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Uttam Kumar (Bangla: উত্তম কুমার ) (3 September 1926 - 24 July 1980) born as Arun Kumar Chatterjee; was an eminent Bengali actor from India. He is fondly called the Mahanayak or the "Great Hero" of Bengali cinema. He was born Arun Kumar Chatterjee on 3 September 1926 in Kolkata.
He had been an actor, director and producer. Apart from acting in two films with Satyajit Ray, Nayak (The Hero) and Chiriyakhana (The Zoo, a thriller written by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, in which he played the famous Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi), he has acted in some Hindi films like "Chhoti si Mulaqat" (with Vyjayantimala Bali), "Amanush" (with Sharmila Tagore), "Ananda Ashram" (with Sharmila Tagore), "Kitaab" and "Dooriyan".
Uttam Kumar was born in Kolkata in his ancestral house in Girish Mukherjee Road, Bhowanipore. After his schooling in South Suburban School (Main), he went for higher studies in Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, an affiliated college of the University of Calcutta system. However, he couldn't complete his studies as he started working at the Kolkata Port as a clerk. During this period, he acted for amateur theater groups.
Uttam's first released film was Drishtidan (The gift of sight) directed by Nitin Bose, though he worked in an earlier unreleased film called Mayador (Embrace of affection). He came into promonence in the film Basu Paribar and his breakthrough film was Sare Chuyattor (74 and a half) with a young actress called Suchitra Sen. This romantic comedy launched the career of the greatest romantic duo to grace the Bangla film industry.
First Day Cover Of The Stamp Released On Actor Uttam Kumar
Traffic Lights For The Stamp On Uttam Kumar
| Number | NYA |
| Stamp Name | Uttam Kumar |
| Stamp Denomination | 500 |
| Stamp Size | 4.06 x 2.7 |
| Stamp Issue Date | 03/09/2009 |
| Stamp Currency | Paise |
| Stamp Type | Multicolored |
| Stamp Perforation | 13 x 13 |
| Stamp Paper Used | Un-watermarked Adhesive Coated Stamp Paper |
| Stamp Printed At | Security Printing Press,Hyderabad |
| Number Printed | 0.8 Million |
| Number In Sheet | 40 |
| Printing Process | Wet Offset |
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