A study of Bangla cinema is never complete without the man Bengali has named 'Mahanayak' so lovingly. Uttam Kumar, the numerous actor of Bengal A.K.A India was the pioneer of the golden era of Bangla cinema. The magic that started in the 40's with his arrival on the silver screen, is yet to fade away. Satyajit Ray considered him as a phenomenon and so did the other prominent personalities of his time. On his 90th birth anniversary, we enlist what these ten great authors, directors, and actors had said about the actor.
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Satyajit Ray - One legend on another
Sources: satyajitray
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Suchitra Sen - In his heroine's eyes
Sources: archive.dhakatribune
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Soumitra Chatterjee - In the eyes of his contender
Sources: anandabazar
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Dilip Kumar - An actor to another
Sources: timesofindia.indiatimes
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Tapan Sinha - Director's take on the actor
Sources: gomolo
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Raj Kapoor - The showman of India about Bengal's matinee idol
Sources: newsworldindia
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Bimal Mitra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sources: en.wikipedia
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Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay - The author who found his muse in him
Sources: gomolo
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Rajesh Khanna - Superstar on Mahanayak
Sources: timesofindia.indiatimes
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Prosenjit Chatterjee - In the eyes of the next-gen actors
Sources: timesofindia.indiatimes
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