Satyajit Ray’s Jana Aranya actor Pradip Mukhopadhyay is critically ill

Veteran actor Pradip Mukhopadhyay, who played Somnath in Satyajit Ray’s Jana Aranya, is critically ill. He is admitted to the hospital in Dum Dum. Currently, he is in ventilation. According to the hospital report, the level of infection in the blood has increased. There is lung infection and pneumonia.

The actor was shooting for the film 'Datta', directed by Nirmal Mukherjee. He fell ill two days after the shooting. Initially, he was taken to a private hospital in Nagerbazar in Dum Dum. Later he was transferred to the private ward of the Municipal Hospital of Dum Dum Cantonment. According to the actor's wife Tapati Mukhopadhyay, his condition is not at all good. She confirmed that the actor is not responding to her. He has a chronic lung problem with carbon residue. According to the hospital sources, he was responding on Saturday. But his condition deteriorated on Sunday.

Pradip has two children, both of them settled in Dubai. Pradip came into prominence after playing the role of Somnath, the protagonist of the Satyajit Ray film Jana Aranya. He also starred in films like Dour, Sati, Aslilatar Daye, Hirer Angti, Pupa and Purushottam.