Facts: - other names: anil chattopadhyay - death date: 17 march 1996 - birth date: 25 october 1929 - name: anil chatterjee - nationality: india indian - occupation: actor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of anil chatterjee .
anil chatterjee -lrb- chattopadhyay -rrb- -lrb- 25 october 1929 -- 17 march 1996 -rrb- was a bengali actor in the bengali cinema during the early fifties through to the mid-nineties and is mostly remembered as a character actor .he acted or performed in about 150 movies , including a few in hindi .he played different shades , though mostly as a character actor , as well as in leading roles and at times as an antagonist , despite the limited opportunities he received .irrespective of the roles , he left an indelible impression on the viewers and the critics .he also acted in the leading role in a tele-serial named '' naqab '' in the national network of doordarshan .he is one of the very few selected actors who worked with satyajit ray , ritwik ghatak , tapan sinha and mrinal sen ; with the first three directors , he performed in more than a number of occasion .his performance in the title role of the film '' deshbandhu chittaranjan '' biopic on the noted and revered freedom-fighter and barrister chittaranjan das -lrb- 1870-1925 -rrb- who was conferred the title of '' deshbandhu -lrb- friend of the country -rrb- '' won the appreciation of basanti devi , the wife of the '' deshbandhu '' -lrb- she is said to have personally blessed the actor -rrb- apart from being widely admired by one and all .born in calcutta , west bengal , india , he graduated from st. xavier 's college , kolkata - the institution to which he remained attached all through as an office-bearer and member of the alumnoram soceitas -lrb- alumni society -rrb- of the college .prior to that , he completed his schooling from delhi , having stood first in entire north india in the senior cambridge examinations .in his college days , he became associated with utpal dutta and acted in a number of plays .he was also a member of the west bengal legislative assembly , having won the bye-election from the erstwhile chowringhee assembly constituency as a left front supported independent candidate .