Tapen Chatterjee (3 September 1937 – 24 May 2010) was a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

actor from India who played several roles in

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

's films, notably as Goopy Gyne in ''

Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ''Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' () is a 1969 Indian fantasy adventure comedy film written and directed by Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury. It is a fantasy musical, with music and lyrics composed and ...

'' (1968), and its sequels (1980) and ''

Goopy Bagha Phire Elo ''Goopy Bagha Phirey Elo'' () is a 1992 Indian Bengali comedy film directed by Sandip Ray and written by Satyajit Ray. A sequel to the 1980 film '' Hirak Rajar Deshe'' and the third installment of '' Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne series'', the film wa ...

'' (1992). Chatterjee died on 24 May 2010 at the age of 72. He was suffering from pulmonary ailments.

Career

As a qualified engineer, Chatterjee had a job in

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, following which he came back to

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and joined ''

Sandesh Sandesh may refer to: *Sandesha Kavya, Sanskrit genre of messenger poems *''Sandesha'', a 1940 Indian film *Sandesh (confectionery), a Bengali sweet prepared in Bangladesh and India * ''Sandesh'' (magazine), a children's magazine in West Bengal * ...

'', the Bengali magazine revived by

. He started his career in the advertisement department of the children's magazine Sandesh. Ray cast him in a cameo in ''

Mahanagar ''Mahanagar'', aka ''The Big City'' (), is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Starring Madhabi Mukherjee in the leading role and based on the short story ''Abataranika'' by Narendranath Mitra, it te ...

'' and then famously as the singer Goopy Gyne in ''

''. The song ''Aaha Ki Aananda Aakshe Batashe'' filmed on him Goopy and ''

Rabi Ghosh Robi Ghosh (; 24 November 1931 – 4 February 1997) was an Indian actor known for his work in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. He is known for his comic appeal, though his versatile acting talent brought him success in various kinds ...

'' as Bagha Byne still stirs the memory of the ''

'' film lovers.

Filmography

References

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Satyajit Ray's Goopy is no more
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