Veteran Bengali Actor Swarup Dutta Passes Away Due To Cardiac Arrest In Kolkata
Veteran Bengali actor Swarup Dutta, best known for his versatile roles in films of the 1960s and 1970s, died at a city hospital on Wednesday, family members said.
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By Pti
Veteran
Bengali
actor
Swarup
Dutta,
best
known
for
his
versatile
roles
in
films
of
the
1960s
and
1970s,
died
at
a
city
hospital
on
Wednesday,
family
members
said.
Dutta,
who
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
on
Saturday
after
becoming
senseless
at
home,
died
at
6.10
am.
He
had
been
suffering
from
age-related
ailments
for
quite
some
time.
He
was
78
and
survived
by
wife
and
son.
His
son,
Sharan
Dutta,
is
also
an
actor.
The
actor
had
got
his
first
break
in
Tapan
Sinha's
'Apanjan'
(1968).
The
film
was
set
against
the
political
turmoil
in
West
Bengal
in
the
1960s.
Dutta,
who
was
inspired
by
Utpal
Dutt
during
his
school
days
in
south
Kolkata,
had
also
acted
with
the
late
thespian
in
his
theatre
troupe
for
long.
Some
of
his
best-known
movies
included
'Sagina
Mahato,'
'Harmonium',
'Pita
Putra'
and
'Maa
o
Meye'.
The
golden
era
of
Bengali
cinema
as
represented
by
such
stalwarts
is
fading
away,
actor
Sudipta
Chakraborty
tweeted
while
condoling
Dutta's
death.