Swarup Dutta was 78. (Photo: Express Archive)Bengali actor Swarup Dutta, best known for movies like Sagina Mahato, Harmonium, Pita Putra and Maa o Meye, died at a city hospital on Wednesday, family members said.
Dutta, who was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, died at 6.10 am on July 17.
He had been suffering from age-related ailments for quite some time.
He was 78 and is survived by wife and son. His son, Sharan Dutta, is also an actor.
The actor had got his first break in Tapan Sinha’s Apanjan (1968). The film was set against the political turmoil in West Bengal in the 1960s.
Swarup Dutta, who was inspired by Utpal Dutt during his school days in south Kolkata, had also acted with the late thespian in his theatre troupe.
The golden era of Bengali cinema as represented by such stalwarts is fading away, actor Sudipta Chakraborty tweeted while condoling Dutta’s death.
