Bengali actress passes away
Veteran actress Uma Dasgupta, who played the role of Durga in the superhit cult classic film ‘Pather Panchali’ of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray in the history of Indian cinema, has passed away. She was 84 years old. As soon as the news of Uma’s demise came out, there was mourning in the film industry. After hearing the news of the death of the Bengali actress, her close ones and fans are sharing posts on social media paying tribute to her.
Durga of Pather Panchali is no more
Uma’s family has given information about her demise. It is being told that Dasgupta was battling cancer for a long time, but now she lost the battle of life and breathed her last in a hospital in Kolkata. She will always be remembered for her role as Durga Roy in the 1955 classic film ‘Pather Panchali’. Uma Dasgupta’s name is forever immortalized in the history of cinema. Uma breathed her last on the morning of Monday 18 November. It is being told that he died at around 8 in the morning. Chiranjeet told Anandabazar Patrika that in the morning he met Uma’s daughter and came to know that her mother was no more in this world. He said, ‘Uma di’s daughter told me that she is no more in this world. He was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago.
Who was Uma Dasgupta?
Uma Dasgupta was associated with theater from a very young age. The headmaster of his school was a friend of director Satyajit Ray. It was through him that she got the role of Durga in ‘Pather Panchali’. Although Uma’s father did not want his daughter to pursue a career in acting and stay away from this world full of glamour, but later he said yes. After ‘Pather Panchali’, Uma worked in very few films.
Pather Panchali was based on the novel
Uma Dasgupta’s ‘Pather Panchali’ film was based on the novel Pather Panchali written in 1929 by the great Bengali writer Vibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. This film of Uma won many international film awards including the National Film Award.
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