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Posted January 13th, 2021 for Blue Pencil
Blue Pencil New Book Paints Intimate Portrait of the legendary Soumitra Chatterjee, as a person
and not the actor
Author Amitava Nag’s Rambling yet Entertaining Narratives Make for a Great
Coffee Table Read
Kolkata, West Bengal, India., January 13, 2021 - /PressReleasePoint/ - Bringing rare glimpses into the life and character of one of the greatest actors to ever grace the Indian screen, author Amitava Nag explores Soumitra Chatterjee through comparisons with familiar Bengali objects and incidents in his new book - ‘Murmurs: Silent Steals with Soumitra Chatterjee’. The book will be launched officially in the first week of February. Published by Blue Pencil, the work is also available for pre-orders on Amazon and will be available to readers on 19 January to mark the birth anniversary of the cinema doyen.
In remembrance of Soumitra Chatterjee
Photo: Collected Syed Maqsud Jamil Syed Maqsud Jamil
Soumitra Chatterjee in his career of over fifty years, was one of the busiest artistes, among those who came into the limelight in India. He was an actor, a director, a playwright, a writer and a poet.
Acting was his foremost passion. He was to Satyajit Ray what renowned actor Toshiro Mifune was to Akira Kurosawa and Marcello Mastroianni was to Federico Fellini. Soumitra acted in fourteen of Ray s films, and Ray had high expectations from him.
In Apur Sansar , Soumitra played a young man who loved literature. He gave a candid performance in the film. In Charulata , he was the devoted lover, and in Abhijan he played a strong-headed taxi driver.