Utpal Dutt
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Utpal Dutt was a renowned Indian actor, director, and playwright, celebrated for his powerful performances in both serious cinema and popular comedies, as well as his influential work in Bengali theatre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Utpal Dutt canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8617335 — 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: Utpal Dutt Context triple: [Bhuvan Shome, stars, Utpal Dutt]
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A.
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar was a legendary Indian actor and cultural icon, widely regarded as the greatest star of Bengali cinema.
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B.
Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar was a legendary Indian film actor, celebrated as the "Tragedy King" of Hindi cinema and renowned for his intense, nuanced performances in classic Bollywood films.
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C.
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor was a prominent Indian film actor and producer, known for his work in Hindi cinema and international films, and as a member of the influential Kapoor family.
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D.
Sanjay Sen
Sanjay Sen is known primarily as the husband of acclaimed Indian filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen.
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E.
Dev Anand
Dev Anand was a legendary Indian film actor, director, and producer, celebrated as one of Hindi cinema’s most charismatic and enduring stars.
- 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: Utpal Dutt Target entity description: Utpal Dutt was a renowned Indian actor, director, and playwright, celebrated for his powerful performances in both serious cinema and popular comedies, as well as his influential work in Bengali theatre.
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A.
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar was a legendary Indian actor and cultural icon, widely regarded as the greatest star of Bengali cinema.
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B.
Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar was a legendary Indian film actor, celebrated as the "Tragedy King" of Hindi cinema and renowned for his intense, nuanced performances in classic Bollywood films.
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C.
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor was a prominent Indian film actor and producer, known for his work in Hindi cinema and international films, and as a member of the influential Kapoor family.
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D.
Sanjay Sen
Sanjay Sen is known primarily as the husband of acclaimed Indian filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen.
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E.
Dev Anand
Dev Anand was a legendary Indian film actor, director, and producer, celebrated as one of Hindi cinema’s most charismatic and enduring stars.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comedian
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ stage actor ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| activeIn |
20th-century film
ⓘ
20th-century theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Film Award for Best Actor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1929-03-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1993-08-19 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | St. Xavier's College, Kolkata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Bengali people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Dutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Bengali theatre
ⓘ
Indian cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ political theatre ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
ⓘ
political drama ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| givenName | Utpal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
Bengali
ⓘ
English ⓘ Hindi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Indian People's Theatre Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Indian People's Theatre Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Utpal Dutt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Agantuk
NERFINISHED
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Barricade NERFINISHED ⓘ Bhuvan Shome NERFINISHED ⓘ Gol Maal NERFINISHED ⓘ Hulchul (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Kallol NERFINISHED ⓘ Rang Birangi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shaukeen NERFINISHED ⓘ The Great Dictator (Bengali play adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiner Talwar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
comedian ⓘ film director ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Barisal
NERFINISHED
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Bengal Presidency NERFINISHED ⓘ British India ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Calcutta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India ⓘ West Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalIdeology |
Marxism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Calcutta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Shobha Sen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Bengali cinema
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hindi cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Utpal Dutt Description of subject: Utpal Dutt was a renowned Indian actor, director, and playwright, celebrated for his powerful performances in both serious cinema and popular comedies, as well as his influential work in Bengali theatre.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.