{{short description|Indian filmmaker and screenwriter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Salil Dutta | image_size = | caption = | 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}} | alma_mater = | spouse = | children = | occupation = Film director, Screenwriter, Actor | years_active = 1963-2001 }} '''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)<ref>{{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}}</ref> starred Uttam Kumar and Supriya Choudhury. He also acted in a number of films like ''Atithi (1965 film)'', ''Khelaghar'', ''Dhanyee Meye'' etc.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Dutta directed 22 Bengali films in his career.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He died on 20 September 2004 in Kolkata due to lung cancer.
==Filmography== * ''Surya Sikha'' (1963) * ''Momer Alo'' (1964) * ''Prastar Swakkhor'' (1967) * ''Aparichita'' (1969) * ''Kalankita Nayak'' (1970) * ''Khunje Berai'' (1971) * ''Stree'' (1972) * ''Sesh Pristhay Dekhun'' (1973) * ''Asati'' (1974) * ''Sei Chokh'' (1976) * ''Babu Moshai'' (1977) * ''Heerey Manik'' (1979) * ''Ghorer Baire Ghor'' (1980) * ''Ogo Bodhu Sundori'' (1981) * ''Rajeswari'' (1984) * ''Shyam Saheb'' (1986) * ''Urvashi'' (1986) * ''Doctor Priya'' (1988) * ''Je Jaar Priyo'' (1989) * ''Abishkar'' (1990 * ''Amar Sathi'' (1991) * '' Etai Swargo''(2001)
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0244901}}
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