Veteran
Bengali
actor
Soumitra
Chatterjee
tested
positive
for
COVID-19
on
October
5
(Monday).
After
being
diagnosed
with
Coronavirus,
the
85-year-old
star
was
admitted
to
a
private
hospital
in
Kolkata
on
October
6
(Tuesday)
for
further
treatment.
Notably,
his
family
informed
Mumbai
Mirror
that
he
is
stable
now.
A
family
member
told
the
tabloid,
"He
had
low-grade
fever
for
the
last
two
days
and
tested
positive
on
Monday
after
which
he
was
admitted
to
the
hospital.
His
condition
is
stable." For
the
unversed,
Soumitra
Chatterjee
had
been
admitted
to
the
hospital
due
to
pneumonia
in
2019.
He
has
earlier
suffered
from
Chronic
Obstructive
Pulmonary
Disease
(COPD)
and
diabetes
too.
Chatterjee
is
one
of
the
most
popular
personalities
in
the
Indian
film
industry.
He
is
the
first
Indian
from
the
entertainment
industry
to
be
honoured
with
Legion
of
Honour,
which
is
notably
France's
highest
civilian
award,
in
2018.
After
making
his
debut
with
1959's
film
Apur
Sansar,
Chatterjee
has
acted
in
popular
Bengali
films
such
as
Devi,
Teen
Kanya,
Abhijan,
Banarasi,
Barnali,
Parineeta,
Aranyer
Din
Ratri
and
so
on.
Notably,
he
even
worked
in
a
couple
of
Hindi
films
like
Nirupama
and
Hindustani
Sipahi.
Also
Read
:
I'll
receive
Phalke
on
behalf
of
Satyajit:
Soumitra
Soumitra
Chatterjee
received
Padma
Bhushan
and
Sangeet
Natak
Akademi
Tagore
Ratna
award
in
2004
and
2012
respectively.
He
has
also
won
three
National
Awards
for
films
like
Antardan,
Dekha
and
Podokkhep.
In
2012,
he
was
awarded
India's
highest
award
in
cinema
-
The
Dadasaheb
Phalke
Award.