About Santosh Dutta

Santosh Dutta (Bengali: সন্তোষ দত্ত) was a Bengali character actor, best known for immortalizing the character of Jatayu in Satyajit Ray\s Feluda movies viz. Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath. A lawyer by profession, Santosh Dutta will be remembered as one of the greatest comedians Bengali Films ever had. Essentially a comedian, he elevated comedy acting to the levels of character roles. Satyajit Ray gave him the first break with a small role in his immortal film \"Paras Pathar\". After \Sonar Kella\, he became so associated with the role of \"Jatayu\" that Satyajit Ray later reframed the appearance of Jatayu and started making the sketches of Jatayu resembling Dutta in Feluda novels . And after the death of this actor, Ray once remarked that there will be no further movies in the Feluda series as Jatayu cannot be thought of without Santosh Dutta. Though the role of