Review: Soumitra Chatterjee – A Film-maker Remembers by Suman Ghosh
When a filmmaker embarks on a journey into the past to write a book on a great actor, the challenges for the reviewer are many. The first is getting past the awe with which the author approaches his subject. This is understandable considering the author Suman Ghosh is writing about Soumitra Chatterjee, one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema. The second challenge is to discover if the author has been able to view his subject, who died before this project began, objectively. The third is to figure out if a sentimental…