Avijit Dutt


Avijit Dutt is an Indian filmmaker, actor, theater director and author.

Career

Living and working out of Kolkata. He has done his masters from Calcutta University in English Literature and began his career at an English Faculty in St. Paul's School, Darjeeling.
As a theatre director and actor he has done over 100 plays in English, Hindi & Bengali. He has written seven full-length plays:
  • Bamboo Flower
  • Mahatma Mar Gaya
  • Bombay! Bosnia!
  • Breaking News
  • Noor Jahan- An Empress Reveals
  • Unspeakable
  • 9.45 ki Express ki Citee
He has also dramatised 1084 ki Ma, by Mahasweta Devi, with Shyamanand Jalan.
In addition to his acting work, he has applied for two patents, one for a toilet solution and another cor a process of collecting, testing and documenting blood tests. He is Chief Motivator and Director for his organisation Enable, which has built toilets across North India, thoug His organisation, Enable, of which Dutt is Chief Motivator and Director, has built toilets across north India, though not the one he has patented. They have covered over 60,000 beneficiaries across 68 villages in India.

Filmography

Films

YearFilmRoleNotes
1996Kama Sutra: A Tale of LoveVazir
1996FireJulie's father
2004Bow Barracks ForeverMelville
2004Chai Pani Etc.Mr. Bose
2005AmuNeel
2006The Bong ConnectionActor
2010Peepli LiveBoss of English TV Channel
2011No One Killed JessicaBM Pandit
2011Gandhi to HitlerMK Gandhi
2013Madras CafeSwarup
2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelNimish
2015PikuBodo Mesho
2016Land of the GodsSunder
2017Jolly LLB 2VK Paul
2017KashmirFather
2017The ComplaintThe Old Man
20182.0Dr. SamTamil film
2021Hum Do Hamare DoJagmohan Deewan
2023Mission MajnuMorariji DesaiNetflix Original
2025BayaanPremiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
2025Jolly LLB 3Dr. Milind Desai-
2025Hamletghost

Web series