“A gentle soul and abundant talent,” Amitabh Bachchan wrote in a shifting post for Bengal’s celebrated actor Soumitra Chatterjee on Sunday. Soumitra Chatterjee, 85, died on Sunday afternoon in Kolkata. Paying a tribute to the long-lasting actor of the Bengali cinema, Amitabh Bachchan shared an image of himself and the late actor and described him as “one of the mightiest pillars of film industry.”

He tweeted: “Soumitra Chatterjee… an iconic legend… one of the mightiest pillars of the film industry, has fallen…a gentle soul and abundant talent…last met him at the IFFI in Kolkata…prayers.” In his weblog, Big B wrote: “Soumitra Chatterjee.. a prolific giant and icon .. a legend of the Bengal Film Industry .. Passes away. Just prayers for the departed soul and a helplessness… met him last at the IFFI at Kolkata…. a gentle human, humble and filled with grace.”

Soumitra Chatterjee’s last rites have been performed out at Keoratala Crematorium in Kolkata on Sunday night with full police honours. The funeral was attended by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in addition to a number of Bengali cinema celebrities and tons of followers.

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