Narayan Debnath, who was born and spent most of his life living in Shibpur, Howrah, India, holds the record of longest-running comics by an individual artiste for his Handa Bhonda comics series that completed its continuous 53 years of running.
Shaoli Mitra, famous theatre personality and daughter of legendary Sambhu Mitra and Tripti Mitra, passed away at her Kolkata residence on Sunday evening
She had been suffering from heart-related ailments but had refused to be hospitalised and her condition worsened on Sunday, her close friend and theatre personality Arpita Ghosh said.