Salil Dutta (30 November 1931 – 20 September 2004) was an Indian

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director, screenwriter and actor. He is well known for his films Surya Sikha (1963), Stree (1972) and Seyi Chokh (1976).

Career

Dutta was born in 1931 in

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. He started his career as assistant director of ''

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'' in 1956 and ''

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'' in 1960. The first film directed by him is Surya Sikha (1963) starred

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and

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. He also acted in a number of films like ''

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'', ''Khelaghar'', ''

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'' etc. Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career. He died on 20 September 2004 in

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due to lung cancer.

Filmography

* '' Surya Sikha'' (1963) * ''

Momer Alo ''Momer Alo'' is a 1964 Bengali drama film directed by Salil Dutta. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee in lead roles. It has music composed by Robin Chatterjee. Synopsis Deepa a schizophrenic patient loses her normalcy due to a m ...

'' (1964) * ''Prastar Swakkhor'' (1967) * ''

Aparichita ''Aparichita'' ( ) is a 1978 Kannada-language romantic mystery thriller film directed by Kashinath, starring Suresh Heblikar, Sobha, M. V. Vasudeva Rao and Mohan. The music was composed by noted composer L. Vaidyanathan. The movie was cr ...

'' (1969) * ''Kalankita Nayak'' (1970) * ''Khunje Berai'' (1971) * '' Stree'' (1972) * ''

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'' (1973) * ''

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'' (1974) * ''

Sei Chokh ''Sei Chokh'' is a Bengali romantic drama film directed by Salil Dutta based on a story by Bengali novelist Bimal Mitra. The film was released on 30 July 1976 under the banner of Gitali Pictures. Nachiketa Ghosh was the music director of Sei C ...

'' (1976) * ''Babu Moshai'' (1977) * ''Heerey Manik'' (1979) * ''Ghorer Baire Ghor'' (1980) * '' Ogo Bodhu Sundori'' (1981) * ''Rajeswari'' (1984) * ''Shyam Saheb'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1986) * ''Doctor Priya'' (1988) * ''Je Jaar Priyo'' (1989) * ''Abishkar'' (1990 * ''Amar Sathi'' (1991) * '' Etai Swargo''(2001)

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