Stones, 1960), <i><a href="Jhinder_Bandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhinder Bandi">Jhinder Bandi</a></i> (1961); <a href="Asit_Sen_(director)" title="Asit Sen (director)">Asit Sen</a> in <i>Swaralipi</i> (1961), <a href="Ajoy_Kar" title="Ajoy Kar">Ajoy Kar</a> in <i><a href="Parineeta_(1969_film)" title="Parineeta (1969 film)">Parineeta</a></i> (1969), and <a href="Tarun_Mazumdar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarun Mazumdar">Tarun Mazumdar</a> in <i><a href="Ganadevata_(film)" title="Ganadevata (film)">Ganadevata</a></i> (1978). He acted in more than 210 films in his career. He also received critical acclaim for his directorial debut <i>Stree Ki Patra</i> (1986) which was based on the <a href="Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> short story <i>Streer Patra</i> by <a href="Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Soumitra was the recipient of multiple honours and awards. Soumitra was the first Indian film personality who was conferred with France's highest award for artists '<i>Commandeur'</i> of, <i>Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</i> (1999). He was also awarded the <a href="Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> (2004) and France's highest civilian award Commandeur de la Légion d' Honneur (Commander of <a href="Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Legion of Honour</a>) (2017).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received two <a href="National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> as an actor and the <a href="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> for his work in theatre. In 2012, he received the <a href="Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a>, India's highest award in cinema given by the <a href="Government_of_India" title="Government of India">government of India</a> for lifetime achievement. In 2013, <a href="IBN_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="IBN Live">IBN Live</a> named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</h2></div>
<p>Soumitra Chatterjee was born in Mirjapur Street (now Surya Sen Street) near <a href="Sealdah_railway_station" title="Sealdah railway station">Sealdah railway station</a>, in <a href="Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> in 1935. The first ten years of his early life were spent in <a href="Krishnanagar%2C_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagar</a> in <a href="West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. The town under the influence of playwright <a href="Dwijendralal_Ray" title="Dwijendralal Ray">Dwijendralal Ray</a>, also from Krishnanagar, had a flourishing theatre culture, with numerous small theatre groups. His grandfather was the president of one such group while his father, though lawyer by profession and later a government worker, also worked as an amateur actor. Encouraged by the praise he received for his acting in school plays, gradually his interest in theatre grew with passing years.<sup id="cite_ref-front12_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-front12-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a very close friend of famous theatre personality, Mrityunjay Sil who is often regarded as a key influence on his career.<sup id="cite_ref-upper_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upper-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Soumitra and his family moved to <a href="Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a> where he studied at the <a href="Howrah_Zilla_School" title="Howrah Zilla School">Howrah Zilla School</a> and Calcutta during his early years. Soumitra graduated from the <a href="City_College%2C_Kolkata" title="City College, Kolkata">City College, Kolkata</a> with honours in Bengali literature, as a graduating student of the <a href="University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-upper_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upper-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived for a few years in Calcutta in <a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>'s old apartment at 3-lake temple road. He studied for his <a href="Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">M.A.</a> in Bengali from the <a href="University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a>. While still a student, he learnt acting under noted actor-director of <a href="Bengali_theatre" title="Bengali theatre">Bengali theatre</a> <a href="Ahindra_Choudhury" title="Ahindra Choudhury">Ahindra Choudhury</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-upper_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upper-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However a turning point came when in the final year of college he saw a play by <a href="Sisir_Bhaduri" title="Sisir Bhaduri">Sisir Bhaduri</a>, theatre director and the doyen of Bengali theatre. The play not only set a standard for acting for him, but also helped make up his mind to become an actor. He managed to meet Bhaduri, through his friend's mother, actress Shefalika Putul. Though, he met Bhaduri, towards the end of his career, when his theatre had closed, nevertheless over the next three years, till Bhaduri's death in 1959, Chatterjee made him a mentor, and learnt the craft of acting through their regular interactions.<sup id="cite_ref-front12_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-front12-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toi08_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi08-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cnn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He even appeared in a small role in one of Bhaduri's productions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERay1996131_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERay1996131-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Subsequently, he started his career working in <a href="All_India_Radio" title="All India Radio">All India Radio</a> as an announcer,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERay1996131_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERay1996131-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While he was there he started pursuing a career in films. He came in touch with Ray during the casting for <i><a href="Aparajito" title="Aparajito">Aparajito</a></i> (1956), who was looking for new faces. Ray thought he had the right look, however found him, age 20, and just out of college, too old for the role of adolescent <a href="Apu_(Apu_Trilogy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apu (Apu Trilogy)">Apu</a>. Ray remembered him and offered him the role of adult Apu two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinson198999_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinson198999-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERay2007161_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERay2007161-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERay1996131_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERay1996131-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, he was rejected in his screen test for Bengali film, <i><a href="Nilachale_Mahaprabhu" class="mw-redirect" title="Nilachale Mahaprabhu">Nilachale Mahaprabhu</a></i> (1957) directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Work_with_Satyajit_Ray:_1959–1990">Work with Satyajit Ray: 1959–1990</h3></div>
<p>Chatterjee had gone on the sets of Ray's fourth film, <i><a href="Jalsaghar" title="Jalsaghar">Jalsaghar</a></i> (1958) to watch the shoot. He was unaware that he had already been selected for the title role in the Apu trilogy. That day, while he was leaving the sets, Ray called him over and introduced him to actor <a href="Chhabi_Biswas" title="Chhabi Biswas">Chhabi Biswas</a> as "This is Soumitra Chattopadhyay; he's playing Apu in my next film <i>Apur Sansar</i>" leaving him much surprised.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite being selected, as a debutant actor, Chatterjee was nevertheless unsure of his career choice and especially his looks, as he didn't consider himself photogenic. However, on 9 August 1958, when the first shooting of the film was accepted in a single take, he realized that he had found his vocation.<sup id="cite_ref-cnn_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus Soumitra's film debut came in 1959 in <a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a>'s <i><a href="The_World_of_Apu" title="The World of Apu">The World of Apu</a></i> (Apur Sansar). In fact Ray believed with a beard Chatterjee looked like young poet laureate <a href="Tagore" class="mw-redirect" title="Tagore">Tagore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERay200742_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERay200742-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Soumitra would go on to collaborate with Ray in fourteen films. His centrality to Ray's work is akin to other key collaborations in the history of cinema — <a href="Toshiro_Mifune" title="Toshiro Mifune">Toshiro Mifune</a> and <a href="Akira_Kurosawa" title="Akira Kurosawa">Akira Kurosawa</a>, <a href="Marcello_Mastroianni" title="Marcello Mastroianni">Marcello Mastroianni</a> and <a href="Federico_Fellini" title="Federico Fellini">Federico Fellini</a>, <a href="Robert_De_Niro" title="Robert De Niro">De Niro</a> and <a href="Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>, <a href="Leonardo_DiCaprio" title="Leonardo DiCaprio">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> and <a href="Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a>, <a href="Max_von_Sydow" title="Max von Sydow">Max von Sydow</a> and <a href="Ingmar_Bergman" title="Ingmar Bergman">Ingmar Bergman</a>, <a href="Jerzy_Stuhr" title="Jerzy Stuhr">Jerzy Stuhr</a> and <a href="Krzysztof_Kie%C5%9Blowski" title="Krzysztof Kieślowski">Krzysztof Kieślowski</a>, <a href="Klaus_Kinski" title="Klaus Kinski">Klaus Kinski</a> and <a href="Werner_Herzog" title="Werner Herzog">Werner Herzog</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <i>Apur Sansar</i>, he also worked with <a href="Sharmila_Tagore" title="Sharmila Tagore">Sharmila Tagore</a> in a number of Ray's films, apart from working with leading star actor of the period, <a href="Uttam_Kumar" title="Uttam Kumar">Uttam Kumar</a>, with whom he has often been compared, in eight films.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu12_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu12-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-red_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-red-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Chatterjee was cast in diverse roles by Ray and some of the stories and screenplays that Ray wrote were said to be written with him in mind. Soumitra featured as <i><a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a>/<a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Pradosh Chandra Mitter</a></i>, the famous private investigator from Calcutta in Ray's <i>Feluda</i> series of books, in two films in the 1970s <i><a href="Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (1974) and <i><a href="Joi_Baba_Felunath_(film)" title="Joi Baba Felunath (film)">Joi Baba Felunath</a></i> (1979). These two films were the first <a href="Feluda_in_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Feluda in film">film series</a> made for <a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a> and are considered as the <a href="Feluda_in_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Feluda in film">Feluda original film series</a>. He was the first person who portrayed the iconic <a href="Bengalis" title="Bengalis">Bengali</a> sleuth <a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a>. <a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> made some illustrations of <a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a> based on Soumitra's body figure and look in the 1970s <a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda books</a>. After him <a href="Sabyasachi_Chakrabarty" title="Sabyasachi Chakrabarty">Sabyasachi Chakrabarty</a> took the role of the iconic Bengali hero <a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a> in the mid-1990s.
</p><p>Soumitra had approached Satyajit Ray to suggest a name for a little magazine founded by Soumitra and Nirmalya Acharya in 1961. <a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> had named the magazine <i>Ekkhon</i> (Now), he designed the inaugural cover page and illustrated the cover pages regularly even after Soumitra had stopped editing the magazine. Nirmalya continued editing the magazine, and several of Ray's scripts were published in the magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERobinson1989296_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERobinson1989296-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_works">Other works</h3></div>
<p>Besides working with Ray, Soumitra excelled in collaborations with other well-known Bengali directors such as <a href="Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> and <a href="Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a>. He earned critical acclaim for his role of an impostor in <a href="Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a>'s <i><a href="Akash_Kusum" title="Akash Kusum">Akash Kusum</a></i> (1965). He was equally confident in playing the swashbuckling horse-riding villain in <a href="Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a>'s <i><a href="Jhinder_Bandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Jhinder Bandi">Jhinder Bandi</a></i> (1961) giving the legendary <a href="Uttam_Kumar" title="Uttam Kumar">Uttam Kumar</a> a tough challenge. In the romantic film <i><a href="Teen_Bhubaner_Pare" title="Teen Bhubaner Pare">Teen Bhubaner Pare</a></i> (1969), he shared the screen with actress <a href="Tanuja" title="Tanuja">Tanuja</a>, the film was noted for his "flamboyant" style of acting. Besides films, Chatterjee continued acting in Kolkata-based Bengali theatre, and also published over 12 poetry books.<sup id="cite_ref-dadasahebpib_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dadasahebpib-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Entering the 1980s and 1990s, he started working with contemporary directors, like <a href="Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a>, <a href="Aparna_Sen" title="Aparna Sen">Aparna Sen</a>, <a href="Anjan_Das" title="Anjan Das">Anjan Das</a> and <a href="Rituparno_Ghosh" title="Rituparno Ghosh">Rituparno Ghosh</a>, and even acted on television. In 1986, he played the role of a swimming coach, Khitish Singh(Khidda) in film <i><a href="Kony_(film)" title="Kony (film)">Kony</a></i> (1986) directed by <a href="Saroj_Dey" title="Saroj Dey">Saroj Dey</a>, who was part of the film collective Agragami. The film is about a young girl from a slum, who wants to become a swimmer.<sup id="cite_ref-red_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-red-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">32nd National Film Awards</a>, the film won the <a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Popular_Film_Providing_Wholesome_Entertainment" title="National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment">National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32ndaward_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32ndaward-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in a 2012 interview, he called Kony one of the best films of his career. He even recalled using film's catch-phrase "Fight-Koni-fight" in hard times, as a chant to himself to lift his "aging spirits". The phrase had become popular with middle-class Bengalis at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-red_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-red-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also starred in his biopic <i>Abhijaan</i> directed by Parambrata Chatterjee, an artist himself. The movie was released in April 2022 posthumously as a tribute to Soumitra featuring <a href="Jisshu_Sengupta" title="Jisshu Sengupta">Jisshu Sengupta</a> who portrayed the younger self of the late artist.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Theatre">Theatre</h3></div>
<p>He replaced Mrityunjay Sil as the lead artist in 1958. Mrityunjay Sil was at the peak of his theatre career at that time. But due to personal issues he suggested his friend, Soumitra's name. Mrityunjay Sil is often credited with being one of the few people to have helped Soumitra. But he soon left his job.<sup id="cite_ref-upper_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upper-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>After a two-decade long busy career as a leading man of Bengali cinema, he returned to theatre in 1978, with his production <i>Naam Jiban</i>, staged at Biswarupa Theatre in Kolkata. This led to other plays like <i>Rajkumar</i> (1982), <i>Phera</i> (1987), <i>Nilkantha</i> (1988), <i>Ghatak Biday</i> (1990) and <i>Nyaymurti</i> (1996), beside notable plays like <i>Tiktiki</i> (1995), an adaptation of <i><a href="Sleuth_(play)" title="Sleuth (play)">Sleuth</a></i> and <i>Homapakhi</i> (2006). Besides acting, he has written and directed several plays, translated a few and also branched out to <a href="Poetry_reading" title="Poetry reading">poetry reading</a> in recent decades.<sup id="cite_ref-upper_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-upper-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Since 14 November 2010, he regularly performed in the title role of the play <i>Raja Lear</i> directed by <a href="Suman_Mukhopadhyay" class="mw-redirect" title="Suman Mukhopadhyay">Suman Mukhopadhyay</a> and produced by Minerva Repertory Theatre, a play based on <a href="King_Lear" title="King Lear">King Lear</a> by <a href="William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>. Soumitra received widespread critical and popular accolades for his acting in the play.<sup id="cite_ref-red_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-red-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_recognition">Awards and recognition</h2></div>
<p>Chatterjee received the '<i>Commandeur'</i> <a href="Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Officier des Arts et Metiers</a>, the highest award for arts given by the <a href="France" title="France">French</a> government in 1999, and the Lifetime Award at the Naples Film Festival, Italy.<sup id="cite_ref-Apu_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apu-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He turned down the <a href="Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> award from the Indian government in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-Apu_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apu-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, he accepted the prestigious <a href="Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> award from the <a href="President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has been the subject of a full-length documentary named <i>Gaach</i> by French film director Catherine Berge. In 1998, he was awarded the <a href="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> given by the <a href="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a>, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Incidentally, besides receiving eight awards from the <a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">Bengal Film Journalists' Association</a> for the best actor<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and international recognition for his acting prowess, Chatterjee never won a National Film Award for acting in the early part of his career, which established his reputation as an actor, working with directors like Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen. Thus, over the years, he has been vocal about his feelings of disappointment and alleging bias in the <a href="National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> <a href="Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">committee</a> towards awarding popular and mainstream cinema.<sup id="cite_ref-front12_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-front12-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toi08_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi08-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thus, in a gesture of protest against, he turned down the <a href="48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards">2001</a> <a href="National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(Feature_Film)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)">Special Jury Award</a> for <i><a href="Dekha" title="Dekha">Dekha</a></i> directed by <a href="Goutam_Ghose" title="Goutam Ghose">Goutam Ghose</a>. Later in an interview he stated "the National Film Awards, overlooked my performances in several powerful roles. When I did <i><a href="Kony_(film)" title="Kony (film)">Kony</a></i>, <a href="Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> was adjudged the best actor. <a href="Anil_Kapoor" title="Anil Kapoor">Anil Kapoor</a> was feted (Best Actor) for <i><a href="Pukar_(2000_film)" title="Pukar (2000 film)">Pukar</a></i> while <i>Dekha</i> was awarded a 'consolation' prize".<sup id="cite_ref-toi08_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi08-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48thawardPDF_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48thawardPDF-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>However, after receiving the <a href="Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a>, the third highest civilian honour given by Government of India in 2004, he changed his viewpoint towards awards, and stated "Now (after Padma Bhushan) I feel I don't have the right to hurt my viewers by rejecting an award."<sup id="cite_ref-toi08_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi08-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few years later, on 9 June 2008, he was awarded the 2007 <a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Actor">National Film Award for Best Actor</a> for <i><a href="Podokkhep" title="Podokkhep">Podokkhep</a></i> (Footsteps) (2006),<sup id="cite_ref-54thaward_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54thaward-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which he accepted though stating "after decades of acting, I do not attach too much value to it".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>
In 2010, he won Best Supporting Actor at 54th Asia-Pacific Film Festival for his role in <a href="Angshumaner_Chhobi" title="Angshumaner Chhobi">Angshumaner Chhobi</a> (2009).<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2012, he was awarded the <a href="Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a>, India's highest award in cinema given annually by the Government of India for lifetime contribution to <a href="Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">Indian cinema</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu12_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu12-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dadasahebpib_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dadasahebpib-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, he received the introductory <a href="Filmfare_Awards_East" title="Filmfare Awards East">Filmfare Awards East</a> for <a href="Filmfare_Awards_East#Critics.27_and_Technical_Awards" title="Filmfare Awards East">Best Male Actor (Critics)</a> for his role in <i><a href="Rupkatha_Noy" title="Rupkatha Noy">Rupkatha Noy</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and also he won <a href="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South">Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South</a> (1994).<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<dl><dt>Civilian awards</dt></dl>
<p><small>Source(s):<sup id="cite_ref-:0_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>
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<ul><li>1998 <a href="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Award" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Award">Sangeet Natak Akademi Award</a> by <a href="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi">Sangeet Natak Akademi</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>1999: <a href="Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Commandeur de l' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a> the <a href="Government_of_France" title="Government of France">Government of France</a></li>
<li>2000: Hony. D.Litt. from <a href="Rabindra_Bharati_University" title="Rabindra Bharati University">Rabindra Bharati University</a>,. Kolkata.</li>
<li>2004: <a href="Padma_Bhushan" title="Padma Bhushan">Padma Bhushan</a> by the <a href="Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></li>
<li>2012: <a href="Sangeet_Natak_Akademi_Tagore_Ratna" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna">Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna</a> by Sangeet Natak Akademi<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2016: <i>Kazi Sabyasachi Memorial Award</i> by the <a href="Government_of_Bangladesh" title="Government of Bangladesh">Government of Bangladesh</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2017: <i>Commandeur</i> of <a href="Legion_d'Honneur" class="mw-redirect" title="Legion d'Honneur">Legion d'Honneur</a><sup id="cite_ref-indianexpress.com_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indianexpress.com-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-outlookindia.com_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-outlookindia.com-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the Government of France</li></ul>
<dl><dt>National Film Awards</dt></dl>
<ul><li>1991: <a href="National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(Feature_Film)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)">National Film Award – Special Jury Award</a> for <i><a href="Antardhan" title="Antardhan">Antardhan</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-timesofindia.indiatimes.com_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofindia.indiatimes.com-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2000: <a href="National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(Feature_Film)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)">National Film Award – Special Jury Award</a> for <i>Dekha</i><sup id="cite_ref-timesofindia.indiatimes.com_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesofindia.indiatimes.com-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>2006: <a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Actor">National Film Award</a> <a href="National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(Feature_Film)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)"> –</a> Best Actor for <i><a href="Podokkhep" title="Podokkhep">Podokkhep</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></li>
<li>2012: <a href="Dadasaheb_Phalke_Award" title="Dadasaheb Phalke Award">Dadasaheb Phalke Award</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<dl><dt>Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards</dt></dl>
<p><small>Source(s):<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>
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<ul><li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Teen Kanya</i> (1961)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Abhijan</i> (1963)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Baghini</i> (1969)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Ashani Sanket</i> (1974)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Sansar Simanthey</i> (1976)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Kony</i> (1987)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Agnisanket</i> (1989)</li>
<li><a href="Bengal_Film_Journalists'_Association_%E2%80%93_Best_Actor_Award" title="Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Actor Award">B.F.J.A. Best Actor Award</a> for <i>Krantikaal</i> (2006)</li></ul>
<dl><dt>Filmfare Awards East</dt></dl>
<p><small>Source(s):<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small>
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<ul><li><a href="Filmfare_Awards_East" title="Filmfare Awards East">Filmfare Awards East</a> – Best Male Actor (Critics) for <i><a href="Rupkatha_Noy" title="Rupkatha Noy">Rupkatha Noy</a></i> (2013)</li>
<li>Best Male Actor (Critics) for <i><a href="Mayurakshi" title="Mayurakshi">Mayurakshi</a></i> (2017)</li>
<li>Best Actor (Male) for <i>Sansar Simante</i> (1975)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Best Actor (Male) for <i>Babu Moshai</i> (1977)<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Best Actor (Male) for <i><a href="Ganadevata_(film)" title="Ganadevata (film)">Ganadevata</a></i> (1979)<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Best Actor (Male) for <i><a href="Agradani" title="Agradani">Agradani</a></i> (1983)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<dl><dt><a href="Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare Awards South</a></dt></dl>
<ul><li><a href="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South">Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South</a> (1994)<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2></div>
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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="Soumitra_Chatterjee_filmography" title="Soumitra Chatterjee filmography">Soumitra Chatterjee filmography</a></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2></div>
<p>Chatterjee has multiple works to his credit in Bengali, including:
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<dl><dt>Books</dt></dl>
<ul><li><i>Charitrer Sandhane</i> ("Search of Character"; 2004). Kolkata: Saptarshi Prakashan.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Pratidin Taba Gatha</i> ("You Sing Everyday"; 2009). Kolkata: <a href="Aajkaal" title="Aajkaal">Aajkaal Publishers Pvt Ltd</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About <a href="Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> in many aspects of his life.</li>
<li><i>Agrapathikera</i> ("Pioneers"; 2010). Kolkata: Aajkaal Publishers Pvt Ltd<i>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A memoir of his seniors and friends who are no more.</li>
<li><i>Porichoy</i>: ("Introduction"; 2013). Prakash Bhaban.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Manikdar Sange</i> ("With Manik Da"; 2014). Kolkata: Aajkaal Publishers Pvt Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Translated as "The Master and I: Soumitra on Satyajit" by Arunava Sinha. Depicts the journey with his master <a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> (1959-1992).</li></ul>
<dl><dt>Poetry collections</dt></dl>
<ul><li><i>Śreshṭha Kabitā</i> ("Best Poem", poetry collection; 1993). Calcutta: Dey's Publication. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">
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</style><a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-81-295-2654-0</bdi><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Madhyarater Sangket</i>: ("Midnight Signal"; 2012). Kolkata: <a href="Signet_Press" title="Signet Press">Signet Press</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-93-504-0169-9</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Kabita Samagra</i>: ("Poetry Collection"; 2014). Kolkata: <a href="Ananda_Publishers_Pvt_Ltd" class="mw-redirect" title="Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd">Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-93-504-0411-9</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Shabdora Aamar Bagane</i> ("Words in My Garden")<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<dl><dt>Dramas</dt></dl>
<ul><li><i>Natak Samagra 1</i>: ("Drama Collection 1"; 2015). Kolkata: Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-93-504-0527-7</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Natak Samagra 2</i>: ("Drama Collection 2"; 2017). Kolkata: Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-93-504-0818-6</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Natak Samagra 3</i>: ("Drama Collection 3"). Kolkata: Ananda Publishers Pvt Ltd. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-93-504-0959-6</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<dl><dt>In translation</dt></dl>
<p><i>The Master and I: Soumitra on Satyajit</i>, Soumitra Chatterjee, tr. by Arunava Sinha. Supernova Publishers, 2014. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9788189930721</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Translation of Chatterjee's <i>Manikdar Sange</i>.
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<dl><dt>Works about</dt></dl>
<ul><li><i>Soumitra Chatterjee: A Life in Cinema, Theatre, Poetry & Painting.</i> Arjun Sengupta & Partha Mukherjee. Niyogi Books, 2021. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9389136768</bdi></li>
<li><i>Beyond Apu - 20 Favourite film roles of Soumitra Chatterjee</i>. Amitava Nag. <a href="HarperCollins_India" class="mw-redirect" title="HarperCollins India">Harper Collins India</a>, 2016. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9350298619</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Soumitra</i> edited by Alok Chattopadhyay and Manas Chakraborty. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>938539357X</bdi>.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Gaach</i> (1998), a documentary film by Catherine Berge; produced by <a href="Merchant_Ivory_Productions" title="Merchant Ivory Productions">Merchant Ivory Productions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li><i>Palu: A film on Soumitra Chatterjee</i> (2018), a Bengali documentary film by Partha Mukherjee and Arunendra Mookherjee; produced by <a href="East_Zone_Cultural_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="East Zone Cultural Centre">Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre</a>, Kolkata.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illness_and_death">Illness and death</h2></div>
<p>On 5 October 2020, Chatterjee tested positive for <a href="COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> and was admitted on 6 October in <a href="Belle_Vue_Clinic%2C_Kolkata" title="Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata">Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, he tested negative to the second COVID-19 test conducted on 14 October. In the meantime, his complications (urinary tract infection, fluctuations in sodium potassium levels, etc.) made the condition critical and he had to be admitted to <a href="Intensive_care_unit" title="Intensive care unit">ICU</a>. From 13 October, his condition started to improve marginally and on 14 October, he was transferred from a Covid unit to a non-Covid unit. He was kept on <a href="Non-invasive_ventilation#Terminology" title="Non-invasive ventilation">BiPAP</a> support and invasive ventilation for in the critical times; after his improvement in health, the treatment mechanisms were changed. He was under the supervision of a medical team of 16 physicians. On 25 October, his condition further deteriorated.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 November 2020, Chatterjee died due to COVID-19<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> induced <a href="Encephalopathy" title="Encephalopathy">encephalopathy</a> at Bellevue hospital in Kolkata at 12.15 p.m.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Parallel_cinema" title="Parallel cinema">Parallel cinema</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Badshahi_Angti_(novel)" title="Badshahi Angti (novel)">Badshahi Angti</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Gangtokey_Gondogol" title="Gangtokey Gondogol">Gangtokey Gondogol</a></i> (1971)</li>
<li><i><a href="Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (1971)</li>
<li><i><a href="Baksho_Rahashya_(novel)" title="Baksho Rahashya (novel)">Baksho Rahashya</a></i> (1972)</li>
<li><i><a href="Kailashey_Kelenkari_(novel)" title="Kailashey Kelenkari (novel)">Kailashey Kelenkari</a></i> (1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="Royal_Bengal_Rahashya_(novel)" title="Royal Bengal Rahashya (novel)">Royal Bengal Rahashya</a></i> (1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="Gosainpur_Sargaram" title="Gosainpur Sargaram">Gosainpur Sargaram</a></i> (1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="Chhinnamastar_Abhishap" title="Chhinnamastar Abhishap">Chhinnamastar Abhishap</a></i> (1978)</li>
<li><i><a href="Hatyapuri" title="Hatyapuri">Hatyapuri</a></i> (1979)</li>
<li><i><a href="Tintorettor_Jishu_(novel)" title="Tintorettor Jishu (novel)">Tintorettor Jishu</a></i> (1983)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Mystery_of_the_Pink_Pearl" title="The Mystery of the Pink Pearl">Golapi Mukta Rahasya</a></i> (1989)</li>
<li><i><a href="Robertsoner_Ruby" class="mw-redirect" title="Robertsoner Ruby">Robertsoner Ruby</a></i> (1992)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>"<a href="Feludar_Goendagiri" title="Feludar Goendagiri">Feluda'r Goendagiri</a>" (1965-66)</li>
<li>"<a href="Ghurghutiyar_Ghatona" title="Ghurghutiyar Ghatona">Ghurghutiyar Ghatona</a>" (1975)</li>
<li>"<a href="Golokdham_Rahasya" class="mw-redirect" title="Golokdham Rahasya">Golokdham Rahasya</a>" (1980)</li>
<li>"<a href="Jahangirer_Swarnamudra" title="Jahangirer Swarnamudra">Jahangirer Swarnamudra</a>" (1983)</li>
<li>"Ambar Sen Antordhan Rahasyo" (1983)</li>
<li>"<a href="Bhuswargo_Bhayankar" title="Bhuswargo Bhayankar">Bhuswargo Bhayankar</a>" (1987)</li>
<li>"<a href="Golapi_Mukta_Rahasya" class="mw-redirect" title="Golapi Mukta Rahasya">Golapi Mukta Rahasya</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Londone_Feluda" class="mw-redirect" title="Londone Feluda">London e Feluda</a>" (1989)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="Joi_Baba_Felunath_(film)" title="Joi Baba Felunath (film)">Joy Baba Felunath</a></i> (1979)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align:left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="Sabyasachi_Chakrabarty" title="Sabyasachi Chakrabarty">Sabyasachi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Baksho_Rahashya_(film)" title="Baksho Rahashya (film)">Baksho Rahashya</a></i> (1996)</li>
<li><i><a href="Bombaiyer_Bombete_(film)" title="Bombaiyer Bombete (film)">Bombaiyer Bombete</a></i> (2003)</li>
<li><i><a href="Kailashey_Kelenkari_(film)" title="Kailashey Kelenkari (film)">Kailashey Kelenkari</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><i><a href="Tintorettor_Jishu_(film)" title="Tintorettor Jishu (film)">Tintorettor Jishu</a></i> (2008)</li>
<li><i><a href="Gorosthaney_Sabdhan_(film)" title="Gorosthaney Sabdhan (film)">Gorosthaney Sabdhan</a></i> (2010)</li>
<li><i><a href="Royal_Bengal_Rahashya_(film)" title="Royal Bengal Rahashya (film)">Royal Bengal Rahashya</a></i> (2011)</li>
<li><i><a href="Double_Feluda" title="Double Feluda">Double Feluda</a></i> (2016)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align:left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="Abir_Chatterjee" title="Abir Chatterjee">Abir</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Badshahi_Angti_(film)" title="Badshahi Angti (film)">Badshahi Angti</a></i> (2014)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align:left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="Indraneil_Sengupta" title="Indraneil Sengupta">Indraneil</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i>Hatyapuri</i> (2022)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align:left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Kapoor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Kissa_Kathmandu_Mein" title="Kissa Kathmandu Mein">Kissa Kathmandu Mein</a></i> (1986-87)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em;text-align:left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="Ahmed_Rubel" title="Ahmed Rubel">Rubel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Noyon_Rahasya-Feluda" class="mw-redirect" title="Noyon Rahasya-Feluda">Noyon Rahasya-Feluda</a></i> (2017)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li>
<li><a href="Lalmohan_Ganguly" title="Lalmohan Ganguly">Lalmohan 'Jatayu' Ganguly</a></li>
<li><a href="Topshe" class="mw-redirect" title="Topshe">Topshe</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>"<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feluda_theme_Music.ogg" class="extiw external" title="commons:Feluda theme Music.ogg">Feluda Theme</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Kabir_Suman#●_Choto_Boro_Mile_(1996)_–_HMV" title="Kabir Suman">Feludar Gaan</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Purono_Guitar" class="mw-redirect" title="Purono Guitar">Calcium</a>"</li>
<li>"<a href="Feluda#Music" title="Feluda">Feluda Pherot</a>"</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Feluda%3A_50_Years_of_Ray's_Detective" title="Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective">Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective</a></i> (2019)</li></ul>
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</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Directions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="The_Apu_Trilogy" title="The Apu Trilogy">The Apu Trilogy</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Pather_Panchali" title="Pather Panchali">Pather Panchali</a></i> (1955)</li>
<li><i><a href="Aparajito" title="Aparajito">Aparajito</a></i> (1956)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_World_of_Apu" title="The World of Apu">The World of Apu</a></i> (1959)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Pratidwandi" title="Pratidwandi">Pratidwandi</a></i> (1970)</li>
<li><i><a href="Seemabaddha" title="Seemabaddha">Seemabaddha</a></i> (1971)</li>
<li><i><a href="Jana_Aranya" title="Jana Aranya">Jana Aranya</a></i> (1976)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="Goopy_-_Bagha" class="mw-redirect" title="Goopy - Bagha">Goopy - Bagha</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Goopy_Gyne_Bagha_Byne" title="Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne">Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne</a></i> (1969)</li>
<li><i><a href="Hirak_Rajar_Deshe" title="Hirak Rajar Deshe">Hirak Rajar Deshe</a></i> (1980)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="Feluda_(series)" title="Feluda (series)">Feluda</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Sonar_Kella" title="Sonar Kella">Sonar Kella</a></i> (1974)</li>
<li><i><a href="Joi_Baba_Felunath_(film)" title="Joi Baba Felunath (film)">Joi Baba Felunath</a></i> (1978)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="Byomkesh_(franchise)" class="mw-redirect" title="Byomkesh (franchise)">Byomkesh</a></i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Chiriyakhana" title="Chiriyakhana">Chiriyakhana</a></i> (1967)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Documentaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Rabindranath_Tagore_(film)" title="Rabindranath Tagore (film)">Rabindranath Tagore</a></i> (1961)</li>
<li><i><a href="Two_(1964_film)" title="Two (1964 film)">Two</a></i> (1964)</li>
<li><i><a href="Sikkim_(film)" title="Sikkim (film)">Sikkim</a></i> (1971)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Inner_Eye" title="The Inner Eye">The Inner Eye</a></i> (1972)</li>
<li><i><a href="Bala_(1976_film)" title="Bala (1976 film)">Bala</a></i> (1976)</li>
<li><i><a href="Sukumar_Ray_(film)" title="Sukumar Ray (film)">Sukumar Ray</a></i> (1987)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Parash_Pathar" title="Parash Pathar">Parash Pathar</a></i> (1958)</li>
<li><i><a href="Jalsaghar" title="Jalsaghar">Jalsaghar</a></i> (1958)</li>
<li><i><a href="Devi_(1960_film)" title="Devi (1960 film)">Devi</a></i> (1960)</li>
<li><i><a href="Teen_Kanya" title="Teen Kanya">Teen Kanya</a></i> (1961)</li>
<li><i><a href="Kanchenjungha_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanchenjungha (film)">Kanchenjungha</a></i> (1962)</li>
<li><i><a href="Abhijan_(1962_film)" title="Abhijan (1962 film)">Abhijan</a></i> (1962)</li>
<li><i><a href="Mahanagar" title="Mahanagar">Mahanagar</a></i> (1963)</li>
<li><i><a href="Charulata" title="Charulata">Charulata</a></i> (1964)</li>
<li><i><a href="Kapurush" title="Kapurush">Kapurush</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="Mahapurush" title="Mahapurush">Mahapurush</a></i> (1965)</li>
<li><i><a href="Nayak_(1966_film)" title="Nayak (1966 film)">Nayak</a></i> (1966)</li>
<li><i><a href="Days_and_Nights_in_the_Forest_(film)" title="Days and Nights in the Forest (film)">Days and Nights in the Forest</a></i> (1970)</li>
<li><i><a href="Distant_Thunder_(1973_film)" title="Distant Thunder (1973 film)">Distant Thunder</a></i> (1973)</li>
<li><i><a href="The_Chess_Players_(film)" title="The Chess Players (film)">The Chess Players</a></i> (1977)</li>
<li><i><a href="Pikoo" title="Pikoo">Pikoo</a></i> (1980)</li>
<li><i><a href="Sadgati" title="Sadgati">Sadgati</a></i> (1981)</li>
<li><i><a href="Ghare_Baire_(film)" title="Ghare Baire (film)">Ghare Baire</a></i> (1984)</li>
<li><i><a href="Ganashatru" title="Ganashatru">Ganashatru</a></i> (1989)</li>
<li><i><a href="Shakha_Proshakha" title="Shakha Proshakha">Shakha Proshakha</a></i> (1990)</li>
<li><i><a href="Agantuk" title="Agantuk">Agantuk</a></i> (1991)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Screenplay <br>and story</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Goopy - Bagha</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Goopy_Bagha_Phire_Elo" title="Goopy Bagha Phire Elo">Goopy Bagha Phire Elo</a></i> (1991)</li>
<li><i><a href="Goopi_Gawaiya_Bagha_Bajaiya" title="Goopi Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya">Goopy Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya</a></i> (2014)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Feluda</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Baksho_Rahashya_(film)" title="Baksho Rahashya (film)">Baksho Rahashya</a></i> (1996)</li>
<li><i><a href="Bombaiyer_Bombete_(film)" title="Bombaiyer Bombete (film)">Bombaiyer Bombete</a></i> (2003)</li>
<li><i><a href="Kailashey_Kelenkari_(film)" title="Kailashey Kelenkari (film)">Kailashey Kelenkari</a></i> (2007)</li>
<li><i><a href="Tintorettor_Jishu_(film)" title="Tintorettor Jishu (film)">Tintorettor Jishu</a></i> (2008)</li>
<li><i><a href="Gorosthaney_Sabdhan_(film)" title="Gorosthaney Sabdhan (film)">Gorosthaney Sabdhan</a></i> (2010)</li>
<li><i><a href="Royal_Bengal_Rahashya_(film)" title="Royal Bengal Rahashya (film)">Royal Bengal Rahashya</a></i> (2011)</li>
<li><i><a href="Badshahi_Angti_(film)" title="Badshahi Angti (film)">Badshahi Angti</a></i> (2014)</li>
<li><i><a href="Double_Feluda" title="Double Feluda">Double Feluda</a></i> (2016)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="The_Alien_(unproduced_film)" title="The Alien (unproduced film)">The Alien</a></i> (unproduced)</li>
<li><i><a href="Target_(1995_film)" title="Target (1995 film)">Target</a></i> (1995)</li>
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<li><i><a href="Chaar" title="Chaar">Chaar</a></i> (2014)</li>
<li><i><a href="Anukul" title="Anukul">Anukul</a></i> (2017)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><i><a href="Our_Films%2C_Their_Films" title="Our Films, Their Films">Our Films, Their Films</a></i></li>
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<ul><li><a href="Feluda" title="Feluda">Feluda</a></li>
<li><a href="Professor_Shonku" title="Professor Shonku">Professor Shonku</a></li>
<li><a href="Tarini_Khuro" title="Tarini Khuro">Tarini Khuro</a></li>
<li><a href="Lalmohan_Ganguly" title="Lalmohan Ganguly">Lalmohan 'Jatayu' Ganguly</a></li>
<li><a href="Topshe" class="mw-redirect" title="Topshe">Topshe</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Devika_Rani" title="Devika Rani"> Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich</a> <a href="17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1969)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Birendranath_Sircar" title="Birendranath Sircar"> B. N. Sircar</a> <a href="18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1970)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Prithviraj_Kapoor" title="Prithviraj Kapoor">Prithviraj Kapoor</a> <a href="19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1971)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Pankaj_Mullick" title="Pankaj Mullick">Pankaj Mullick</a> <a href="20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1972)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Ruby_Myers" title="Ruby Myers">Ruby Myers</a> <a href="21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1973)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="B._N._Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="B. N. Reddy">B. N. Reddy</a> <a href="22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1974)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Dhirendra_Nath_Ganguly" title="Dhirendra Nath Ganguly">Dhirendranath Ganguly</a> <a href="23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1975)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kanan_Devi" title="Kanan Devi">Kanan Devi</a> <a href="24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1976)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Nitin_Bose" title="Nitin Bose">Nitin Bose</a> <a href="25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1977)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Raichand_Boral" title="Raichand Boral">Rai Chand Boral</a> <a href="26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1978)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sohrab_Modi" title="Sohrab Modi">Sohrab Modi</a> <a href="27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1979)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Paidi_Jairaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Paidi Jairaj">Paidi Jairaj</a> <a href="28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Naushad" title="Naushad">Naushad</a> <a href="29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1981)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> <a href="30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1982)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Durga_Khote" title="Durga Khote">Durga Khote</a> <a href="31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1983)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1984)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="V._Shantaram" title="V. Shantaram">V. Shantaram</a> <a href="33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1985)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="B._Nagi_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="B. Nagi Reddy">B. Nagi Reddy</a> <a href="34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1986)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Raj_Kapoor" title="Raj Kapoor">Raj Kapoor</a> <a href="35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1987)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> <a href="36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1988)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Lata_Mangeshkar" title="Lata Mangeshkar">Lata Mangeshkar</a> <a href="37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1989)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> <a href="38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1990)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Bhalji_Pendharkar" title="Bhalji Pendharkar">Bhalji Pendharkar</a> <a href="39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1991)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a> <a href="40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1992)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Majrooh_Sultanpuri" title="Majrooh Sultanpuri">Majrooh Sultanpuri</a> <a href="41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1993)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Dilip_Kumar" title="Dilip Kumar">Dilip Kumar</a> <a href="42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1994)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Dr._Rajkumar" title="Dr. Rajkumar">Dr. Rajkumar</a> <a href="43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1995)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> <a href="44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1996)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kavi_Pradeep" title="Kavi Pradeep">Pradeep</a> <a href="45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1997)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a> <a href="46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1998)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a> <a href="47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1999)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Asha_Bhosle" title="Asha Bhosle">Asha Bhosle</a> <a href="48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a> <a href="49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2001)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a> <a href="50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2002)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mrinal_Sen" title="Mrinal Sen">Mrinal Sen</a> <a href="51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2003)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Adoor_Gopalakrishnan" title="Adoor Gopalakrishnan">Adoor Gopalakrishnan</a> <a href="52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2004)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> <a href="53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2005)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Tapan_Sinha" title="Tapan Sinha">Tapan Sinha</a> <a href="54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2006)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a> <a href="55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2007)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="V._K._Murthy" title="V. K. Murthy">V. K. Murthy</a> <a href="56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2008)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a> <a href="57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2009)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a> <a href="58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2010)</span></a></li>
<li> <a href="59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2011)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Pran_(actor)" title="Pran (actor)">Pran</a> <a href="60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2012)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a> <a href="61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2013)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> <a href="62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2014)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Manoj_Kumar" title="Manoj Kumar">Manoj Kumar</a> <a href="63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2015)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a> <a href="64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2016)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Vinod_Khanna" title="Vinod Khanna">Vinod Khanna</a> <a href="65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2017)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2018)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a> <a href="67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2019)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Asha_Parekh" title="Asha Parekh">Asha Parekh</a> <a href="68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Waheeda_Rehman" title="Waheeda Rehman">Waheeda Rehman</a> <a href="69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2021)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mithun_Chakraborty" title="Mithun Chakraborty">Mithun Chakraborty</a> <a href="70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2022)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<ul><li><a href="V._K._Aatre" title="V. K. Aatre">V. K. Aatre</a></li>
<li><a href="Anil_Agarwal_(environmentalist)" title="Anil Agarwal (environmentalist)">Anil Agarwal</a></li>
<li><a href="Ram_Narain_Agarwal" title="Ram Narain Agarwal">Ram Narain Agarwal</a></li>
<li><a href="Sharan_Rani_Backliwal" title="Sharan Rani Backliwal">Sharan Rani Backliwal</a></li>
<li><a href="Swami_Kalyandev" title="Swami Kalyandev">Swami Kalyandev</a></li>
<li><a href="Veerendra_Heggade" title="Veerendra Heggade">Veerendra Heggade</a></li>
<li><a href="Pavaguda_V._Indiresan" title="Pavaguda V. Indiresan">Pavaguda V. Indiresan</a></li>
<li><a href="Wahiduddin_Khan" title="Wahiduddin Khan">Wahiduddin Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="B._B._Lal" title="B. B. Lal">B. B. Lal</a></li>
<li><a href="Raghunath_Anant_Mashelkar" title="Raghunath Anant Mashelkar">Raghunath Anant Mashelkar</a></li>
<li><a href="H._Y._Sharada_Prasad" title="H. Y. Sharada Prasad">H. Y. Sharada Prasad</a></li>
<li><a href="Rajinikanth" title="Rajinikanth">Rajinikanth</a></li>
<li><a href="Begum_Aizaz_Rasul" title="Begum Aizaz Rasul">Begum Aizaz Rasul</a></li>
<li><a href="Raja_and_Radha_Reddy" title="Raja and Radha Reddy">Radha Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="Raja_and_Radha_Reddy" title="Raja and Radha Reddy">Raja Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="Pakkiriswamy_Chandra_Sekharan" title="Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan">Pakkiriswamy Chandra Sekharan</a></li>
<li><a href="Karamshi_Jethabhai_Somaiya" title="Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya">Karamshi Jethabhai Somaiya</a></li>
<li><a href="S._Srinivasan" title="S. Srinivasan">S. Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="Ratan_Tata" title="Ratan Tata">Ratan Tata</a></li>
<li><a href="Harbans_Singh_Wasir" title="Harbans Singh Wasir">Harbans Singh Wasir</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Dev_Anand" title="Dev Anand">Dev Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="Viswanathan_Anand" title="Viswanathan Anand">Viswanathan Anand</a></li>
<li><a href="Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a></li>
<li><a href="Rahul_Bajaj" title="Rahul Bajaj">Rahul Bajaj</a></li>
<li><a href="B._R._Barwale" title="B. R. Barwale">B. R. Barwale</a></li>
<li><a href="Balasaheb_Bharde" title="Balasaheb Bharde">Balasaheb Bharde</a></li>
<li><a href="Boyi_Bhimanna" title="Boyi Bhimanna">Boyi Bhimanna</a></li>
<li><a href="Swadesh_Chatterjee" title="Swadesh Chatterjee">Swadesh Chatterjee</a></li>
<li><a href="B._R._Chopra" title="B. R. Chopra">B. R. Chopra</a></li>
<li><a href="Ashok_Desai" title="Ashok Desai">Ashok Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="K._M._George_(writer)" title="K. M. George (writer)">K. M. George</a></li>
<li><a href="Bhupen_Hazarika" title="Bhupen Hazarika">Bhupen Hazarika</a></li>
<li><a href="Lalgudi_Jayaraman" title="Lalgudi Jayaraman">Lalgudi Jayaraman</a></li>
<li><a href="Yamini_Krishnamurthy" title="Yamini Krishnamurthy">Yamini Krishnamurthy</a></li>
<li><a href="Shiv_K._Kumar" title="Shiv K. Kumar">Shiv K. Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="Raghunath_Mohapatra" title="Raghunath Mohapatra">Raghunath Mohapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="Arun_Netravali" title="Arun Netravali">Arun Netravali</a></li>
<li><a href="Mohan_Singh_Oberoi" title="Mohan Singh Oberoi">Mohan Singh Oberoi</a></li>
<li><a href="Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a></li>
<li><a href="Abdul_Karim_Parekh" title="Abdul Karim Parekh">Abdul Karim Parekh</a></li>
<li><a href="Amrita_Patel" title="Amrita Patel">Amrita Patel</a></li>
<li><a href="Pran_(actor)" title="Pran (actor)">Pran</a></li>
<li><a href="Aroon_Purie" title="Aroon Purie">Aroon Purie</a></li>
<li><a href="B._V._Raju" title="B. V. Raju">B. V. Raju</a></li>
<li><a href="P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a></li>
<li><a href="Sundaram_Ramakrishnan" title="Sundaram Ramakrishnan">Sundaram Ramakrishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="Chitranjan_Singh_Ranawat" title="Chitranjan Singh Ranawat">Chitranjan Singh Ranawat</a></li>
<li><a href="Palle_Rama_Rao" title="Palle Rama Rao">Palle Rama Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="Raj_Reddy" title="Raj Reddy">Raj Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="Uma_Sharma" title="Uma Sharma">Uma Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="L._Subramaniam" title="L. Subramaniam">L. Subramaniam</a></li>
<li><a href="Naresh_Trehan" title="Naresh Trehan">Naresh Trehan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gary_Ackerman" title="Gary Ackerman">Gary Ackerman</a></li>
<li><a href="H._P._S._Ahluwalia" title="H. P. S. Ahluwalia">H. P. S. Ahluwalia</a></li>
<li><a href="Prabha_Atre" title="Prabha Atre">Prabha Atre</a></li>
<li><a href="Kumar_Bhattacharyya%2C_Baron_Bhattacharyya" title="Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya">Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya</a></li>
<li><a href="Chandu_Borde" title="Chandu Borde">Chandu Borde</a></li>
<li><a href="Eugene_Chelyshev" title="Eugene Chelyshev">Eugene Chelyshev</a></li>
<li><a href="Pravinchandra_Varjivan_Gandhi" title="Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi">Pravinchandra Varjivan Gandhi</a></li>
<li><a href="Shobha_Gurtu" title="Shobha Gurtu">Shobha Gurtu</a></li>
<li><a href="Henning_Holck-Larsen" title="Henning Holck-Larsen">Henning Holck-Larsen</a></li>
<li><a href="Zakir_Hussain_(musician)" title="Zakir Hussain (musician)">Zakir Hussain</a></li>
<li><a href="B._K._S._Iyengar" title="B. K. S. Iyengar">B. K. S. Iyengar</a></li>
<li><a href="F._C._Kohli" title="F. C. Kohli">F. C. Kohli</a></li>
<li><a href="V._C._Kulandaiswamy" title="V. C. Kulandaiswamy">V. C. Kulandaiswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="Gury_Marchuk" title="Gury Marchuk">Gury Marchuk</a></li>
<li><a href="Jagat_Singh_Mehta" title="Jagat Singh Mehta">Jagat Singh Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="Ismail_Merchant" title="Ismail Merchant">Ismail Merchant</a></li>
<li><a href="Mario_Miranda" title="Mario Miranda">Mario Miranda</a></li>
<li><a href="Frank_Pallone" title="Frank Pallone">Frank Pallone</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramanujam_Varatharaja_Perumal" title="Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal">Ramanujam Varatharaja Perumal</a></li>
<li><a href="Natesan_Rangabashyam" title="Natesan Rangabashyam">Natesan Rangabashyam</a></li>
<li><a href="Maharaja_Krishna_Rasgotra" title="Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra">Maharaja Krishna Rasgotra</a></li>
<li><a href="Habib_Tanvir" title="Habib Tanvir">Habib Tanvir</a></li>
<li><a href="K._K._Venugopal" title="K. K. Venugopal">K. K. Venugopal</a></li>
<li><a href="Nirmal_Verma" title="Nirmal Verma">Nirmal Verma</a></li>
<li><a href="K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Teejan_Bai" title="Teejan Bai">Teejan Bai</a></li>
<li><a href="Ammannur_Madhava_Chakyar" title="Ammannur Madhava Chakyar">Ammannur Madhava Chakyar</a></li>
<li><a href="Prabhu_Chawla" title="Prabhu Chawla">Prabhu Chawla</a></li>
<li><a href="Herbert_Fischer_(diplomat)" title="Herbert Fischer (diplomat)">Herbert Fischer</a></li>
<li><a href="Jamshyd_Godrej" title="Jamshyd Godrej">Jamshyd Godrej</a></li>
<li><a href="Coluthur_Gopalan" title="Coluthur Gopalan">Coluthur Gopalan</a></li>
<li><a href="K._Parasaran" title="K. Parasaran">K. Parasaran</a></li>
<li><a href="B._Rajam_Iyer" title="B. Rajam Iyer">B. Rajam Iyer</a></li>
<li><a href="Shri_Krishna_Joshi" title="Shri Krishna Joshi">Shri Krishna Joshi</a></li>
<li><a href="Madurai_N._Krishnan" title="Madurai N. Krishnan">Madurai Narayanan Krishnan</a></li>
<li><a href="Rajinder_Kumar_(chemical_engineer)" title="Rajinder Kumar (chemical engineer)"> Rajinder Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramesh_Kumar_(nephrologist)" title="Ramesh Kumar (nephrologist)">Ramesh Kumar</a></li>
<li><a href="Purshotam_Lal" title="Purshotam Lal">Purshotam Lal</a></li>
<li><a href="Sitakant_Mahapatra" title="Sitakant Mahapatra">Sitakant Mahapatra</a></li>
<li><a href="Bagicha_Singh_Minhas" title="Bagicha Singh Minhas">Bagicha Singh Minhas</a></li>
<li><a href="Subhash_Mukhopadhyay_(poet)" title="Subhash Mukhopadhyay (poet)">Subhash Mukhopadhyay</a></li>
<li><a href="P._S._Narayanaswamy" title="P. S. Narayanaswamy">P. S. Narayanaswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="Arcot_Ramachandran" title="Arcot Ramachandran">Arcot Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="Trichur_V._Ramachandran" title="Trichur V. Ramachandran">Trichur V. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="Kantilal_Hastimal_Sancheti" title="Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti">Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti</a></li>
<li><a href="T._V._Sankaranarayanan" title="T. V. Sankaranarayanan">T. V. Sankaranarayanan</a></li>
<li><a href="Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a></li>
<li><a href="T._V._R._Shenoy" title="T. V. R. Shenoy">T. V. R. Shenoy</a></li>
<li><a href="Jagjit_Singh" title="Jagjit Singh">Jagjit Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="Ram_Badan_Singh" title="Ram Badan Singh">Ram Badan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="Hari_Shankar_Singhania" title="Hari Shankar Singhania">Hari Shankar Singhania</a></li>
<li><a href="Umayalpuram_K._Sivaraman" title="Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman">Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman</a></li>
<li><a href="Narayanan_Srinivasan" title="Narayanan Srinivasan">Narayanan Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="Padma_Subrahmanyam" title="Padma Subrahmanyam">Padma Subrahmanyam</a></li>
<li><a href="Swapna_Sundari_(dancer)" title="Swapna Sundari (dancer)">Swapna Sundari</a></li>
<li><a href="O._V._Vijayan" title="O. V. Vijayan">O. V. Vijayan</a></li>
<li><a href="Gerbert_Yefremov" title="Gerbert Yefremov">Herbert Alexandrovich Yefremov</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Thoppil_Varghese_Antony" title="Thoppil Varghese Antony">Thoppil Varghese Antony</a></li>
<li><a href="Chandrashekhar_Shankar_Dharmadhikari" title="Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari">Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari</a></li>
<li><a href="Gulzar" title="Gulzar">Gulzar</a></li>
<li><a href="Sardara_Singh_Johl" title="Sardara Singh Johl">Sardara Singh Johl</a></li>
<li><a href="M._V._Kamath" title="M. V. Kamath">M. V. Kamath</a></li>
<li><a href="Komal_Kothari" title="Komal Kothari">Komal Kothari</a></li>
<li><a href="Yoshir%C5%8D_Mori" title="Yoshirō Mori">Yoshirō Mori</a></li>
<li><a href="Gopi_Chand_Narang" title="Gopi Chand Narang">Gopi Chand Narang</a></li>
<li><a href="Govindarajan_Padmanaban" title="Govindarajan Padmanaban">Govindarajan Padmanaban</a></li>
<li><a href="Poornima_Arvind_Pakvasa" title="Poornima Arvind Pakvasa">Poornima Arvind Pakvasa</a></li>
<li><a href="Vishnu_Prabhakar" title="Vishnu Prabhakar">Vishnu Prabhakar</a></li>
<li><a href="N._Rajam" title="N. Rajam">N. Rajam</a></li>
<li><a href="C._H._Hanumantha_Rao" title="C. H. Hanumantha Rao">C. H. Hanumantha Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="Thiruvengadam_Lakshman_Sankar" title="Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar">Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar</a></li>
<li><a href="T._N._Seshagopalan" title="T. N. Seshagopalan">T. N. Seshagopalan</a></li>
<li><a href="Bijoy_Nandan_Shahi" title="Bijoy Nandan Shahi">Bijoy Nandan Shahi</a></li>
<li><a href="Krishna_Srinivas" title="Krishna Srinivas">Krishna Srinivas</a></li>
<li><a href="Alarmel_Valli" title="Alarmel Valli">Alarmel Valli</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Sardar_Anjum" title="Sardar Anjum">Sardar Anjum</a></li>
<li><a href="Andr%C3%A9_Beteille" title="André Beteille">André Beteille</a></li>
<li><a href="Chandi_Prasad_Bhatt" title="Chandi Prasad Bhatt">Chandi Prasad Bhatt</a></li>
<li><a href="T._R._Satishchandran" title="T. R. Satishchandran">Tumkur Ramaiya Satishchandran</a></li>
<li><a href="Mrinal_Datta_Chaudhuri" title="Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri">Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri</a></li>
<li><a href="Yash_Chopra" title="Yash Chopra">Yash Chopra</a></li>
<li><a href="Manna_Dey" title="Manna Dey">Manna Dey</a></li>
<li><a href="Irfan_Habib" title="Irfan Habib">Irfan Habib</a></li>
<li><a href="Yusuf_Hamied" title="Yusuf Hamied">Yusuf Hamied</a></li>
<li><a href="Qurratulain_Hyder" title="Qurratulain Hyder">Qurratulain Hyder</a></li>
<li><a href="Tarlochan_Singh_Kler" title="Tarlochan Singh Kler">Tarlochan Singh Kler</a></li>
<li><a href="Anil_Kohli" title="Anil Kohli">Anil Kohli</a></li>
<li><a href="Kiran_Mazumdar-Shaw" title="Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw">Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw</a></li>
<li><a href="Mrinal_Miri" title="Mrinal Miri">Mrinal Miri</a></li>
<li>Hari Mohan</li>
<li><a href="Brijmohan_Lall_Munjal" title="Brijmohan Lall Munjal">Brijmohan Lall Munjal</a></li>
<li><a href="M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a></li>
<li><a href="Azim_Premji" title="Azim Premji">Azim Premji</a></li>
<li><a href="Balraj_Puri" title="Balraj Puri">Balraj Puri</a></li>
<li><a href="Syed_Mir_Qasim" title="Syed Mir Qasim">Syed Mir Qasim</a></li>
<li><a href="A._Ramachandran" title="A. Ramachandran">A. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li>G. V. Iyer Ramakrishna</li>
<li><a href="V._S._Ramamurthy" title="V. S. Ramamurthy">V. S. Ramamurthy</a></li>
<li><a href="K._I._Varaprasad_Reddy" title="K. I. Varaprasad Reddy">K. I. Varaprasad Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="K._Srinath_Reddy" title="K. Srinath Reddy">K. Srinath Reddy</a></li>
<li><a href="Girish_Chandra_Saxena" title="Girish Chandra Saxena">Girish Chandra Saxena</a></li>
<li><a href="Narasimaiah_Seshagiri" class="mw-redirect" title="Narasimaiah Seshagiri">Narasimaiah Seshagiri</a></li>
<li><a href="Mark_Tully" title="Mark Tully">Mark Tully</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Jaiveer_Agarwal" title="Jaiveer Agarwal">Jaiveer Agarwal</a></li>
<li><a href="P._S._Appu" title="P. S. Appu">P. S. Appu</a></li>
<li><a href="Shashi_Bhushan" title="Shashi Bhushan">Shashi Bhushan</a></li>
<li><a href="Ganga_Prasad_Birla" title="Ganga Prasad Birla">Ganga Prasad Birla</a></li>
<li><a href="Grigory_Bongard-Levin" title="Grigory Bongard-Levin">Grigory Bongard-Levin</a></li>
<li><a href="Lokesh_Chandra" title="Lokesh Chandra">Lokesh Chandra</a></li>
<li><a href="Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a></li>
<li><a href="Dinesh_Nandini_Dalmia" title="Dinesh Nandini Dalmia">Dinesh Nandini Dalmia</a></li>
<li><a href="Tarun_Das" title="Tarun Das">Tarun Das</a></li>
<li><a href="Madhav_Gadgil" title="Madhav Gadgil">Madhav Gadgil</a></li>
<li><a href="A._K._Hangal" title="A. K. Hangal">A. K. Hangal</a></li>
<li><a href="Devaki_Jain" title="Devaki Jain">Devaki Jain</a></li>
<li><a href="Kamleshwar_(writer)" title="Kamleshwar (writer)">Kamleshwar</a></li>
<li><a href="Abdul_Halim_Jaffer_Khan" title="Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan">Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="Sabri_Khan" title="Sabri Khan">Sabri Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="Ghulam_Mustafa_Khan_(singer)" title="Ghulam Mustafa Khan (singer)">Ghulam Mustafa Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="Shanno_Khurana" title="Shanno Khurana">Shanno Khurana</a></li>
<li>Gunter Kruger</li>
<li><a href="P._Leela" title="P. Leela">P. Leela</a></li>
<li><a href="K._P._P._Nambiar" title="K. P. P. Nambiar">K. P. P. Nambiar</a></li>
<li><a href="Nandan_Nilekani" title="Nandan Nilekani">Nandan Nilekani</a></li>
<li><a href="Sai_Paranjpye" title="Sai Paranjpye">Sai Paranjpye</a></li>
<li><a href="Deepak_Parekh" title="Deepak Parekh">Deepak Parekh</a></li>
<li><a href="M._V._Pylee" title="M. V. Pylee">M. V. Pylee</a></li>
<li><a href="Subramaniam_Ramadorai" class="mw-redirect" title="Subramaniam Ramadorai">Subramaniam Ramadorai</a></li>
<li><a href="N._S._Ramaswamy" title="N. S. Ramaswamy">N. S. Ramaswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="Pavani_Parameswara_Rao" title="Pavani Parameswara Rao">Pavani Parameswara Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramakanta_Rath" title="Ramakanta Rath">Ramakanta Rath</a></li>
<li><a href="V._Shanta" title="V. Shanta">V. Shanta</a></li>
<li><a href="Hira_Lall_Sibal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hira Lall Sibal">Hira Lall Sibal</a></li>
<li><a href="Billy_Arjan_Singh" title="Billy Arjan Singh">Billy Arjan Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="Jasjit_Singh_(IAF_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)">Jasjit Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="Vijaypat_Singhania" title="Vijaypat Singhania">Vijaypat Singhania</a></li>
<li><a href="K._G._Subramanyan" title="K. G. Subramanyan">K. G. Subramanyan</a></li>
<li><a href="K._K._Talwar" title="K. K. Talwar">K. K. Talwar</a></li>
<li><a href="Vijay_Shankar_Vyas" title="Vijay Shankar Vyas">Vijay Shankar Vyas</a></li>
<li><a href="Du%C5%A1an_Zbavitel" title="Dušan Zbavitel">Dušan Zbavitel</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Javed_Akhtar" title="Javed Akhtar">Javed Akhtar</a></li>
<li><a href="Gabriel_Chiramel" title="Gabriel Chiramel">Gabriel Chiramel</a></li>
<li><a href="Ela_Gandhi" title="Ela Gandhi">Ela Gandhi</a></li>
<li><a href="Saroj_Ghose" title="Saroj Ghose">Saroj Ghose</a></li>
<li><a href="V._Mohini_Giri" title="V. Mohini Giri">V. Mohini Giri</a></li>
<li><a href="Somnath_Hore" title="Somnath Hore">Somnath Hore</a></li>
<li><a href="Jamshed_Jiji_Irani" title="Jamshed Jiji Irani">Jamshed Jiji Irani</a></li>
<li><a href="Gurcharan_Singh_Kalkat" title="Gurcharan Singh Kalkat">Gurcharan Singh Kalkat</a></li>
<li><a href="N._Mahalingam" title="N. Mahalingam">N. Mahalingam</a></li>
<li><a href="Prithipal_Singh_Maini" title="Prithipal Singh Maini">Prithipal Singh Maini</a></li>
<li><a href="Tyeb_Mehta" title="Tyeb Mehta">Tyeb Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li>
<li><a href="Rajan_and_Sajan_Mishra" title="Rajan and Sajan Mishra">Rajan and Sajan Mishra</a></li>
<li><a href="Sunil_Mittal" title="Sunil Mittal">Sunil Mittal</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramankutty_Nair" title="Ramankutty Nair">Ramankutty Nair</a></li>
<li><a href="Gopaldas_Neeraj" title="Gopaldas Neeraj">Gopaldas Neeraj</a></li>
<li><a href="Indra_Nooyi" title="Indra Nooyi">Indra Nooyi</a></li>
<li><a href="Kavalam_Narayana_Panicker" title="Kavalam Narayana Panicker">Kavalam Narayana Panicker</a></li>
<li><a href="Bhikhu_Parekh" title="Bhikhu Parekh">Bhikhu Parekh</a></li>
<li><a href="Syed_Mohammad_Sharfuddin_Quadri" title="Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri">Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin Quadri</a></li>
<li><a href="V._S._Ramachandran" title="V. S. Ramachandran">V. S. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="Tapan_Raychaudhuri" title="Tapan Raychaudhuri">Tapan Raychaudhuri</a></li>
<li><a href="S._H._Raza" title="S. H. Raza">S. H. Raza</a></li>
<li><a href="Jeffrey_Sachs" title="Jeffrey Sachs">Jeffrey Sachs</a></li>
<li><a href="Chandra_Prasad_Saikia" title="Chandra Prasad Saikia">Chandra Prasad Saikia</a></li>
<li><a href="L._Z._Sailo" title="L. Z. Sailo">L. Z. Sailo</a></li>
<li><a href="Shiv_Kumar_Sarin" title="Shiv Kumar Sarin">Shiv Kumar Sarin</a></li>
<li><a href="Shriram_Sharma" title="Shriram Sharma">Shriram Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="Manju_Sharma_(biologist)" title="Manju Sharma (biologist)">Manju Sharma</a></li>
<li><a href="T._N._Srinivasan" title="T. N. Srinivasan">T. N. Srinivasan</a></li>
<li><a href="Osamu_Suzuki_(businessman)" title="Osamu Suzuki (businessman)">Osamu Suzuki</a></li>
<li><a href="K._T._Thomas_(judge)" title="K. T. Thomas (judge)">K. T. Thomas</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Mian_Bashir_Ahmed" title="Mian Bashir Ahmed">Mian Bashir Ahmed</a></li>
<li><a href="Kaushik_Basu" title="Kaushik Basu">Kaushik Basu</a></li>
<li><a href="Shayama_Chona" title="Shayama Chona">Shayama Chona</a></li>
<li><a href="Jagjit_Singh_Chopra" title="Jagjit Singh Chopra">Jagjit Singh Chopra</a></li>
<li><a href="Rahim_Fahimuddin_Dagar" title="Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar">Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar</a></li>
<li><a href="Chandrashekhar_Dasgupta" title="Chandrashekhar Dasgupta">Chandrashekhar Dasgupta</a></li>
<li><a href="Asis_Datta" title="Asis Datta">Asis Datta</a></li>
<li><a href="Meghnad_Desai%2C_Baron_Desai" title="Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai">Meghnad Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="Padma_Desai" title="Padma Desai">Padma Desai</a></li>
<li><a href="Sukh_Dev" title="Sukh Dev">Sukh Dev</a></li>
<li><a href="Nirmal_Kumar_Ganguly" title="Nirmal Kumar Ganguly">Nirmal Kumar Ganguly</a></li>
<li><a href="B._N._Goswamy" title="B. N. Goswamy">B. N. Goswamy</a></li>
<li><a href="Vasant_Gowarikar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasant Gowarikar">Vasant Gowarikar</a></li>
<li><a href="Baba_Kalyani" title="Baba Kalyani">Baba Kalyani</a></li>
<li><a href="K._V._Kamath" title="K. V. Kamath">K. V. Kamath</a></li>
<li><a href="Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li>
<li><a href="Ravindra_Kelekar" title="Ravindra Kelekar">Ravindra Kelekar</a></li>
<li><a href="Asad_Ali_Khan" title="Asad Ali Khan">Asad Ali Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="Dominique_Lapierre" title="Dominique Lapierre">Dominique Lapierre</a></li>
<li><a href="D._R._Mehta" title="D. R. Mehta">D. R. Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="Shiv_Nadar" title="Shiv Nadar">Shiv Nadar</a></li>
<li><a href="Suresh_Kumar_Neotia" title="Suresh Kumar Neotia">Suresh Kumar Neotia</a></li>
<li><a href="T._K._Oommen" title="T. K. Oommen">T. K. Oommen</a></li>
<li><a href="K._Padmanabhaiah" title="K. Padmanabhaiah">K. Padmanabhaiah</a></li>
<li><a href="Vikram_Pandit" title="Vikram Pandit">Vikram Pandit</a></li>
<li><a href="V._Ramachandran" title="V. Ramachandran">V. Ramachandran</a></li>
<li><a href="Sushil_Kumar_Saxena" title="Sushil Kumar Saxena">Sushil Kumar Saxena</a></li>
<li><a href="Amarnath_Sehgal" title="Amarnath Sehgal">Amarnath Sehgal</a></li>
<li><a href="Jasdev_Singh" title="Jasdev Singh">Jasdev Singh</a></li>
<li><a href="Shrilal_Shukla" title="Shrilal Shukla">Shrilal Shukla</a></li>
<li><a href="P._Susheela" title="P. Susheela">P. Susheela</a></li>
<li><a href="S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a></li>
<li><a href="Yuli_Vorontsov" title="Yuli Vorontsov">Yuli Vorontsov</a></li>
<li><a href="Sunita_Williams" title="Sunita Williams">Sunita Williams</a></li>
<li><a href="Ji_Xianlin" title="Ji Xianlin">Ji Xianlin</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Isher_Judge_Ahluwalia" title="Isher Judge Ahluwalia">Isher Judge Ahluwalia</a></li>
<li><a href="Inderjit_Kaur_Barthakur" title="Inderjit Kaur Barthakur">Inderjit Kaur Barthakur</a></li>
<li><a href="Shamshad_Begum" title="Shamshad Begum">Shamshad Begum</a></li>
<li><a href="Abhinav_Bindra" title="Abhinav Bindra">Abhinav Bindra</a></li>
<li><a href="Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">Shanta Dhananjayan</a></li>
<li><a href="Dhananjayans" title="Dhananjayans">V. P. Dhananjayan</a></li>
<li><a href="Ramachandra_Guha" title="Ramachandra Guha">Ramachandra Guha</a></li>
<li><a href="Shekhar_Gupta" title="Shekhar Gupta">Shekhar Gupta</a></li>
<li><a href="Khalid_Hameed%2C_Baron_Hameed" title="Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed">Khalid Hameed</a></li>
<li><a href="Minoru_Hara" title="Minoru Hara">Minoru Hara</a></li>
<li><a href="Jayakanthan" title="Jayakanthan">Jayakanthan</a></li>
<li><a href="Thomas_Kailath" title="Thomas Kailath">Thomas Kailath</a></li>
<li><a href="Sarvagya_Singh_Katiyar" title="Sarvagya Singh Katiyar">Sarvagya Singh Katiyar</a></li>
<li><a href="Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">G. Krishna</a></li>
<li><a href="R._C._Mehta" title="R. C. Mehta">R. C. Mehta</a></li>
<li><a href="A._Sreedhara_Menon" title="A. Sreedhara Menon">A. Sreedhara Menon</a></li>
<li><a href="S._K._Misra" title="S. K. Misra">S. K. Misra</a></li>
<li><a href="A._M._Naik" title="A. M. Naik">A. M. Naik</a></li>
<li><a href="Satish_Nambiar" title="Satish Nambiar">Satish Nambiar</a></li>
<li><a href="Kunwar_Narayan" title="Kunwar Narayan">Kunwar Narayan</a></li>
<li><a href="Nagnath_Naikwadi" title="Nagnath Naikwadi">Nagnath Naikwadi</a></li>
<li><a href="Kirit_Parikh" title="Kirit Parikh">Kirit Parikh</a></li>
<li><a href="Sam_Pitroda" title="Sam Pitroda">Sam Pitroda</a></li>
<li><a href="C._K._Prahalad" title="C. K. Prahalad">C. K. Prahalad</a></li>
<li><a href="Gurdip_Singh_Randhawa" title="Gurdip Singh Randhawa">Gurdip Singh Randhawa</a></li>
<li><a href="Brijendra_Kumar_Rao" title="Brijendra Kumar Rao">Brijendra Kumar Rao</a></li>
<li><a href="Bhakta_B._Rath" title="Bhakta B. Rath">Bhakta B. Rath</a></li>
<li><a href="C._S._Seshadri" title="C. S. Seshadri">C. S. Seshadri</a></li>
<li><a href="V._Ganapati_Sthapati" title="V. Ganapati Sthapati">V. Ganapati Sthapati</a></li>
<li><a href="Devendra_Triguna" title="Devendra Triguna">Devendra Triguna</a></li>
<li><a href="Sarojini_Varadappan" title="Sarojini Varadappan">Sarojini Varadappan</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div># Posthumous conferral
<ul><li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1954%E2%80%931959)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1954–1959)">1954–1959</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1960%E2%80%931969)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1960–1969)">1960–1969</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1970%E2%80%931979)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1970–1979)">1970–1979</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1980%E2%80%931989)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)">1980–1989</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(1990%E2%80%931999)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (1990–1999)">1990–1999</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2000%E2%80%932009)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)">2000–2009</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2010%E2%80%932019)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2010–2019)">2010–2019</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Padma_Bhushan_award_recipients_(2020%E2%80%932029)" title="List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2020–2029)">2020–2029</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_–_South179" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #EEDD82"><div id="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_–_South179" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Filmfare_Awards_South" title="Filmfare Awards South">Filmfare</a> <a href="Filmfare_Lifetime_Achievement_Award_%E2%80%93_South" title="Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award – South">Lifetime Achievement Award – South</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1983–1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="S._P._Balasubrahmanyam" title="S. P. Balasubrahmanyam">S. P. Balasubrahmanyam</a> (1983)</li>
<li><a href="Sowcar_Janaki" title="Sowcar Janaki">Sowcar Janaki</a> (1984)</li>
<li><a href="Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> (1985)</li>
<li><a href="Thikkurissy_Sukumaran_Nair" title="Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair">Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair</a> (1986)</li>
<li><a href="P._Bhanumathi" title="P. Bhanumathi">P. Bhanumathi</a> (1987)</li>
<li><a href="Akkineni_Nageswara_Rao" title="Akkineni Nageswara Rao">Akkineni Nageswara Rao</a> (1988)</li>
<li><a href="Ilaiyaraaja" title="Ilaiyaraaja">Ilaiyaraaja</a> (1989)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1990–1999</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Padmini_(actress)" title="Padmini (actress)">Padmini</a> (1990)</li>
<li><a href="M._T._Vasudevan_Nair" title="M. T. Vasudevan Nair">M. T. Vasudevan Nair</a> (1991)</li>
<li><a href="L._V._Prasad" title="L. V. Prasad">L. V. Prasad</a> (1992)</li>
<li><a href="Gemini_Ganesan" title="Gemini Ganesan">Gemini Ganesan</a> (1993)</li>
<li><a href="K._Balachander" title="K. Balachander">K. Balachander</a>, <a href="K._Viswanath" title="K. Viswanath">K. Viswanath</a>, <a href="B._Saroja_Devi" title="B. Saroja Devi">B. Saroja Devi</a>, <a href="Madhu_(actor)" title="Madhu (actor)">Madhu</a>, <a href="Hrishikesh_Mukherjee" title="Hrishikesh Mukherjee">Hrishikesh Mukherjee</a>, (1994)</li>
<li><a href="Nagesh" title="Nagesh">Nagesh</a> & <a href="Manorama_(Tamil_actress)" title="Manorama (Tamil actress)">Manorama</a> (1995)</li>
<li><a href="Krishna_(Telugu_actor)" title="Krishna (Telugu actor)">Krishna</a> & <a href="Sharada_(actress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharada (actress)">Sharada</a> (1996)</li>
<li><a href="Nedumudi_Venu" title="Nedumudi Venu">Nedumudi Venu</a> & <a href="S._Janaki" title="S. Janaki">S. Janaki</a> (1997)</li>
<li><a href="Allu_Ramalingaiah" title="Allu Ramalingaiah">Allu Ramalingaiah</a> & <a href="Lakshmi_(actress)" title="Lakshmi (actress)">Lakshmi</a> (1998)</li>
<li><a href="Pandari_Bai" title="Pandari Bai">Pandari Bai</a> & <a href="Mugur_Sundar" title="Mugur Sundar">Mugur Sundar</a> (1999)</li>
<li><a href="D._Ramanaidu" title="D. Ramanaidu">D. Ramanaidu</a> & <a href="Sheela" title="Sheela">Sheela</a> (2000)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001–2010</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="M._S._Viswanathan" title="M. S. Viswanathan">M. S. Viswanathan</a> & <a href="Dasari_Narayana_Rao" title="Dasari Narayana Rao">Dasari Narayana Rao</a> (2001)</li>
<li><a href="K._Raghavendra_Rao" title="K. Raghavendra Rao">K. Raghavendra Rao</a> & <a href="Vishnuvardhan_(actor)" title="Vishnuvardhan (actor)">Vishnuvardhan</a> (2002)</li>
<li><a href="K._J._Yesudas" title="K. J. Yesudas">K. J. Yesudas</a> & <a href="Vijayashanti" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayashanti">Vijayashanti</a> (2003)</li>
<li><a href="K._R._Vijaya" title="K. R. Vijaya">K. R. Vijaya</a> & <a href="Ramoji_Rao" title="Ramoji Rao">Ramoji Rao</a> (2004)</li>
<li><a href="Thilakan" title="Thilakan">Thilakan</a> & <a href="Sukumari" title="Sukumari">Sukumari</a> (2005)</li>
<li><a href="Krishnam_Raju" title="Krishnam Raju">Krishnam Raju</a> & <a href="P._Susheela" title="P. Susheela">P. Susheela</a> (2006)</li>
<li><a href="Sivakumar" title="Sivakumar">Sivakumar</a> & <a href="Jaya_Prada" title="Jaya Prada">Jaya Prada</a> (2007)</li>
<li><a href="Veturi" title="Veturi">Veturi</a> (<a href="56th_Filmfare_Awards_South" title="56th Filmfare Awards South">2008</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Ambareesh" title="Ambareesh">Ambareesh</a> & <a href="K._P._A._C._Lalitha" title="K. P. A. C. Lalitha">K. P. A. C. Lalitha</a> (<a href="57th_Filmfare_Awards_South" title="57th Filmfare Awards South">2009</a>)</li>
<li><a href="Chiranjeevi" title="Chiranjeevi">Chiranjeevi</a> & <a href="Jayasudha" title="Jayasudha">Jayasudha</a> (<a href="58th_Filmfare_Awards_South" title="58th Filmfare Awards South">2010</a>)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2011–2018</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="S._P._Muthuraman" title="S. P. Muthuraman">S. P. Muthuraman</a> & <a href="Seema_(actress)" title="Seema (actress)">Seema</a> (2011)</li>
<li><a href="Bapu_(director)" title="Bapu (director)">Bapu</a> & <a href="Vani_Jairam" title="Vani Jairam">Vani Jairam</a> (2012)</li>
<li><a href="Balu_Mahendra" title="Balu Mahendra">Balu Mahendra</a> & <a href="Jayabharathi" title="Jayabharathi">Jayabharathi</a> (2013)</li>
<li><a href="I._V._Sasi" title="I. V. Sasi">I. V. Sasi</a> & <a href="Radhika_Sarathkumar" title="Radhika Sarathkumar">Radhika Sarathkumar</a> (2014)</li>
<li><a href="Mohan_Babu" title="Mohan Babu">Mohan Babu</a> (2015)</li>
<li><a href="Vijaya_Nirmala" title="Vijaya Nirmala">Vijaya Nirmala</a> (2016)</li>
<li><a href="Kaikala_Satyanarayana" title="Kaikala Satyanarayana">Kaikala Satyanarayana</a> (2017)</li>
<li><a href="Hariharan_(director)" title="Hariharan (director)">Hariharan</a> (2018)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2020–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Puneeth_Rajkumar" title="Puneeth Rajkumar">Puneeth Rajkumar</a> and <a href="Allu_Aravind" title="Allu Aravind">Allu Aravind</a> (2020–2021)</li>
<li><a href="Srinath_(Kannada_actor)" title="Srinath (Kannada actor)">Srinath</a> (2023)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role104" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #BDB76B"><div id="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role104" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role" title="National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role">National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1967–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Uttam_Kumar" title="Uttam Kumar">Uttam Kumar</a> <a href="15th_National_Film_Awards" title="15th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1967)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Ashok_Kumar" title="Ashok Kumar">Ashok Kumar</a> <a href="16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1968)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Utpal_Dutt" title="Utpal Dutt">Utpal Dutt</a> <a href="17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1969)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sanjeev_Kumar" title="Sanjeev Kumar">Sanjeev Kumar</a> <a href="18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1970)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="M._G._Ramachandran" title="M. G. Ramachandran">M. G. Ramachandran</a> <a href="19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1971)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sanjeev_Kumar" title="Sanjeev Kumar">Sanjeev Kumar</a> <a href="20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1972)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="P._J._Antony" title="P. J. Antony">P. J. Antony</a> <a href="21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1973)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sadhu_Meher" title="Sadhu Meher">Sadhu Meher</a> <a href="22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1974)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="M._V._Vasudeva_Rao" title="M. V. Vasudeva Rao">M. V. Vasudeva Rao</a> <a href="23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1975)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mithun_Chakraborty" title="Mithun Chakraborty">Mithun Chakraborty</a> <a href="24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1976)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Bharath_Gopi" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharath Gopi">Bharath Gopi</a> <a href="25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1977)</span></a></li>
<li>Arun Mukherjee <a href="26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1978)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a> <a href="27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1979)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Balan_K._Nair" title="Balan K. Nair">Balan K. Nair</a> <a href="28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Om_Puri" title="Om Puri">Om Puri</a> <a href="29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1981)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> <a href="30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1982)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Om_Puri" title="Om Puri">Om Puri</a> <a href="31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1983)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Naseeruddin_Shah" title="Naseeruddin Shah">Naseeruddin Shah</a> <a href="32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1984)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> <a href="33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1985)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Charuhasan" title="Charuhasan">Charuhasan</a> <a href="34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1986)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> <a href="35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1987)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Premji" title="Premji">Premji</a> <a href="36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1988)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> <a href="37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1989)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1990)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a> <a href="39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1991)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mithun_Chakraborty" title="Mithun Chakraborty">Mithun Chakraborty</a> <a href="40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1992)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> <a href="41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1993)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Nana_Patekar" title="Nana Patekar">Nana Patekar</a> <a href="42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1994)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Rajit_Kapur" title="Rajit Kapur">Rajit Kapur</a> <a href="43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1995)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kamal_Haasan" title="Kamal Haasan">Kamal Haasan</a> <a href="44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1996)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Balachandra_Menon" title="Balachandra Menon">Balachandra Menon</a> and <a href="Suresh_Gopi" title="Suresh Gopi">Suresh Gopi</a> <a href="45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1997)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Ajay_Devgn" title="Ajay Devgn">Ajay Devgn</a> and <a href="Mammootty" title="Mammootty">Mammootty</a> <a href="46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1998)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a> <a href="47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1999)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Anil_Kapoor" title="Anil Kapoor">Anil Kapoor</a> <a href="48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Murali_(Malayalam_actor)" title="Murali (Malayalam actor)">Murali</a> <a href="49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2001)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Ajay_Devgn" title="Ajay Devgn">Ajay Devgn</a> <a href="50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2002)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Vikram_(actor)" title="Vikram (actor)">Vikram</a> <a href="51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2003)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Saif_Ali_Khan" title="Saif Ali Khan">Saif Ali Khan</a> <a href="52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2004)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2005)</span></a></li>
<li> <a href="54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2006)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Prakash_Raj" title="Prakash Raj">Prakash Raj</a> <a href="55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2007)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Upendra_Limaye" title="Upendra Limaye">Upendra Limaye</a> <a href="56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2008)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2009)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> and <a href="Salim_Kumar" title="Salim Kumar">Salim Kumar</a> <a href="58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2010)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Girish_Kulkarni" title="Girish Kulkarni">Girish Kulkarni</a> <a href="59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2011)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Irrfan_Khan" title="Irrfan Khan">Irrfan Khan</a> and <a href="Vikram_Gokhale" title="Vikram Gokhale">Vikram Gokhale</a> <a href="60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2012)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Rajkummar_Rao" title="Rajkummar Rao">Rajkummar Rao</a> and <a href="Suraj_Venjaramoodu" title="Suraj Venjaramoodu">Suraj Venjaramoodu</a> <a href="61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2013)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sanchari_Vijay" title="Sanchari Vijay">Sanchari Vijay</a> <a href="62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2014)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Amitabh_Bachchan" title="Amitabh Bachchan">Amitabh Bachchan</a> <a href="63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2015)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Akshay_Kumar" title="Akshay Kumar">Akshay Kumar</a> <a href="64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2016)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Riddhi_Sen" title="Riddhi Sen">Riddhi Sen</a> <a href="65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2017)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Ayushmann_Khurrana" title="Ayushmann Khurrana">Ayushmann Khurrana</a> and <a href="Vicky_Kaushal" title="Vicky Kaushal">Vicky Kaushal</a> <a href="66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2018)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Dhanush" title="Dhanush">Dhanush</a> and <a href="Manoj_Bajpayee" title="Manoj Bajpayee">Manoj Bajpayee</a> <a href="67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2019)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Suriya" title="Suriya">Suriya</a> and <a href="Ajay_Devgn" title="Ajay Devgn">Ajay Devgn</a> <a href="68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">2021–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Allu_Arjun" title="Allu Arjun">Allu Arjun</a> <a href="69th_National_Film_Awards" title="69th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2021)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Rishab_Shetty" title="Rishab Shetty">Rishab Shetty</a> <a href="70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2022)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Shah_Rukh_Khan" title="Shah Rukh Khan">Shah Rukh Khan</a> and <a href="Vikrant_Massey" title="Vikrant Massey">Vikrant Massey</a> <a href="71st_National_Film_Awards" title="71st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2023)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="National_Film_Award_–_Special_Jury_Award_(feature_film)94" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #BDB76B"><div id="National_Film_Award_–_Special_Jury_Award_(feature_film)94" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)">National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1978–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li> – <a href="26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1978)</span></a></li>
<li> – <a href="27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1979)</span></a></li>
<li> – <a href="28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1980)</span></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> <a href="29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1981)</span></a></li>
<li> – <a href="30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1982)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mankada_Ravi_Varma" title="Mankada Ravi Varma">Mankada Ravi Varma</a> <a href="31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1983)</span></a></li>
<li>T. S. Ranga <a href="32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1984)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sudha_Chandran" title="Sudha Chandran">Sudha Chandran</a> <a href="33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1985)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="John_Abraham_(director)" title="John Abraham (director)">John Abraham</a> <a href="34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1986)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="M._B._Sreenivasan" title="M. B. Sreenivasan">M. B. Sreenivasan</a> <a href="35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1987)</span></a></li>
<li>Ashok Ahuja <a href="36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1988)</span></a></li>
<li>Amitabh Chakraborty <a href="37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1989)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Pankaj_Kapur" title="Pankaj Kapur">Pankaj Kapur</a>, <a href="Sunny_Deol" title="Sunny Deol">Sunny Deol</a>, and <a href="Jayabharathi" title="Jayabharathi">Jayabharathi</a> <a href="38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1990)</span></a></li>
<li> <a href="39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1991)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Sivaji_Ganesan" title="Sivaji Ganesan">Sivaji Ganesan</a> and <a href="Ketan_Mehta" title="Ketan Mehta">Ketan Mehta</a> <a href="40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1992)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Shashi_Kapoor" title="Shashi Kapoor">Shashi Kapoor</a> and <a href="Pallavi_Joshi" title="Pallavi Joshi">Pallavi Joshi</a> <a href="41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1993)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Radhu_Karmakar" title="Radhu Karmakar">Radhu Karmakar</a> and <a href="Shaji_N._Karun" title="Shaji N. Karun">Shaji N. Karun</a> <a href="42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1994)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> <a href="43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1995)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Amol_Palekar" title="Amol Palekar">Amol Palekar</a> and <a href="Kirron_Kher" title="Kirron Kher">Kirron Kher</a> <a href="44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1996)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Jayamala" title="Jayamala">Jayamala</a> <a href="45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1997)</span></a></li>
<li><i>Kitchhu Sanlap Kitchhu Pralap</i> <a href="46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1998)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kalabhavan_Mani" title="Kalabhavan Mani">Kalabhavan Mani</a> <a href="47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(1999)</span></a></li>
<li> <a href="48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2000)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Janaki_Vishwanathan" title="Janaki Vishwanathan">Janaki Vishwanathan</a> <a href="49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2001)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Prakash_Raj" title="Prakash Raj">Prakash Raj</a> <a href="50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2002)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Manoj_Bajpayee" title="Manoj Bajpayee">Manoj Bajpayee</a> and <i><a href="Bhalo_Theko" title="Bhalo Theko">Bhalo Theko</a></i> <a href="51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2003)</span></a></li>
<li>J. Phillip <a href="52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2004)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Anupam_Kher" title="Anupam Kher">Anupam Kher</a> <a href="53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2005)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Vishal_Bhardwaj" title="Vishal Bhardwaj">Vishal Bhardwaj</a> <a href="54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2006)</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="Gandhi%2C_My_Father" title="Gandhi, My Father">Gandhi, My Father</a></i> <a href="55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2007)</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="Bioscope_(2008_film)" title="Bioscope (2008 film)">Bioscope</a></i> <a href="56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2008)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="A._Sreekar_Prasad" title="A. Sreekar Prasad">A. Sreekar Prasad</a> <a href="57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2009)</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="Mee_Sindhutai_Sapkal" title="Mee Sindhutai Sapkal">Mee Sindhutai Sapkal</a></i> <a href="58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2010)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Anjan_Dutt" title="Anjan Dutt">Anjan Dutt</a> <a href="59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2011)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Rituparno_Ghosh" title="Rituparno Ghosh">Rituparno Ghosh</a> and <a href="Nawazuddin_Siddiqui" title="Nawazuddin Siddiqui">Nawazuddin Siddiqui</a> <a href="60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2012)</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="Miss_Lovely" title="Miss Lovely">Miss Lovely</a></i> and <i><a href="Yellow_(2014_film)" title="Yellow (2014 film)">Yellow</a></i> <a href="61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2013)</span></a></li>
<li>Bhaurao Karhade <a href="62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2014)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Kalki_Koechlin" title="Kalki Koechlin">Kalki Koechlin</a> <a href="63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2015)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Mohanlal" title="Mohanlal">Mohanlal</a> <a href="64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2016)</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="Nagarkirtan" title="Nagarkirtan">Nagarkirtan</a></i> <a href="65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2017)</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="Hellaro" title="Hellaro">Hellaro</a></i> and <i><a href="Kedara" title="Kedara">Kedara</a></i> <a href="66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2018)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="R._Parthiban" title="R. Parthiban">R. Parthiban</a> <a href="67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2019)</span></a></li>
<li><a href="Admitted" title="Admitted">Admitted</a> <a href="68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards"><span style="font-size: 85%;">(2020)</span></a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>Bengali films A-Z</li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1931" title="List of Bengali films of 1931">1931</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1932" title="List of Bengali films of 1932">1932</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1933" title="List of Bengali films of 1933">1933</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1934" title="List of Bengali films of 1934">1934</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1935" title="List of Bengali films of 1935">1935</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1950" title="List of Bengali films of 1950">1950</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1951" title="List of Bengali films of 1951">1951</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1952" title="List of Bengali films of 1952">1952</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1953" title="List of Bengali films of 1953">1953</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1954" title="List of Bengali films of 1954">1954</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1955" title="List of Bengali films of 1955">1955</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1956" title="List of Bengali films of 1956">1956</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1957" title="List of Bengali films of 1957">1957</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1958" title="List of Bengali films of 1958">1958</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1959" title="List of Bengali films of 1959">1959</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1960" title="List of Bengali films of 1960">1960</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1961" title="List of Bengali films of 1961">1961</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1962" title="List of Bengali films of 1962">1962</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1963" title="List of Bengali films of 1963">1963</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1964" title="List of Bengali films of 1964">1964</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1965" title="List of Bengali films of 1965">1965</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1966" title="List of Bengali films of 1966">1966</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1967" title="List of Bengali films of 1967">1967</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1968" title="List of Bengali films of 1968">1968</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1969" title="List of Bengali films of 1969">1969</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1970" title="List of Bengali films of 1970">1970</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1971" title="List of Bengali films of 1971">1971</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1972" title="List of Bengali films of 1972">1972</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1973" title="List of Bengali films of 1973">1973</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1974" title="List of Bengali films of 1974">1974</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1975" title="List of Bengali films of 1975">1975</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1976" title="List of Bengali films of 1976">1976</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1977" title="List of Bengali films of 1977">1977</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1978" title="List of Bengali films of 1978">1978</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1979" title="List of Bengali films of 1979">1979</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1980" title="List of Bengali films of 1980">1980</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1981" title="List of Bengali films of 1981">1981</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1982" title="List of Bengali films of 1982">1982</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1983" title="List of Bengali films of 1983">1983</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1984" title="List of Bengali films of 1984">1984</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1985" title="List of Bengali films of 1985">1985</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1986" title="List of Bengali films of 1986">1986</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1987" title="List of Bengali films of 1987">1987</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1988" title="List of Bengali films of 1988">1988</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1989" title="List of Bengali films of 1989">1989</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1990" title="List of Bengali films of 1990">1990</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1991" title="List of Bengali films of 1991">1991</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1992" title="List of Bengali films of 1992">1992</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1993" title="List of Bengali films of 1993">1993</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1994" title="List of Bengali films of 1994">1994</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1995" title="List of Bengali films of 1995">1995</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1996" title="List of Bengali films of 1996">1996</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1997" title="List of Bengali films of 1997">1997</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1998" title="List of Bengali films of 1998">1998</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_1999" title="List of Bengali films of 1999">1999</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2000" title="List of Bengali films of 2000">2000</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2001" title="List of Bengali films of 2001">2001</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2002" title="List of Bengali films of 2002">2002</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2003" title="List of Bengali films of 2003">2003</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2004" title="List of Bengali films of 2004">2004</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2005" title="List of Bengali films of 2005">2005</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2006" title="List of Bengali films of 2006">2006</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2007" title="List of Bengali films of 2007">2007</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2008" title="List of Bengali films of 2008">2008</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2009" title="List of Bengali films of 2009">2009</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2010" title="List of Bengali films of 2010">2010</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2011" title="List of Bengali films of 2011">2011</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2012" title="List of Bengali films of 2012">2012</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2013" title="List of Bengali films of 2013">2013</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2014" title="List of Bengali films of 2014">2014</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2015" title="List of Bengali films of 2015">2015</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2016" title="List of Bengali films of 2016">2016</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2017" title="List of Bengali films of 2017">2017</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2018" title="List of Bengali films of 2018">2018</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2019" title="List of Bengali films of 2019">2019</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2020" title="List of Bengali films of 2020">2020</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Indian_Bengali_films_of_2021" title="List of Indian Bengali films of 2021">2021</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2022" title="List of Bengali films of 2022">2022</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2023" title="List of Bengali films of 2023">2023</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2024" title="List of Bengali films of 2024">2024</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Bengali_films_of_2025" title="List of Bengali films of 2025">2025</a></li></ul>
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