Sagar sangam uttam kumar biography

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He starred in Hindi films like "Kitaab", "Dooriyan", "Plot no. The auteur dominated the screen after he debuted in 1948. To this end I begin with another quote from the author’s website, which describes the book as ‘engag(ing) meaningfully with his life and his cinema, revealing the man, hero, and actor from various,….

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  • Book Review | Published in Business Standard | Sep 23, 2021

    This is a fascinating book on a movie icon who remains part of the collective consciousness of Bengalis all over the world even 40 years after his death. It was almost like him playing a meta-character both on and off-screen..

    Workaholic Uttam Kumar died while filming "Ogo Bodhu Sundari" one of the greatest comedy films of Bengal, in Belle Vue Clinic on 24th July 1980.The Tollygunge metro station of Kolkata Metro was renamed as "Mahanayak Uttam Kumar". ..... Among which "Nayak", "Bicharak", "Jatugriha", "Chiriyakhana", "Khokababur Protyabarton", "Chowrongiee", "Ekhane Pinjar", "Thana Theke Aschi" etc.

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  • Excerpt | Published in Film Companion | Jul 23, 2022

    Bengal’s ultimate matinee idol passed away on July 24, 1980. <Click here to read more>

  • Excerpt | Published in Scroll.in | Jul 24, 2021

    “Uttam is Uttam.

    Reviews and Testimonials

    • News on the Book | Published in Cinestaan | Jun 21, 2021

      Author and film scholar Sayandeb Chowdhury has announced the release of his book Uttam Kumar: A Life in Cinema on Twitter.

      shows his genius.Though there were problems regarding editing, co-stars and others in contemporary Bengali films, still his genius acting made him the most popular film star. Kumar won the first National Award for Best Actor in 1967 and was the only living person whose life was fictionalised by Satyajit Ray.

      Author Sayandeb Chowdhury, who teaches in the School of Letters at Ambedkar University Delhi, tells us more.. which approves his popularity and also shows beauties of natural acting. <Click here to read more>

    • Review in Bengali Press | Published in AnandaBazaar Patrika | Mar 9, 2022

      মহানায়ক, কিন্তু তিনি স্বয়ম্ভু নন বিখ্যাত মানুষের জীবনী লেখা সহজ নয়। জীবনীলেখক এবং তাঁর উদ্দিষ্ট ব্যক্তিত্বের মধ্যে টানাপড়েন তৈরি হয় সেই ব্যক্তিত্বের সাফল্য-ব্যর্থতা, খ্যাতি-অখ্যাতি, নিন্দা-প্রশংসাকে ঘিরে। শেষ বিচারে জীবনী একটি পুনর্গঠন, যা সংজ্ঞা অনুসারেই কৃত্রিম। সেই কৃত্রিমতা মেনে নিয়েই লেখক চাইবেন, যেন তাঁর পুনর্গঠনটি এক জন মানুষের জীবন আর কৃতিকে ঠিকমতো তুলে ধরতে পারে। তাঁকে সতর্ক থাকতে হয়, যাতে কাজটি পোস্ট ট্রুথ নির্মাণের রাজনীতিতে জড়িয়ে না পড়ে।.

      His research and teaching interests are in colonial and postcolonial visual modernisms, cinema and photography studies, adaptation studies and city studies. Satyajit Ray paid homage to his death saying "It is the demise of a leading light of the Bengali film industry...There isn't - there won't be another hero like him."

    BornSeptember 3, 1926

    DiedJuly 24, 1980(53)

    • Uttam Kumar – A Life in Cinema

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    By Sayandeb Chowdhury

    • ISBN NO: 9789390358854 / 9789390358014

    There is none like Uttam and there will be no one to ever replace him.

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  • Excerpt | Published in News9 | Jul 24, 2022

    In the following excerpt from Sayandeb Chowdhury's book Uttam Kumar: A Life in Cinema, one can also learn more about the matinee idol's other side — where he, very subtly, slipped in (and often ridiculed) references to his stardom with utter modesty and humility.

    ..... Which makes it incumbent on us to dwell briefly on what exactly the book stands for, and what it intends to secure. He produced "Saptapadi" which was a commercial hit and approved Uttam Kumar along with Suchitra Sen the romantic Icon of Bengali Film forever. <Click here to read more>

  • Review | Published in Inscript Me | Mar 2, 2022

    প্যারাডাইস, নিউ এম্পায়ার, মেট্রো ছিল এককালীন কলকাতার এলিট ভদ্রলোকেদের একচেটিয়া। রমরমিয়ে কলকাতার বুকে তখন হলিউডের সিনেমা চলছে। বাংলা সিনেমাকে কে পোছে?