Santu Mukhopadhyay veteran Bengali actor passes away

Mukhopadhyay, 69, died of cardiac arrest at 7:30 pm.Veteran Bengali actor Santu Mukhopadhyay, known for his work in films like Sansar Simante and Bhalobasa Bhalobasa, died at his south Kolkata residence on Wednesday evening after prolonged illness.Santu Mukhopadhyay had been suffering from carcinoma for long and had been admitted to a hospital on February 4 with blood sugar and hypertension.

Born in Kolkata in 1951, Mukhopadhyay showed his class when he was in his early 20s in films like Sansar Simante and Raja by Tarun Majumder and Tapan Sinha. He soon became a known face on the big screen with films like Ganadevata and Byapika Biday.