Updated On: 15 November, 2020 03:37 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
It is a huge loss to the Bengali film industry because he was working very actively. He was 85 and it is very rare to see an actor of his age keep on working with the energy that he had, Raima Sen stated.

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Raima Sen will remember Soumitra Chattopadhyay as the first actor she worked with in the new normal. She shared screen space with the iconic actor in "The Bong Connection", "Nishijapon", "Maach Mishti & More" and "Chhaya Manush".
"I just got the news (of his death). We had shot together recently, in August. We were shooting for a documentary. I had a guest appearance in the film and I remember he was fine at that time," Sen stated.