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Amitava Nag

Who was Soumitra Chatterjee’s favourite athlete? Hint: think cricket

An excerpt from a new essay of conversations with the legendary actor.

Amitava Nag
· Jan 02, 2021 · 10:30 am
‘Kony’ revisited: One of Soumitra Chatterjee’s best roles is as a swimming coach who never gives up

Saroj De’s sports drama, released in 1986, stars Soumitra Chatterjee and Sriparna Banerjee.

Amitava Nag
· Nov 15, 2020 · 06:00 pm
Satyajit Ray said ‘Villains bore me’, but he had quite a few of them in his films

Edited excerpts from a book-length analysis of the key actors and character types in Satyajit Ray’s films reveal the darkness lining the noble and the romantic.

Amitava Nag
· Jan 20, 2019 · 10:30 am