'Soumitra Chatterjee is bigger than a Ray actor'
January 27, 2016 13:25
There is a story Soumitra Chatterjee likes to tell. In the mid-1950s he heard that Satyajit Ray was casting the Apu character for the sequel to Pather Panchali.
Chatterjee went to the director's home, but the moment Ray saw him, he said 'Oh, you are too grown up for the college-going Apu.'
Chatterjee was shocked and he adds in a new book, 'It immediately struck me how engrossed he was in his work! Those were his first words to me. I can never forget that.'
But when Ray was ready to make the third film in The Apu Trilogy, he immediately contacted Chatterjee. In fact, according to Chatterjee, that first meeting itself had convinced Ray to make the third film, Apur Sansar.
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Chatterjee went to the director's home, but the moment Ray saw him, he said 'Oh, you are too grown up for the college-going Apu.'
Chatterjee was shocked and he adds in a new book, 'It immediately struck me how engrossed he was in his work! Those were his first words to me. I can never forget that.'
But when Ray was ready to make the third film in The Apu Trilogy, he immediately contacted Chatterjee. In fact, according to Chatterjee, that first meeting itself had convinced Ray to make the third film, Apur Sansar.
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