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Eclipse of an icon in Bengali film industry

Kolkata, Nov 15 (UNI) The Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning actor, best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, Soumitra Chatterjee breathed his last here on Sunday.
Chatterjee was one of the most celebrated actors in West Bengal.
The legendary actor is also the first Indian film personality conferred with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France’s highest award for artists.
In 2017, exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France’s highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, Chatterjee also received the prestigious award.
The iconic Bengali actor had successful collaborations with Bengali directors like Mrinal Sen and Tapan Sinha. Sen’s Akash Kusum (1965) and Sinha’s Jhinder Bandi (1961) got Chatterjee equal laurels.
At the same time, Chatterjee acted in popular Bengali cinema, giving a career total of more than 300 films.
Among contemporary filmmakers, Chatterjee teamed up with Goutam Ghose, Aparna Sen, Anjan Das and Rituparno Ghosh among others.
Chatterjee’s death has left the Bengali film industry shattered. For them, it is "end of an iconic era." Actors such as Swastika Mukherjee, Parno Mittra, Rahul Bose, as well as filmmaker and stars from Bollywood like Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee and Richa Chadha, Sudhir Mishra, Ramesh Sharma poured their hearts out by mourning the "true legend of cinema and theatres" on Twitter.
Despite his advanced age, the actor was one of the busiest still in Bengali cinema. Right before being diagnosed with Covid-19, the actor was shooting for a documentary with Parambrata Chattopadhyay.
Bengali film aficionados would always debate who was better of Uttam Kumar and Soumitra Chatterjee. While the former was ‘hero’ material, thanks to his charm, the latter won hearts with a stunning portrayal of the loser.
Until in ripe age, Soumitra rarely played a happy man. Flamboyance was never his signature mark. But that was precisely what another legend, filmmaker Satyajit Ray, was looking for to cast as the protagonist in Apur Sansar.
Born on January 19, 1935, Chatterjee learned acting from noted theatre personality, Ahindra Choudhury. After initially getting rejected for the role of Apu, Chatterjee finally made his acting debut with Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar (1959), which was the third part of the Apu Trilogy. The two eventually worked on fourteen films including Abhijan, Charulata, Kapurush, Aranyer Din Ratri, Ashani Sanket, Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath.
Internationally, apart from his Ray oeuvre that was seen the world over, Chatterjee acted in Nicolas Klotz’s “The Bengali Night” (1988) and Florian Gallenberger’s “Shadows of Time” (2004). Catherine Berge made a documentary on Chatterjee titled “The Tree” (1998).
Chatterjee won lead actor at India’s National Awards for Suman Ghosh’s “Podokkhep” (2006), supporting actor at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival for Atanu Ghosh’s “Angshumaner Chhobi” (2009) and actor at New York’s Winter Film Awards for Amit Ranjan Biswas’ “Bridge” (2016).
On October 6, Chatterjee tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in Belle Vue Clinic, Kolkata. However, he tested negative after the 2nd Covid-19 test conducted on October 14. In the meantime, his complications (urinary tract infection, fluctuations in sodium-potassium levels, etc.) made his condition critical, and he had to be admitted to ITU.
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