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Bollywood mourns passing away of

iconic actor Soumitra Chatterjee

Legend of Bengali cinema played ‘Apu’ and ‘Feluda’ in Satyajit Ray films

Our Bureau Chatterjee and tweeted, “Sou-

Kolakata/Mumbai mitra Chatterji. An self-effacing
actor. Om Shanti.”
egendary Bengali actor By sharing a picture of the
and Dada Saheb Phalke iconic duo- filmmaker Satyajit
LAward winner Soumi- Ray and Chatterjee, veteran ac-
tra Chatterjee, known for his tor Raj Babbar wrote on Twitter
collaborations with Oscar-win- in Hindi: “Soumitra Chatterjee
ning film director Satyajit Ray, was a veteran actor who has
passed away in Kolkata, at the passed away today. He started
age of 85, on Sunday. his acting journey from Satya-
Chatterjee became synon- jit Roy’s ‘Apur Sansar’ and an
ymous with the detective char- award like Dada Saheb Phalke
acter ‘Feluda’ created by Ray. Award is the example of his act-
Though Feluda’s first appear- ing skills and his ease while de-
ance was in a series of detective livering them. While perform-
books written by Ray, later the citer. dant talent .. last met him at ing the characters, he used to
maestro decided to give it a cel- Chatterjee debuted in the the IFFI in Kolkata .. Prayers,” forget everything. Saumitra da,
luloid format and Chatterjee film world with Ray’s Apur San- Bachchan wrote on Twitter. will miss you very much.”
played the lead role in all the sar (The World of Apu) in 1959. Veteran actor Anupam Kher Richa Chadha also mourn-
movies made by Ray on Feluda. This was the third part of Ray’s on Sunday expressed grief over ed Chatterjee’s passing away
Later on, Ray started making il- famous Apu trilogy. He played the death of “one of his favour- and shared an old photo of him
lustrations of Feluda in his books the lead role of ‘Apu’ opposite ite” actor Soumitra Chatterjee. with his frequent collaborator
based on Chatterjee’s figure. veteran actor Sharmila Tagore. The ‘Hotel Mumbai’ star took Satyajit Ray. Reacting to the
A winner of India’s highest Later he acted in 14 Ray mov- to Twitter and shared some pic- news, Manoj Bajpayee tweeted,
award for cinema -- Dadasaheb ies including Charulata, Abhi- tures of the late Dada Saheb “Tragic loss!! Rest in peace Sir!!
Phalke Award in 2012, Soumi- jan, Aranyer Din Ratri, Ashani Phalke awardee actor as a trib- Your contribution to the Indian
tra during his acting career had Sanket, Sonar Kella, Jai Baba ute to him, stating that he has Cinema will always be remem-
worked with Ray in more than Felunath, Ghare Baire and Ga- learnt so much from his amaz- bered and inspire the genera-
14 movies. Chatterjee is also nashatru. ingly rich talent and craft. tions to come !!”
the first Indian film personality He fell sick in October 2020 “Deeply saddened to know Rahul Bose also shared a
conferred with France’s highest and tested coronavirus positive. about the demise of legendary throwback pic with Chatterjee
award for artists -- the Ordre Later it developed into multi- actor and one of my favourite on Instagram and wrote a long
des Arts et des Lettres. ple complications, which led to #SoumitraChatterjee,” wrote note. His note read, “There was
Born in Calcutta, West Ben- his demise. With him, an era in Kher. “I Learnt so much from a time when I went on a #Sa-
gal, in the year 1935, Chatterjee Bengali movies came to an end. his amazingly rich talent and tyajitRay films watching spree
graduated from the City Col- Megastar Amitabh Bach- craft. Om Shanti!!,” he added. and Soumitrada was in most
lege, Kolkata with honours in chan on Sunday condoled the Earlier in the day, Bollywood of them. So working with him
Bengali literature, post which demise of late legendary ac- actors including Anil Kapoor, in #15ParkAvenue felt surre-
he did an M.A. in Bengali from tor Soumitra Chatterjee and Paresh Rawal, Raj Babbar, al. Needless to say I incessant-
the University of Calcutta. termed him “an iconic legend”. Randeep Hooda among many ly asked questions about cine-
The thespian learnt his acting The superstar dug out an others expressed grief over the ma, Ray, his working style etc.
skills under noted actor-direc- old picture of himself with the demise of Chatterjee. He answered everything with
tor of Bengali theatre Ahindra departed actor and posted it on Conveying his condolences generosity and warmth. Rest in
Choudhury. Twitter along with a short note. to the family of the late actor peace, Soumitrada. #Soumi-
Apart from his movies, in “Soumitra Chatterjee .. an icon- on Twitter, actor Anil Kapoor traChatterjee (Obviously that’s
his over six decades-long career, ic legend .. one of the mightiest called him “a legend and an @konkona in the image too.
Chatterjee was also known as a pillars of the Film Industry, .. has inspiration”. Paresh Rawal too Probably from one of the post
noted stage actor, poet and re- fallen .. a gentle soul and abun- paid an emotional tribute to release functions of 15Park).”

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