Tapen Chatterjee

Tapen Chatterjee (3 September 1937 – 24 May 2010) was a Bengali actor from India who played several roles in Satyajit Ray's films, notably as Goopy Gyne in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, and its sequels (1980) and Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1992). Chatterjee died on 24 May 2010 at the age of 72. He was suffering from pulmonary ailments.

Career As a qualified engineer, Chatterjee had a job in Rajasthan, following which he came back to Kolkata and joined Sandesh, the Bengali magazine revived by Satyajit Ray. He started his career in the advertisement department of the children's magazine Sandesh. Ray cast him in a cameo in Mahanagar and then famously as the singer Goopy Gyne in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne. The song Aaha Ki Aananda Aakshe Batashe filmed on him Goopy and Rabi Ghosh as Bagha Byne still stirs the memory of the Bengali film lovers.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1963 Mahanagar 1969 Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Goopy Gyne 1970 Rupasi Handa, Balaram's brother 1971 Dhanyee Meye Sabitri's brother 1973 Shriman Prithviraj School Sentry 1973 Nanigopaler Biye Dilip 1974 Sangini 1974 Bikele Bhorer Phul 1974 Thagini 1977 Bhola Moira (film) 1977 Hate Raila Tin 1979 Ganadevata Tara 1980 Goopy Gayen 1991 Goopy Bagha Phire Elo Goopy 1996 Rabibar 1997 Sriman Bhootnath 2009 Narak Guljar (final film role)