Utpal Dutta was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Theater Group" in 1949.
On 19 August 1993, Dutt passed away due to a heart attack immediately after he returned home from the S.S.K.M hospital, Calcutta, West Bengal where he had undergone dialysis.
He received National Film Award for Best Actor in 1970 and three Film fare Best Comedian Awards. In 1990, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre, awarded him its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre.
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