Maithili Rao

As we mourn Soumitra Chatterjee, a thespian of rare artistic integrity, we also celebrate his immense contribution to that kind of Indian cinema counted among the world’s best. He will forever be synonymous with the sensitive, poetic, and tragically marked Apu and his final reconciliation with reality. The final image of a bearded Apu with [&hellip;]

Apur Sansar

Bela Seshe

Dwando

Satyajit Ray

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Remembering Soumitra Chatterjee’s Greatest Roles

Arnesh Ghose

With the passing away of Soumitra Chatterjee, we see the departure of the last of Bengal&#8217;s cultural legends. But, even though he had a long, successful, and extremely popular film and stage career, his collaboration with Satyajit Ray, and how the duo immortalised various characters on-screen – and the acting masterclass Chatterjee delivered with every [&hellip;]

Joi Baba Felunath

Maach Mishti &amp; More

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Goodbye, Apu. Goodbye, Feluda

MW Staff

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee passed away on in Kolkata after battling COVID-19. He was 85. In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee worked in more than 200 films and was conferred with many accolades, including the Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award. &#8220;We declare with a heavy heart that Shri Soumitra Chattopadhyay breathed his [&hellip;]