Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy passes away
Updated On: 18 March, 2019 09:13 AM IST | | PTI
Chinmoy Roy immortalised the character of Tenyda in the film Charmurti which became a major hit in the 1980s
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Kolkata: Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy has died, family sources said Monday. He was 79. Roy died of cardiac arrest at his Salt Lake residence at around 10:20 pm Sunday, they said. Roy is survived by his son and daughter, his wife actress Jui Banerjee had died a few years back.
Born in Kumilla district in present day Bangladesh in 1940, Roy had started his career in Bengali films in the 60s and became indispensable to the filmmakers for his portrayal of comic characters retaining the very essence of Bengaliness and a certain culture.
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