Dulal Dutta

Dulal Dutta (c. 1925 – 17 August 2010; Kolkata) was a film editor in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata (previously Calcutta), West Bengal, India. He is especially remembered for his association with the acclaimed film director Satyajit Ray, whose films were all edited by Dutta.

Dutta edited all of Ray's films, from Pather Panchali (1955) to Agantuk (1991), apart from shorts and documentaries, in a collaboration that lasted 36 years. Merchant-Ivory Productions approached him to edit one of their productions, which would have brought him good money, but he turned down the “prized contract” since it would have taken him away from Ray's projects.

After Ray's death, Dutta edited Uttoran and Target, directed by Sandip Ray, his erstwhile mentor's son.

Filmography Debatra (1955) Pather Panchali (1955) Aparajito (1956) Asha (1956) Andhare Alo (1957) Parash Pathar (1958) Jalsaghar (1958) Apur Sansar (1959) Devi (1960) Teen Kanya (1961) Rabindranath Tagore (1961) Kanchenjungha (1962) Abhijan (1962) Mahanagar (1963) Charulata (1964) Mahapurush (1965) Kapurush (1965) Nayak (1966) Chiriyakhana (1967) Balika Badhu (1967) Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968) Charan Kavi Mukundadas (1968) Aranyer Din Ratri (1970) Sikkim (1971) Seemabaddha (1971) The Inner Eye (1972) Pratidwandi (1972) Ashani Sanket (1973) Sonar Kella (1974) Jana Aranya (1976) Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977) Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980) Sadgati (1981) (TV) Pikoo (1981) (TV) Phatik Chand (1983) Ghare Baire (1984) Ganashatru (1989) Shakha Proshakha (1990) Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1991) Agantuk (1991) Uttoran (1994) Target (1995)

Sound Department Chiriyakhana (1967) (sound editor) Balika Badhu (1967) (English title: The Young Wife) (sound editor)