Soumitra Chatterjee

Bela Sheshe to Asukh, celebrating Soumitra Chatterjee's iconic performances beyond the Satyajit Ray universe

Chatterjee’s body of work, spanning over 300 films, is vast, versatile, and defining. He became representative of the educated Bengali middle-class in a way that was both accessible and aspirational.

Book review — Suman Ghosh's Soumitra Chatterjee: A Film-maker Remembers is a thirst-quencher for incurable cinephilia

In most Suman Ghosh films, Soumitra Chatterjee played characters who had no option but to stare at their own mortality and memory. It makes sense then that Ghosh has written a book on Chatterjee that is eventually an excavation of memory.

On Soumitra Chatterjee's birth anniversary, Sharmila Tagore, Sandip Ray remember actor's 'ineradicable legacy'

Sharmila Tagore who co-starred in Soumitra Chatterjee’s several films, including Apur Sansar and Devi, says she doesn’t know of anyone as erudite as him: "He could talk about any subject under the sun"

Joi Baba Felunath: How a child's misgivings about gods open Satyajit Ray's detective thriller on fake godmen

Satyajit Ray’s second Feluda film Joi Baba Felunath is a detective story that makes fine use of Varanasi as a setting – while also critiquing showy displays of religiosity.

Release of Abhijaan, Golondaaj and other big-budget Bengali films stalled indefinitely amid COVID-19 second wave

Late actor Soumitra Chatterjee's wife Deepa passes away aged 83 in Kolkata

Deepa Chatterjee, a badminton champion, had also acted in films like Durga and Bilombito Loy.

Books of the week: From Avinuo Kire's The Last Light of Glory Days to Vijay Kichlu's biography, our picks

Our weekly roundup of books that should be on your radar.

A guide to Kolkata International Film Festival 2021: Apur Sansar, Saptapati, Bhranti Bilas

KIFF commences today and will conclude on 15 January

Soumitra Chatterjee's Apur Sansar to open 26th Kolkata International Film Festival on 8 January

A total of 131 films – in feature, short and documentary formats – will be screened at the seven-day festival, said West Bengal minister Arup Biswas.

Year ender 2020: From Pranab Mukherjee, Sushant Singh Rajput to Diego Maradona, prominent personalities who passed away this year

From politicians to sportspersons, authors, musicians and actors, the year 2020 saw some of the biggest stars departing the world.