The Big Interview! Sabitri Chatterjee: My love for Uttam Kumar grew out of sympathy

They were one of the most celebrated screen pairs of Bengali cinema. Sabitri Chatterjee did films like Nishipadmo, Bhranti Bilash, Goli Theke

Rajpath

,

Mouchak

and Dhonyi Meye to name a few with Uttam Kumar, and each of them remains a classic.

However, not many people know what Sabitri Chatterjee’s reaction was when he came to know that Uttam Kumar was leaving his home for Supriya Devi?

“I called him to my

Tollygunge

home and said, ‘You had loved me too, but why are you leaving your family? You can’t be happy by making others cry,” revealed the veteran actress during an exclusive chat with ETimes on his relation with the Mahanayak.