Salil Dutta

{{short description|Indian filmmaker and screenwriter}}

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| birth_name = Salil Dutta

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1931|11|30}}

| birth_place = Kolkata, West Bengal

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2004|09|20|1931|11|30}}

| nationality = Indian

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| occupation = Film director, Screenwriter, Actor

| yearsactive = 1963-2001

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Salil Dutta (30 November 1931 – 20 September 2004) was an Indian Bengali 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 British India. He started his career as assistant director of Trijama in 1956 and Khokababur Pratyabartan in 1960. The first film directed by him is Surya Sikha (1963){{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Salil-Dutta|title=Salil Dutta|last=|first=|date=|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=October 15, 2018}} starred Uttam Kumar and Supriya Choudhury. He also acted in a number of films like Atithi (1965 film), Khelaghar, Dhanyee Meye etc.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2babdf0943|title=Salil Dutta|last=|first=|date=|website=bfi.org.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605160741/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2babdf0943|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 June 2018|access-date=October 15, 2018}} Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career.{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/grid/year/name=Salil_Dutta|title=All movies|last=|first=|date=|website=indiancine.ma|access-date=October 15, 2018}} He died on 20 September 2004 in Kolkata due to lung cancer.

Filmography

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