Soumitra celebrates 80th birthday
21 Jan 2014 5:43 AM IST
Congratulations poured in through the day for the thespian, who starred in 14 celluloid classics of Satyajit Ray.
Equally at ease in films and on stage, he is renowned for his elocutionary prowess and last year, his doodles and sketches were also exhibited.
Bengali superstar Prosenjit who considers Chatterjee his ‘uncle’ tweeted: ‘Happy Birthday to Soumitra Kaku, my guardian, philosopher and father. Many happy returns of the day.’
The actor flagged-off the celebrations at the Academy of Fine Arts here. As part of the evergreen hero’s birthday plans, three plays, written by Chatterjee, were staged by the creme de la creme of the Bengali film industry.
Daughter Poulami Basu was responsible for organising the theatrical treat, a birthday ritual for the master. Chatterjee, himself featured in one of the plays, a proof of his undying love of the craft of acting.
Ray’s son, Sandip, also a filmmaker, inaugurated the art exhibition that showcased paintings of the actor by famed artists like Jogen Chowdhury, Suvaprasanna and by Ray himself. Making his movie debut in Ray’s masterpiece Apur Sansar (the world of Apu)- the third part of the Apu Trilogy- in 1959- Chatterjee became the famed director’s favourite actor, playing lead roles in films like Sonar Kella, Jai Baba Felunath, Charulata, Ghare Baire, Ashani Sanket, Devi, Abhijan, Aranyer Din Ratri and Ganashatru.
Equally at ease in films and on stage, he is renowned for his elocutionary prowess and last year, his doodles and sketches were also exhibited.
Bengali superstar Prosenjit who considers Chatterjee his ‘uncle’ tweeted: ‘Happy Birthday to Soumitra Kaku, my guardian, philosopher and father. Many happy returns of the day.’
The actor flagged-off the celebrations at the Academy of Fine Arts here. As part of the evergreen hero’s birthday plans, three plays, written by Chatterjee, were staged by the creme de la creme of the Bengali film industry.
Daughter Poulami Basu was responsible for organising the theatrical treat, a birthday ritual for the master. Chatterjee, himself featured in one of the plays, a proof of his undying love of the craft of acting.
Ray’s son, Sandip, also a filmmaker, inaugurated the art exhibition that showcased paintings of the actor by famed artists like Jogen Chowdhury, Suvaprasanna and by Ray himself. Making his movie debut in Ray’s masterpiece Apur Sansar (the world of Apu)- the third part of the Apu Trilogy- in 1959- Chatterjee became the famed director’s favourite actor, playing lead roles in films like Sonar Kella, Jai Baba Felunath, Charulata, Ghare Baire, Ashani Sanket, Devi, Abhijan, Aranyer Din Ratri and Ganashatru.
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