Soumitra Chatterjee, the legendary Indian actor with more than 200 movies to his name and famed for his work with Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray, died Sunday of complications from the coronavirus. He was 85.
Chatterjee's daughter, Poulami Bose, said her father died at a hospital in Kolkata in West Bengal state where he had been staying since testing positive for the virus in early October. He is also survived by his wife and a son.
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Chatterjee had a career that spanned six decades and was best known for his work with Ray, one of the world's most influential Indian directors, whose films garnered critical acclaim and won multiple awards worldwide, putting India on the global cinema map.
The Telegraph India wrote in its obituary for Chatterjee that he had a 14-title body of work with director Ray "that would have ensured him immortality even if he hadn't done anything else in life."
