{"product_id":"soumitra-chatterjee-his-life-in-cinema-and-beyond-9789354474613","title":"Soumitra Chatterjee His Life in Cinema and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeScriPtion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Soumitra Chatterjee debuted in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar in 1959-the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efinal part of Ray's Apu trilogy-a star was born in Bengali cinema. Soumitra soon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etranscended the boundaries of the Bengali film industry to become an internationally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecelebrated actor who was compared to the best in the business, from Max von Sydow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto Marcello Mastroianni. Famously known as 'Ray's actor', in a career spanning six\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edecades, Soumitra worked with practically every Bengali director worth the name-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha, Chidananda Dasgupta, Aparna Sen, Tarun Majumdar, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRituparno Ghosh and Goutam Ghose, to name but a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Apur Sansar, Soumitra played the lead in another Ray film, Devi, in 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom then until the posthumously released Abhijan and Belashuru (2022), the more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan 300 films in which he acted rank among the best in Bengali cinema, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewon him a string of awards, including the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(1995), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1999), the Padma Bhushan (2004), the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDadasaheb Phalke Award (2012) and the Legion d'Honour awarded by the French\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernment (2018). But it was not just on the silver screen that Soumitra shone. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas also an accomplished playwright and theatre actor, a poet, a painter, the literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeditor of the magazine, Ekshan, and an elocutionist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoumitra Chatterjee: His Life in Cinema and Beyond, is the first comprehensive attempt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto portray the life of the actor in all its facets. It traces Soumitra's initial years of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esearching for identities to the final decades when he reached the pinnacle of his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecareer as an actor and an artist. Written from the vantage point of someone who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshared an exceptionally close relationship with the actor, film journalist Amitava Nag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas drawn an intimate portrait of the star thespian and his art beyond acting, which\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewill be essential reading for his legion of fans, and for all those interested in cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5447863\"\u003eAmitava Nag\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Speaking Tiger Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354474613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354474616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Speaking Tiger Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44569203605741,"sku":"9789354474613","price":37.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1955c52c-c979-46b2-bc9e-9622617c3594.jpg?v=1701919124","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/soumitra-chatterjee-his-life-in-cinema-and-beyond-9789354474613","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}