''I have lost a family member'': Satyajit Ray’s son Sandip mourns the loss of Soumitra Chatterjee

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: November 15, 2020 03:30 PM2020-11-15T15:30:00+5:302020-11-15T15:30:00+5:30

Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, star of some of Bengali cinema's finest films, has died. He was 85. Mr Chatterjee ...

''I have lost a family member'': Satyajit Ray’s son Sandip mourns the loss of Soumitra Chatterjee | ''I have lost a family member'': Satyajit Ray’s son Sandip mourns the loss of Soumitra Chatterjee

''I have lost a family member'': Satyajit Ray’s son Sandip mourns the loss of Soumitra Chatterjee

Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, star of some of Bengali cinema's finest films, has died. He was 85. Mr Chatterjee tested positive for COVID-19 last month and was taken to hospital. An official statement read: "We declare with heavy heart that Shri Soumitra Chattopadhyay breathed his last at 12-15 pm at Belle Vue Clinic today (15 November 2020). We pay our homage to his soul." West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived at the hospital soon after Soumitra Chatterjee's death to be with the actor's family.  

Mourning the loss, Satyajit Ray's son, Sandip said, “I lost a member of my family. He shared a wonderful chemistry with my father. He gave a lot of thought to the characters my father created. His most favourite role was that of Gangacharan in Ashani Sanket. He was so involved in the project that he even pushed the trolley when there was a shortage in manpower one day.”Known for an illustrious career that spanned over 61 years and around 300 films, Chatterjee is best known for playing the protagonist in as many as 14 films made by the legendary Satyajit Ray.Chatterjee made his debut in 1959 with Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), the third in Ray’s internationally recognised Apu Trilogy, as the husband of another debutant, 15-year-old Sharmila Tagore.
 

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