Filmmaker Srijit Mukherji, actors Arjun Chakraborty, Anirban Bhattacharya, and late Soumitra Chatterjee’s Barunbabur Bondhu all bagged awards at the Joy Filmfare Awards Bangla 2021.
Four Bengali-made films — actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee’s Abhijaan, starring late Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee; filmmaker Suman Ghosh’s Searching for Happiness; the documentary Swimming Through the Darkness by Supriyo Sen; and stage and film director Suman Mukhopadhyay’s first Hindi film Nazarband — are being showcased at the London Indian Film Festival 2021.
The teaser of Abhijaan, the Bengali biopic based on legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee, was released on Tuesday on the occasion of the thespian’s 86th birthday.
Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee died on November 15 due to complications related to Covid-19 at a private hospital in Kolkata.
Chatterjee went on to perform in commercial films, on the advice of Ray. He worked in Akash Kusum (1965) with Mrinal Sen, Jhinder Bondi (1961) with Tapan Sinha, Teen Bhubaner Pare (1969) with Ashutosh Bandyopadhyay, Parineeta (1969) with Ajoy Kar, Basanta Bilap (1973) with Dinen Gupta, Kony (1984) with Saroj Dey, and did many other films with notable directors during the time.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee died on Sunday at a private hospital in Kolkata, ending a brilliant six-decade-long career of stellar performances in notable films. The 85-year-old actor, who debuted in master filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar (1959), was considered to be Ray’s favourite actor and had acted in 14 of the auteur’s films. The thespian was often termed as the ‘thinking man’s actor’, who attained critical acclaim both in parallel and well as in commercial films.
Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Bengali actor who gave face to auteur Satyajit Ray’s Apu and Feluda, breathed his last at a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s condition has deteriorated and for the first time, “an unfavourable outcome is being expected”, say doctors treating him.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s kidney function may improve in the next three to four weeks, said Arindam Kar, who is leading the team of doctors treating Chatterjee at the Belle Vue Hospital in Kolkata.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s health condition is currently stable, although his platelet count remains low, say doctors treating him at the Belle Vue Hospital in Kolkata.
Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee’s health condition has slightly improved, however, his hemoglobin level remains low, senior doctor Dr Arindam Kar who is leading the medical team at Belle Vue Hospital in Kolkata said on Monday evening.
Actor Soumitra Chatterjee is still critical and is on ventilator support, said Arindam Kar, senior doctor, who is leading the medical team at Kolkata’s Belle Vue Hospital.
Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on October 6, after testing positive for Covid-19, is stable and recovering, hospital authorities said on Monday.
A photograph of veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee from the hospital, was leaked on social media on Tuesday, compelling his daughter to pen a note on Facebook requesting respect and privacy.
Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee was shifted to Intensive Care Unit on Saturday after his health condition worsened during the day, PTI reported.
Bengali veteran actor and Ray’s Apu Trilogy hero Soumitra Chatterjee will soon be conferred with France’s highest civilian award – Legion of Honour.
Veteran actor Soumitra Chattopadhyay tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to a hospital in Kolkata after the report arrived on Tuesday morning.
Having played Feluda four times, twice under Ray’s director, Soumitra was pegged as the best Feluda out of all the other actors who played the fictional detective. Fit, profound knowledge on a variety of subjects, unbiased, moral, and razor sharp intelligence, it is believed that when Ray wrote Feluda, he had his Charulatha actor in mind.
Written and directed by Ayananshu Banerjee, Bodhon is a drama film starring Arpita Pal, Joy Sengupta and Gouri Ghosh in the lead, along with Mamata Shankar, Prabir Das, Konineeca Banerjee, Shayoni Ghosh, Debshankar Haldar and late Soumitra Chatterjee in pivotal roles.Directed by Rituparna Ghosh, Utsab is a drama film featuring a star cast of actors Madhabi Mukherjee, Mamata Shankar, Rituparna Sengupta, Prasenjit Chatterjee, Pradip Mukherjee, Deepankar De, and Arpita Pal.
The 26th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) will see auteur Satyajit Ray’s 1959 film Apur Sansar, the debut film of late actor Soumitra Chatterjee, being screened as the inaugural film.
Silverscreen India brings you a list of eight films and series that you can binge this weekend including Konkona Sen Sharma starrer Mumbai Diaries 26/11, Nani starrer Tuck Jagadish, Vijay Sethupathi starrer Tughlaq Durbar, among others. Doogie Kameāloha, M. D.”Set in the tinsel town of Andhra Pradesh, the film narrates the life and journey of Jagadish Naidu (played by Nani) as he traverses through the ups and downs in his family life thereby highlighting the special bond and conflicts between siblings in his closely-knit joint family,” reads the official synopsis of the film.
Abhilasha Patil, the Hindi and Marathi actor, died due to Covid-19 related complications in Mumbai on Wednesday.
The 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI), that marked its “first-ever hybrid” version, closed on Sunday.
The organisers of the 51st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) apologised on Saturday for incorrectly mentioning the plot of auteur Satyajit Ray’s classic Bengali film Sonar Kella on their website.
The 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), which began on January 8, concluded on Friday. The film festival, which is held annually in November, was postponed this year in light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.