Well, thanks to social media, actors like Soumitra Chatterjee get their due respect in a wider arena... when have we celebrated Tulsi Chakraborty, Bikash Roy, Jagar Roy, Pahari Sanyal & countless other actors??? Have we even acknowledged Tapan Sinha & Tarun Majumdar???

How many people other than Bengalis have heard of Sabitri Chatterjee??? She never got a film with Ray, Sen or Ghatak and yet is the undisputed numero uno of Bengali popular cinema... Is being seen with a megalomaniac chief minister honouring her???

In Hindi films, its even worse... thankfully, platforms like @cinemaazi are helping chronicle lives of the yesteryear actors...

Soumitra Chatterjee writing in his book Agropothikera, commented among all the actresses he had worked with, Sabitri Chatterjee was the finest. The two were first cast in Pratinidhi... they also acted in plays together directed by Soumitra... his advise to actors was to rewatch

Her films... the book is a collection of articles that Soumitra wrote about his senior colleagues from the industry... the book's cover... (i have erred in saying Sabitri Chatterjee didn't work with Ray, Sen or Ghatak.. Pratinidhi is a Mrinal Sen film)...