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Topic: Soumitra Chatterjee

My regret is Indians outside Bengal have been deprived of Soumitra Chatterjee: Sharmila Tagore

Soumitra Chatterjee and His World by Sanghamitra Chakraborty is the first definitive biography of the actor. From his partnership with Satyajit Ray to his forays into poetry, editorship and art.

A Holy Conspiracy: thought-provoking courtroom drama that loses voice in poor dialogues

With two stalwarts of Indian cinema—Soumitra Chatterjee and Naseeruddin Shah— anchoring the narrative, the film will nudge you to think where India is headed.

When Soumitra Chatterjee punched director Ritwik Ghatak in the face

Authors Arjun Sengupta and Partha Mukherjee write Soumitra Chatterjee regretted not being able to work with Ritwik Ghatak even once.

Amit Shah, Gadkari, Bachchans, Rajamouli — long list of prominent Indians who got Covid

The Covid pandemic spread far and wide in India, from Bollywood celebrities to politicians. ThePrint lists the prominent names who tested positive for or died due to the virus.

Apu’s ‘meeting’ with Manik da, and Nitish Kumar’s ‘support’ in Bihar

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Apu, Feluda, Amal — 6 performances that made Soumitra Chatterjee one of India’s finest actors

Bengali film legend Soumitra Chatterjee died at the age of 85 Sunday, after acting in over 300 films in a career that lasted over six decades.

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee dies at 85, after a month-long battle since contracting Covid

Soumitra Chatterjee acted in nearly 300 films, including Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar, Charulata & Ghare Baire. He had been in hospital since testing positive for Covid on 6 Oct.

Soumitra Chatterjee, the Bengali legend you probably haven’t heard of but should

As the actor turns 84 today, ThePrint takes a look at the career of Chatterjee who deserves a wider acknowledgement in the country.

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.