In Uttam Kumar: A Life in Cinema (2021), author Sayandeb Chowdhury begins with an anecdote about Bengali cinema’s two foremost immortals: Satyajit Ray and Uttam Kumar. The year was 1966. Ray’s film, ...

Mamata, at a state government event to commemorate the death anniversary of Bengali film icon Uttam Kumar, spoke on the need to enrich and spread Bengal’s culture before bringing up the current ...

What does Uttam Kumar mean to you? I consider him the Guru. 45 years has passed but his popularity has grown. I don't know this has happened to anyone else in this world. His charisma, his charm, his ...

Hyderabad: In a corner of the Telangana Bengali Film Festival (TBFF), time stood still as visitors stepped into a ...

My appreciation of Uttam Kumar happened quite late in life. I never could really fathom what was so huge about this man. Gradually I have come to understand the greatness of Uttam Kumar. The last and ...

As someone born almost a decade and a half after Uttam Kumar’s death, I should have been immune to his charm. We, who are too far removed from the soft-focus romance of the black-and-white era, too ...

Kolkata: Commemorating the birth centenary of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar, there will be a special exhibition hall dedicated to the legendary actor titled "History of Bengali Cinema and Mahanayak" at the ...