Bengali movie famous person Prosenjit Chatterjee says he has no rancour that he has not been thought of for any nationwide honour as he feels the praises and love showered on him by the viewers and administrators have been his greatest awards.

Prosenjit, who has dominated the Bengali movie world for the previous 4 many years and amongst those that saved it going through the ’90s, says he prefers to attract inspiration from the late thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, whom he calls ‘Uncle’. ”I do not take into consideration these points (nationwide awards) any extra. Soumitra Uncle had received the nationwide award as greatest actor for his portrayal in ‘Podokkhep'(launched in 2006) lengthy 4 many years into his performing profession … I’m no person in comparison with him. I’m nowhere close to him,” Prosenjit informed PTI in an interview right here.

The 61-year-old actor has labored in 349 movies and has plenty of Filmfare awards, Bengal Film Journalists’ Award, the oldest affiliation of movie critics within the nation and West Bengal Film Journslists’ Awards, moreover the particular point out prize of the National Film Award in 2007 for ‘Dosar’ amongst others beneath his belt. His newest movie ‘Shesh Pata’ (The Last Page) directed by Atanu Ghosh is slated to be launched on April 14. His breakthrough was his function in ‘Amar Sangi’ reverse Vijeta Pandit means again in 1984.

He stated, ”It is not going to matter even when no different award comes my means as I’m overwhelmed by the praises and love showered by the viewers, my administrators, critics, everybody. That is my greatest award, my greatest vindication”. Srijit Mukherjee’s ‘Jatishwaar’ (The Reincarnate), by which he essayed the function of Anthony Firangee , a nineteenth century Bengali language poet of Portuguese origin, was essentially the most awarded movie within the 61st National Film Awards.

He, nonetheless, needs he may present Soumitro Chatterjee, who handed away in November 2020, his current works. ”Soumitra Uncle was like a father to me. I nonetheless miss his presence and steerage. He was very proud of my efficiency in ‘Autograph’ in 2010 and had personally complimented me … I’d have been the happiest individual if I may present my post-2020 movies to him. If solely he may see ‘Shesh Pata’,” the ‘Moner Manush’ actor stated. ‘Autograph’ was a tribute to Satyajit Ray’s 1966 movie ‘Nayak’ and Bengal’s evergreen hero Uttam Kumar. The movie was the primary foray by director Srijit Mukherjee.

Prosenjit is unabashed in his reward for the Dadsaheb Phalke awardee. ”Soumitra Chatterjee was a movie college for me – a persona who had coped with so many challenges, who had essayed so many roles and in lots of shades – each in movies and on stage. The means he dealt with his total profession is a lesson for all”. In ‘Shesh Pata’ Prosenjit performs the function of Balmiki, the central character who’s a previously well-known author. ”I fee this function as one in every of my 5 most memorable characters, which I hope can be remembered by the ence years later, even when I’m no extra round.” Asked concerning the character he essayed in ‘Sesh Pata’, Prosenjit stated it’s of an individual with excessive mind who’s fired with the zeal to dwell but needs to flee from all the things. The capturing was accomplished principally through the pandemic, which introduced out the pent-up feelings, frustration and restiveness within the function, he stated.

He in contrast this function with that he performed in ‘Mayurakshi’, which dwelt on the connection between an aged dementia-struck father and his profitable son. ”The character in ‘Mayurakshi’ is a cultured, refined and educated individual, who’s an introvert. He is sort of in contrast to Balmiki, who’s a louder character and never so refined”.

”I had solely Bumba da (Prosenjit) in thoughts after I visualised Balmiki in ‘Shesh Pata’. He has delivered a practical, unforgettable efficiency in it,” director Ghosh, who had directed Prosenjit in ‘Mayurakshi’ and ‘Robibar’ stated.

Speaking of his the variety in his oeuvre, Prosenjit stated ”I had turned up in ‘Moner Manush’ and ‘Autograph’ in the identical 12 months. ‘Baishe Srabon’ and ‘Aparajito’ by which I had labored have been launched in 2011. My function in ‘Mayurakshi’, which was launched in 2017, was appreciated by the viewers”. ‘Moner Manush’ (Ideal Person), a Bengali movie directed by Goutam Ghose, was an Indo-Bangladesh enterprise by which Prosenjit performed the function of nineteenth century religious chief, poet and folks singer Lalon Fakir which received the Golden Peacock on the forty first International Film Festival of India. ‘Baishe Srabon’ was a Bengali neo-noir psychological thriller and ‘Aparajito’ (The Undefeated) revolves across the journey and hurdles confronted by a younger filmmaker through the making of his first full-length characteristic movie. It was impressed by the favored Bengali eponymous novel Pather Panchali written by Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay.

Prosenjit is candid when requested what retains him ticking as an actor. ”Three issues – to earn cash for my son’s training, to make sure that my household lives fortunately and for greater field workplace returns. But some movies I’ve acted in have been for my very own satisfaction.” But he readily accepted that he has to think about each the field workplace and his personal artistic satisfaction as an actor whereas performing. Prosenjit had debuted as a lead actor in Bimal Roy’s movie ‘Duti Pata’ in 1983. He had began a lot earlier than that as a toddler artiste in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Chhoto Jigyasa’ for which he had received the Most excellent work of the Year Award by Bengal Film Journalists’ Association in 1969.

He was a part of a number of mainstream Bengali blockbusters together with ‘Amar Sangi’ (1984), ‘Bandini’ (1989), ‘Asha Bhalobasha’ (1989), ‘Sasurbari Zindabad’ (2000), until he was reinvented by ace director Rituparno Ghosh in ‘Chokher Bali’ in 2003 and ‘Shob Choritro Kalponik’ in 2009. He then turned an everyday in movies of Goutam Ghosh, Srijit Mukherjee, Kaushik Ganguly and lots of different administrators together with Atanu Ghosh. During his lengthy profession he has labored with Bollywood actors like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (Chokher Bali) and Bipasha Basu (Shob Choritro Kalponik) and Vijeta Pandit (Amar Sangi).

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