Chatterjee has recently been awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award, and praise is flowing in from all quarters.
Ghosh tells Patcy N why Soumitra rightly deserves this title.
I grew up watching Soumitrada's films. My favourite is Aranayer Din Ratri.
He played Feluda, a character we really loved. I loved Sonar Kella and Joi Baba Felunath. He was in most of Satyajit Ray's films. He is a great actor.
I was more of an Uttam Kumar fan but that does not take anything away from Soumitrada.
I think Soumitrada has become what he is today because he is very dedicated to his art. He never compromised, never ran after awards. The awards ran after him. That's what made him different.
Even though I don't know him personally, I've found Soumitrada is true to his art. He has given his life to the movies.
I have never seen him venture out of Kolkata; he built a legacy sitting in Kolkata.
His films were not an inspiration for me to make my films but he himself was inspiration
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