Soumitra - The legendary actor.

Soumitra Chatterjee is a Bengali actor from India, most famous for his frequent collaborations with the great Indian director Satyajit Ray. Popularly known by his first name, Soumitra appeared in 14 of Ray's 34 films, and his centrality to Ray's work is akin to other key collaborations in the history of cinema - Mifune & Kurosawa, Mastroianni & Fellini, or De Niro & Scorsese.

Launching of Soumitralive.com

Launching of Soumitralive.com

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Soumitro's Film Clippings










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Aranyer Din Ratri

Aranyer Din Ratri or Days and Nights in the Forest is about four city-bred friends who go for a vacation in the jungles. The story explores the faultlines between city-bred individuals and locals or villagers in post-Independence India. The film version by Ray has Soumitra Chatterjee, Shubhendu Chatterjee, Samit Bhanja and Robi Ghosh playing the four friends. The two ladies they meet are played by Sharmila Tagore and Kaberi Bose. The local girl who Samit Bhanja's character(Hari) has an affair with is played by Simi Garewal. A sequel was made by Goutam Ghosh called 'Abar Aranye'.The story explores the faultlines between city-bred individuals and locals or villagers in post-Independence India.

Aranyer Din Ratri

Aranyer Din Ratri