Sting Newz Service, Krishananagar ( Nadia): “Pulu would like to take rice, daal and fish and white card at end. But he would not choice chicken and rich food, said 85 year old Sandhya Majumder, said a friend of Actor Soumitra Chatterjee in Nadia’s Krishananagar on Sunday.
Pulu was Soumitra’s nick name. Aged Sandhya walked down memory lane following the demise of the iconic actor. She more said, ” I would cook for him when he would come here. Once he came with his wife. He would like to take tea at around 4 pm. here. At that time there was a tea brand known as Garden Vally. He would like the brand. So, I would prepare it and we three would drink together.” She was speaking constantly. She said,” Pulu came here last time 15 years back but he called me over phone just two months ago. He wanted to know my condition. He told to inform him if I do need anything.” Showing his small phone- screen Sandhya said,” Look, this is his phone number. My number was with him. He would call me time to time.” Number and name of Pulu ( Soumitra Chattopadhyay) was showing saved on her phone.
Soumitra Chattopadhyay who was the son of the soil in Nadia’s Krishnanagar, spent long time here. He studied upto class five in Krishananagar CMS High School. He then left for Howrah with his guardians. Though with limited persons, he kept a touch with Krishananagar throughout his life.
However, after a long struggle of around 40 days in hospital, the enormous award winning talented actor Soumitra Chattopadhyay expired in a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday at his age of 85 years. Then the persons having contact with him in Nadia plunged deep into the abyss of memories and sorrows.
One of his class mates cum childhood friend Sudhir Chakraborty with whom he kept constant contact, was so sorrow, didn’t speak a ward on the Silver Screen Hero on Sunday. He even was Soumitra’s friend in University and throughout the life. He said,” Sorry, I won’t speak.”
He has written various issues on Soumitra as friend in an special issue of a literary magazine Chetana, published from Nadia by Chapal Biswas. The issue ‘Ananya Soumitra’ was published at beginning of 2020. Chakraborty delineated the issues of University life there. He has written that during the MA examination Soumitra left for Delhi, taking the University Drama team and returned with award of Best Actor.
