Bengal Loses two Veteran Actors on The Same Day: Chandrashekhar, Swatilekha Sengupta

  • | Wednesday | 16th June, 2021

Chandrashekar has worked in over 250 films and TV in his vast career.

Bengal Today has seen the worst loss as it loses two veteran actors on the same day. The veteran Chandrashekhar,  more commonly known by the mononym Chandrashekhar is no more, age  97. The news was confirmed by CINTAA in the early hours of June 16, 2021. He is mainly known for his role as Arya Sumant in Ramanand Sagar`s Ramayan.

Chandrashekhar was survived by his son Ashok Chandra Shekhar who is a well-known producer. 

With carrying this tragedy, Bengal was loaded with another veteran demise of Swatilekha Sengupta age of 71 in a Kolkata hospital on Wednesday afternoon. She was suffering from kidney ailments, her daughter Sohini told news agency PTI.

Swatilekha was a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and her death is "a huge and irreparable loss" for the Bengali film industry.  


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