About the Book: Uttam Kumar: A Life in Cinema
'There is none like Uttam and there will be no one to ever replace him. He was
and he is unparalleled in Bengali, even Indian cinema.—Satyajit Ray,
Oscarwinning Indian filmmaker Actor and screen icon Uttam Kumar (19261980) is a
talismanic figure in Bengali public life. Breaking away from established codes
of onscreen performance, he came to anchor an entire industry and led the
efforts to reimagine popular cinema in mid-20thcentury Bengal. But there is
pitifully less knowledge about Uttam Kumar in the learned circles—be it about
his range of style and performance? the attractions and problems