Veteran Bengali actor Chinmoy Roy passed away at 2210 hours last night.
He was 79 and is survived by a daughter and a son.
Reportedly, in June last year, when he was in his Lake Grdens residence, he had fallen from the fifth floor which has caused major injury in brain, legs and hands.
The actor was found lying on the ground floor of the building in South Kolkata by neighbours and was admitted to a private super speciality hospital off E M Bypass. After that he is in sense but major injury has weak him, his long time manager Prosenjit today said.
Born on January 16, Born on January 16, 1940, the veteran actor famous for his comic roles in Bengali movies, though his versatility has allowed him to play a variety of roles. Though he was known for portraying various character roles, Roy is equally at ease in portraying the famous fictional character Tenida on screen.
He held his own among prominent performers like Soumitra Chatterji, Robi Ghose and Tarun Kumar in the comedies Basanto Bilap, Dhonni Meye, and Nanigopaler Biye.
Roy was also seen in a small role in Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne o Bagha Byne, in which he portrayed a spy working for the Minister of Halla.
Nonetheless, he has lately been working on a script for a film called Sudama- The Half Man. The film is directed by Indo-Australian director Rajib Ball, and Roy also plans on working on a few more scripts with the same director.
