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Soumitra Chatterjee was an Indian cinema actor, director, dramatist, writer, singer, and poet who was born on January 19, 1935. He is recognised as one of the greatest and most important performers in Indian Bengali movie history. He is most recognised for his work with filmmaker Satyajit Ray, with whom he collaborated on fourteen films. Beginning with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The Family of Apu, 1959), the third instalment of The Apu Trilogy, as adult Apu, he went on to work in several films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969), Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973), Sonar Kella (The Fortress of Gold, 1974), and Joi Baba (Enemy of the Peopl
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