Santosh Dutta
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Santosh Dutta was an Indian character actor best remembered for his iconic comic role as the eccentric king of Shundi in Satyajit Ray’s classic Bengali fantasy film "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Santosh Dutta canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7122280 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Santosh Dutta Context triple: [Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, castMember, Santosh Dutta]
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A.
Kanu Banerjee
Kanu Banerjee was an Indian actor best known for playing Apu’s father, Harihar Ray, in Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed Apu Trilogy.
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B.
Ullaskar Dutta
Ullaskar Dutta was an Indian revolutionary associated with the early militant nationalist movement against British rule, known for his involvement in bomb-making activities and imprisonment in the Cellular Jail.
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C.
Sandeep Das
Sandeep Das is an acclaimed Indian tabla virtuoso and composer known for his cross-cultural collaborations and performances with leading world music ensembles.
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D.
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prominent Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his influential contributions to modern Bengali literature and his role in the Hungry generation literary movement.
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E.
Tapan Mitra
Tapan Mitra was an Indian economist renowned for his contributions to economic theory, particularly in growth theory and intertemporal choice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Santosh Dutta Target entity description: Santosh Dutta was an Indian character actor best remembered for his iconic comic role as the eccentric king of Shundi in Satyajit Ray’s classic Bengali fantasy film "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne."
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A.
Kanu Banerjee
Kanu Banerjee was an Indian actor best known for playing Apu’s father, Harihar Ray, in Satyajit Ray’s acclaimed Apu Trilogy.
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B.
Ullaskar Dutta
Ullaskar Dutta was an Indian revolutionary associated with the early militant nationalist movement against British rule, known for his involvement in bomb-making activities and imprisonment in the Cellular Jail.
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C.
Sandeep Das
Sandeep Das is an acclaimed Indian tabla virtuoso and composer known for his cross-cultural collaborations and performances with leading world music ensembles.
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D.
Sunil Gangopadhyay
Sunil Gangopadhyay was a prominent Indian Bengali poet, novelist, and short story writer known for his influential contributions to modern Bengali literature and his role in the Hungry generation literary movement.
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E.
Tapan Mitra
Tapan Mitra was an Indian economist renowned for his contributions to economic theory, particularly in growth theory and intertemporal choice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bengali-language film
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Indian actor ⓘ character actor ⓘ film ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appearedIn | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ⓘ |
| artisticMovement | Indian parallel cinema ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| director | Satyajit Ray ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bengali ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | Bengali cinema ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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fantasy film ⓘ musical comedy ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | King of Shundi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
comic roles
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role as the eccentric king of Shundi in Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Bengali ⓘ |
| medium | film ⓘ |
| name | Santosh Dutta ⓘ |
| notability | iconic comic performance in Bengali cinema ⓘ |
| notableRole |
King of Shundi
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eccentric king of Shundi ⓘ |
| notableWork | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| participantIn | Bengali-language films ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Kolkata
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linked to:
Calcutta
West Bengal ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Santosh Dutta Description of subject: Santosh Dutta was an Indian character actor best remembered for his iconic comic role as the eccentric king of Shundi in Satyajit Ray’s classic Bengali fantasy film "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne."
Referenced by (6)
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