Veteran Actor Soumitra Chatterjee Cremated With Full State Honours

Photo Gallery: Fans, friends, family pay their last respects to Soumitra Chatterjee.

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee was laid to rest with full state honours. 

(Photo: Viral Bhayani)

Veteran actor Soumitra Chatterjee was cremated with full state honours in Kolkata on the evening of 15 November. Chatterjee’s body was kept at the Rabindra Sadan in the afternoon from 3.30pm to 5.30pm so that his fans, friends, and extended family members could pay their last respects. Hundreds of people gathered at the venue and followed Chatterjee’s funeral procession.

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee getting a gun salute by the Kolkata Police at the Keortala crematorium.

The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also joined the procession and walked the distance from Rabindra Sadan to the Keortala crematorium, where he was cremated with full state honours including a gun salute by the Kolkata Police.

Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal Chief Minister, paying her last respects to Soumitra Chatterjee.

Fans, friends and family gather to see Soumitra Chatterjee one last time.

Soumitra Chatterjee’s daughter Poulami Bose bids her father goodbye.

Fans, friends and family gather to see Soumitra Chatterjee one last time.

Poulami Bose bids her father Soumitra Chatterjee a final adieu.

Fans, friends and family gather to pay their last respects to Soumitra Chatterjee.

Fans gathering outside the venue to say goodbye to Soumitra Chatterjee. 

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee at the gathering before Soumitra Chatterjee’s cremation.

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee at the gathering before Soumitra Chatterjee’s cremation.

A gun salute by West Bengal government to Soumitra Chatterjee at Keoratala Burning Ghat.