Tollywood celebrates Bhanu Bandopadhyay's 100th birth anniversary with a new docu

August 26 this year marks the 100th birth anniversary of legendary Bengali actor

Bhanu Bandyopadhyay

. To make the occasion even more special, a

documentary

on the actor, titled Bhanu Ekai Eksho, is being released today online. Samyomoy Bandyopadhyay, whose stage name was Bhanu Bandopadhyay, was born on August 26, 1920. Some of his most memorable roles were in films like Jomaloye Jibonto Manush,

Sare Chuyattor

, Bhanu Goyenda Jahar Assistant, Asite Asiona,

Bhanu Pelo Lottery

and Miss Priyambada.

The documentary, directed by Pratik Das, showcases Goutam Bandopadhyay, the son of the iconic actor, who expresses his gratitude on his father's 100th birthday and how his days spent with his father bring back lovely memories. Along with him, the video has some of the well-known personalities from the Tollywood film industry, who talk about how Bhanu Bandopadhyay had inspired and enriched their minds through his performances.

Veteran actors like

Sabitri Chattopadhyay

, Paran Bandopadhyay, Subhashis Mukhopadhyay, Lily Chakraborty, Biplab Chatterjee, Goutam Halder, apart from Saswata Chatterjee,

Kanchan Mallik

, Meghnad Bhattacharjee and Debabrata Sarkar.

Actor Prosenjit Chatterjee, who is also a part of the tribute video, said, “Bhanu jethu isn't just a comedian to me, he is much more than that. His fraction of a second reactions, the ones that made his famous lines like ‘

Masima Malpua Khamu

’ memorable also speaks volumes about the complete actor that he was.”

When actress Sabitri Chatterjee was in class 10, she was noticed by Bhanu, who selected her for a role in Natun Ihudi, a play by Uttar Sarathi group theatre based on the refugees from East Pakistan. Remembering that day, Sabitri said, "Once, when I was returning from school, Bhanuda caught me in the middle of the road and asked me if I wanted to act in his theatre company. I told him to speak to my father and he did, thus kick-starting my journey into acting."