Mayurakshi Star Soumitra Chatterjee On Films Which Make "Older People Necessary"

Old is gold in Bengali cinema. Actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who turns 83 next month, stars in upcoming film Mayurakshi, which is the story of a father reconnecting with his son. Almost without interruption since 1959 when he starred in Satyajit Ray's famed Apur Sansar and then Charulata and then Abhijan - Soumitra Chatterjee has been such a consistent biggest box office draw, filmmakers are scripting films around him. In fact, in 2015, Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan was also impressed with his work in Bela Sheshe - a film on a 70-year-old man, who suddenly decides to divorce his wife, because she was way too dependent on him. In Mayurakshi, Soumitra Chatterjee is father to an absentee son, who rediscovers their bonds.