He was born in Calcutta in 1948. He graduated from the Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.^[1]

Chakrabarty was involved in politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribals. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He has two daughters, Chitrangada Satarupa and Ritabhari Chakraborty.

Director edit

Feature films edit

• Prasab 1994
• Chandaneer 1989
• Phaansi 1988
• Debshishu 1985
• Chokh 1983
• Maina Tadanta 1980

Television films edit

• Dwibachan 1989
• Sonar Chheye Dami 1989
• Rang 1989
• Bikalpa 1988
• Aparichita 1986
• Aparichita 2002
• Kalo Patharer Itikatha (Balad of the black Stone)
• Chua Chandan
• May Day 2005

Documentaries edit

• The Music of Satyajit Ray 1984
• Debrata Biswas 1983
• Mukti Chai 1977
• Sunilo Sagore (On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)

Writer edit

• The Music of Satyajit Ray (Documentary) 1984
• Chokh (Screenplay / Story) 1983

Composer edit

• Chokh 1983

Music director edit

• Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha 1995

• Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta
• National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh
• National Film Award for Best Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh
• Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for Chokh
• National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for Music of Satyajit Ray.

• Satarupa Sanyal

• Calcuttaweb Utpalendu Chakrabarty Archived 4 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Utpalendu Chakrabarty at IMDb
• On The Music of Satyajit Ray Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• On Chokh
• On Debshishu