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Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Bengali star Prosenjit Chatterjee, filmmaker Srijit Mukherji and actor Rahul Bose on Thursday paid tributes to celebrated filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who passed away due to age related ailments. The 77-year-old national award-winning director, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence here early on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, his family members said.Â
Dasgupta began his career as a lecturer in a college before taking a plunge into filmmaking in the 70s, after having enrolled his name as a member of Calcutta Film Society. Some of his notable films include Neem Annapurna , Grihajuddha , Bagh Bahadur , Tahader Katha , Charachar , Lal Darja , Uttara , Swapner Din , Kaalpurush and Janala . Dasgupta had also directed Hindi films Andhi Gali and Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa .