Sudipto Chatterjee

Sudipto Chatterjee (Bengali: সুদীপ্ত চট্টোপাধ্যায়; born: 26 July 1964) is an Indian performance scholar actor, playwright and poet of Bengali descent.[1]

Sudipto Chatterjee

Chatterjee's His solo performance Man of the Heart, about Lalon Fakir, has received acclaim.[2][3]

Career

Chatterjee has taught at New York University, Tufts University and University of California, Berkeley in the USA, along with Loughborough University in the UK, and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Centre for Studies in the Social Sciences (Calcutta), National School of Drama and the Heritage Academy in India.[4][5]

He is (currently) the Artistic Director of Spectactors, a Kolkata-based Indian theater group.[5]

Sexual harassment allegations

On 14 October 2019, a student who worked under Chatterjee for a theatrical performance alleged that he sexual harassed her.. Subsequently, two other women raised similar allegations and FIRs were lodged.

Chaterjee rejected the allegations, deeming them to be misconstruals of a particular form of theatrical training involving sexual overtones. He claimed that he was forced to resign from his teaching position at Heritage Academy.[6][4][5][7][8][9] He was arrested, shortly thereafter.[10] Many theater personalities have condemned the incident and rejected Sudipto's defense.[11]

References
  1. "Sudipto Chatterjee". www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de. 10 October 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. "Theatre Review: Man Of The Heart - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "Lalon Phokir, Man of the Heart: Review by Prachi Deshpande[Parabaas Translation]". www.parabaas.com. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. Scroll Staff. "Kolkata: Theatre actor accused of sexual harassment by student, quits as faculty at top college". Scroll.in. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. "Theatre artiste quits faculty after sexual harassment allegation". The Indian Express. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  6. "#MeToo: Theatre Professor At Top Kolkata College Accused Of Sexual Abuse". NDTV.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. "3 Women Accuse Kolkata Playwright of Sexual Assault, He Responds". The Quint. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. "সুদীপ্ত চট্টোপাধ্যায়ের বিরুদ্ধে উঠল যৌন হেনস্থার অভিযোগ". Eisamay (in Bengali). 18 October 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  9. রায়চৌধুরী, অর্পিতা. "অভিনয় শেখানোর নামে 'ধর্ষণ', পরিচালকের বিরুদ্ধে তরুণীর অভিযোগ ভাইরাল ফেসবুকে". anandabazar.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  10. "Kolkata police arrest actor-professor Sudipto Chatterjee on charges of rape". Hindustan Times. 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  11. "Film and theatre personalities condemn the #MeToo allegation against Sudipto Chatterjee - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
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