Sreela
Majumdar
death:
Renowned
Bengali
actor
Sreela
Majumdar
passed
away
in
Kolkata
at
her
residence
on
Saturday
afternoon,
her
family
said.
The
65-year-old
actor
had
been
battling
cancer
for
the
past
three
years.
She
is
survived
by
her
husband
and
son.
The
actress
was
a
favourite
of
serious
filmmakers
such
as
Mrinal
Sen,
Shyam
Benegal,
and
Prakash
Jha.
She
was
best
known
for
her
roles
in
both
'parallel'
and
mainstream
cinema.
Sreela
Majumdar
death
Actress
Sreela
Majumdar,
who
had
been
suffering
from
cancer
for
the
past
three
years,
died
in
Kolkata
on
Saturday.
She
was
65.
She
is
survived
by
her
husband,
S.N.M.
Abdi,
a
journalist
and
columnist,
and
their
son,
Sohail
Abdi.
Talking
about
her
death,
Sreela's
husband
told
news
agency
IANS
that
she
was
battling
cancer
and
was
admitted
to
a
hospital
earlier
this
month.
She
was
brought
back
home,
where
she
breathed
her
last
on
January
27.
Condoling
her
death,
West
Bengal
Chief
Minister
Mamata
Banerjee
said
Sreela
was
a
powerful
actor
and
played
remarkable
characters
in
many
significant
Indian
films.
Check
her
tweet.
Saddened
by
the
news
of
the
demise
of
film
actress
Sreela
Majumdar
today
afternoon.
Sreela
was
a
noted
and
powerful
actress
who
played
outstanding
roles
in
several
significant
Indian
films.
It
is
a
big
loss
for
Bengal
film
industry
and
we
shall
miss
her
stellar
presence.
My…
Condoling
her
death,
Sreela's
colleague
Rituparna
Sengupta
said,
"She
had
delivered
so
many
memorable
performances
under
the
direction
of
filmmakers
like
Mrinal
Sen
and
others.
She
could
have
been
utilised
more
by
the
industry."
Who
was
Sreela
Majumdar?
Majumdar
was
born
to
Ramchandra
Majumdar
and
Nani
Majumdar
in
West
Bengal
in
1958.
She
completed
her
bachelor's
degree
from
Bangabasi
College.
In
1980,
she
debuted
in
Mrinal
Sen's
directorial,
Parasuram.
Sreela
Majumdar
works
Sreela
Majumdar
predominantly
worked
in
Bengali
cinema
and
received
multiple
accolades
for
her
outstanding
performances.
She
has
worked
in
critically
acclaimed
Bengali
movies
like
Akaler
Sandhane,
Ekdin
Pratidin,
Kharij,
etc.
She
also
worked
in
some
films
in
Bollywood,
including
Shyam
Benegal's
Mandi
(Market
Place,
1983),
Prakash
Jha's
Damul
(Bonded
Until
Death,
1985),
and
Utpalendu
Chakraborty's
Chokh
(Eye,
1983).
In
her
due
course,
she
was
cast
alongside
several
veteran
Bollywood
stars
like
Naseeruddin
Shah,
Shabana
Azmi,
and
Smita
Patil.
She
made
her
acting
debut
at
the
age
of
16
and
went
on
to
act
in
43
films.
She
also
dubbed
for
Aishwarya
Rai
in
the
film
Chokher
Bali
(A
Passion
Play,
2003),
which
was
directed
by
Rituparno
Ghosh.
Seela's
last
project
was
Palan
by
Kaushik
Ganguly,
which
was
a
sequel
of
Ekdin
Pratidin.