Tributes Pour in for India Acting Legend Soumitra Chatterjee1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been hailed as one of Indian cinema’s leading lights after his death at the age of 85 from health complications after he contracted the coronavirus.
Chatterjee appeared in around 300 films over six decades but was best known internationally for his work with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray.
He was admitted to a Kolkata hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 last month and was kept there as he suffered further ailments linked to the virus, according to local media.
The acting icon’s condition deteriorated and he died on Sunday, his daughter Poulami Bose wrote on Facebook.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Chaterjee’s death was “a colossal loss to the world of cinema” and India’s cultural life.
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