Alok Chatterjee
Indian theatre actor and director (1960 or 1961, 2025)
Alok Chatterjee (1960 or 1961, 6 January 2025) was an Indian theatre actor and director known for his theatre productions like Death of a Salesman, Nat Samrat and #Anandmath latest play 2022. He has been teaching at NSD and Pune based FTII. He also taught acting in the institute of Anupam Kher, Actor Prepress in Mumbai. At present, Chatterjee, in Madhya Pradesh Natya Vidyalaya Bhopal, is known for his vast range of acting (teaching) with deep literary understanding. He is a gold medalist from the National School of Drama, Delhi for best acting. At present Alok Chatterjee does theatre in his hometown at Bhopal. He was also awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2019 by the president of India Droupadi Murmu at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
01Life and career
Alok Chatterjee was born in Madhya Pradesh, to a Hindu family. He earned a scholarship to study at National School of Drama (NSD) in New Delhi in 1987. Actor Irfan Khan was his batchmate in NSD. When he was in Mumbai alcohol and some other chaos pushed them into oblivion. "It's hard to walk home In the words of Chatterjee who worshiped both times, Mahakal (Shiva), "It was the effect of fifty-seven years ago." (वह साढ़े साती का असर था)"
Chatterjee died on 6 January 2025, at the age of 64.
02Plays
| Play | Author | Actor | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krishnaarjun Yuddh | MakhanlalChaturvedi | Yes | Krishnaarjun Yuddh | |
| Buget ki raat ek shahar mein | shankar shesh | Yes | ||
| Fandi | ShankarShesh | Yes | ||
| ek tha gadha urf aladad khan | SharadJoshi | |||
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Yes | ||
| Death of a Salesman | Arthur Miller | Yes | Yes | |
| Nat Samrat | Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar | Yes | Jayant Deshmukh | |
| Sakuntala ki anghuthi | Surendra Verma | Yes | ||
| Swami Vivekanand | Yes | Yes | ||
| Ankahe Afsane | Yes |
03Notable students
Sources and credits
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