Soumitra Chatterjee -- one of the finest Indian actors of our time -- meant so much to Aseem Chhabra.
In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee has acted in more than 300 films.
The suave actor of the world, sometimes called the last of the Mohicans and familiar to students of cinema anywhere in the globe, acted in 14 Ray films and over 300 others, gracefully transitioning into commercial cinema in a variety of roles.
"We have seen the same thing after 2014 (elections) in the name of 'award wapsi', this is just part two of that," the minister said
The letter was written by 49 eminent personalities, including filmmakers Mani Ratnam, Anurag Kashyap, Shyam Benegal, actor Soumitra Chatterjee as well as vocalist Shubha Mudgal in July this year.
Sukanya Verma brings us everything we learned in this notorious year.
The concluding part of the A to Z guide to a year that will soon become history.
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