Kolkata, 29/8: Veteran actor of the Bengali silver screen, Pradip Mukherjee, who became legendary after his iconic role of Somnath in Satyajit Ray’s ‘Jana Aranya’, died in a hospital here on Monday. He was 76.
He also received critics’ accolades for his role of Dr Maiti in the Vidya Balan and Arjun Rampal starrer ‘Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh’.
Mukherjee was hospitalised on August 22 following a lung infection. His condition started deteriorating on Sunday and he had to be given ventilator support.
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