
His father was Shailendra Chattopadhyay and mother Manimala Devi. In 1953, he was admitted into Calcutta Medical College. In 1960, he completed his M.B.B.S. and became a doctor. He worked in Civil Defence and later joined Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
He was involved with amateur theatre under the tutelage of Jnanesh Mukherjee, a stalwart of Bengali theatre and films, and started trying his luck on the silver screen. He was involved with the IPTA. The elder of his two sons is the Bengali actor Saswata Chatterjee and the other based in the USA.

Apon Gharey
1988

An Enemy of the People
1990 · as Biresh Guha

Amar Maa
1998

Barood
2004

Chandramallika
2002

Jamaibabu Zindabad
2001

Matir Manush
1997

Chorus
1974

Streer Maryada
2002

Phool Aur Pathor
2002

Bhai Amar Bhai
1996

Chowdhury Paribar
1998

Apon Par
1992

Abujh Mon
1996

Indrajit
1992 · as MLA Sanyal

Dr. Munshir Diary
2000 · as Dr. Rajen Munshi

Mayer Bandhan
1997

Gudia
1997