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Salil Dutta

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1688780

IMDb ID: nm0244901

Known for: Directing

Born: November 30, 1931

Died: September 20, 2004

Age: 72

Place of birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 1990

Years active: 39

Wikidata: Q57418840

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সলিল দত্ত

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Biography

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 Sei Chokh (1976). 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 was Surya Sikha (1963) starring Uttam Kumar and Supriya Choudhury. He also acted in several films like Atithi (1965 film), Khelaghar, Dhanyee Meye, etc. Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career. He died on 20 September 2004 in Kolkata due to lung cancer.

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