Celebrated film director Buddhadeb Dasgupta dies at 77 The national award-winner was suffering from kidney ailments for a long time and undergoing dialysis twice a week regularly
Eminent film director Buddhadeb Dasgupta, who had been battling kidney ailments for quite some time, died at his residence here early on Thursday following a cardiac arrest, family members said. He was 77.
The national award-winning director is survived by his wife, and two daughters from a previous marriage.
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Extending her condolences to the ace director s friends and family, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted, Saddened at the passing away of eminent filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Through his works, he infused lyricism into the language of cinema. His death comes as a great loss for the film fraternity.
Bengali actor Sayantika Banerjee recently joined Trinamool Congress (ANI)
KOLKATA: The BJP s ambition to form its first government in West Bengal and the TMC s bid to seek a third term in power in the state has politically polarised the Bengali film industry and turned it into the parties new battleground.
The TMC s influence over the Tollygunge-based film industry, known by its portmanteau Tollywood, since even before Mamata Banerjee s ascendance to power in 2011, seems to have been waning with several celebrities shifting their allegiance to the saffron party.
Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Banerjee s strategy of soliciting the tinsel town s support towards causes and fielding actors in elections.
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