Soumitra Bannerjee (1954— 8 January 2000) was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Bengali cinema. Some of his notable films are ''

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'', '' Bhoy'', and '' Badnam''. He is best known for playing villainous roles. He is famous for the quote ''

Maaltake Garite Tol Maaltake Garite Tol () is a quote from the 1991 Bengali-language Indian film ''Nawab'' spoken by a character played by Soumitra Bannerjee. The line has gained popularity as an expression of irony. Origin The dialogue is from a scene in the 199 ...

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Biography

Soumitra Bannerjee was born in an aristocrat Zamindar family (Banerjee family of Damdama at Pandua, Hooghly). He was multitalented from his childhood. He began his career at the age of eight in ''Subha O Debotar Grash'' in 1964 and eventually appeared in about 150 films. In 1982 he was cast in the lead role in the movie ''

'' opposite

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Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

. The movie become a hit and he began to receive offers from directors afterwards. Despite his desire to play the protagonist, he soon became a typecast in negative roles, especially in the role of a spoilt son of a wealthy father. He has worked many successful movies as an antagonist. Soumitra Banerjee died on 8 January 2000. His last film was ''Khelaghar''. Sarod maestro, music director and writer Abanindra Maitra was his nearest friend, they grew up together since childhood. He gave music in many of his films like Debotar Grash, Jeeban Sangra and others. Abanindra said Soumitra was a highly talented actor and a singer.

Filmography

Death

He died in 2000 due to alcoholism. He was survived by his wife.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bannerjee, Soumitra Bengali actors Indian actors 1954 births 2000 deaths Indian male film actors Male actors in Bengali cinema People from Hooghly district