Legendary actor Soumitra Chatterjee breathed his last on November 15 at Calcutta’s Belle Vue Hospital. He was 85. The most celebrated cine icon of the Bengali film industry died on Sunday afternoon, 40 days after being admitted to the hospital. He had tested Covid positive and had even undergone plasma therapy in the hospital. The actor had contracted the deadly virus while shooting for his biopic titled Abhijaan. The actor is survived by his wife and daughter.

Soumitra starred as Feluda in Satyajit Ray’s Sonar Kella and Joy Baba Felunath. He has acted in 14 Satyajit Ray films and over 300 other films. His death left his fans including celebrities from both the Bengali and Hindi film industry shattered. Tributes began to pour in across social media, from people who mourned the loss of Feluda. Heartbroken fans expressed their grief on twitter. One of them tweeted that Feluda would be missed, while another asked the veteran actor to rest in power.

For many cine stars like Swastika Mukherjee, Rahul Bose, Richa Chadda his death marked the end of an era. Taking to Twitter, actress Swastika Chatterjee wrote, “This year will take it all. Parents, legends, childhood, nostalgia. All of it. Merciless year. Swastika had worked with Soumitra in several Bengali films like - Rupe Tomay Bholabo Na, Hemanter Pakhi to name a few. Actor Rahul Bose, in his tweet highlighted on how he grew up watching Soumitra's films. It was not just actors, who paid a tribute to the legendary actor, but also politicians and social activists.