He suggested Rehman for the lead female role. Ray sent a letter to Rehman mentioning: "My leading man Soumitra Chatterjee and my unit believe that you are most suitable for the role of Gulaabi ...

In Tollywood, Soumitra Chatterjee was 80 when his ‘Belaseshe' became a success in 2015. He was 82 when he performed in ‘Posto' alongside Lily Chakraborty who was then 77. "Nostalgia is not the ...

Director Jiit Chakraborty has previously worked on films like Sesher Golpo starring Soumitra Chatterjee, and Kothamrito featuring Kaushik Ganguly. Moushumi Chatterjee’s last Bengali film was Goynar ...

The dynamic between Charu (Madhabi Mukherjee) and Amal (Soumitra Chatterjee) is never not palpable. And yet, it never crosses a line. As Mohanty writes in the Preface, Broken Nest marks a critical ...

I was a child when I witnessed the phenomenon known as Soumitra Chatterjee by watching his movies. It has remained a mystery to me how or why he was not that well-known outside Bengal, especially in ...

there has been a spate of biographies attempting to chronicle the life and work of Soumitra Chatterjee. Not surprising, given he was an inseparable part of Bengali culture over a career spanning ...

KOLKATA: Lost cult films are a prevalent misfortune in Bengal. Stories of lost films of Soumitra Chatterjee and Mrinal Sen are common. National Film Archive of India (NFAI) is now using mix-and ...

Narrating her own experience of working with senior actors like Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Mithun Chakraborty, Sabitri Chatterjee, Supriya Devi, Victor Banerjee…etc., Rituparna says all ...