Acting
Shambhu Bhattacharya
January 26, 2018Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Shambhu Bhattacharya (1935 – 26 January 2018) was a Bengali actor and stage artist. Bhattacharya started his acting career in theatre in Kolkata. He worked in several stage productions of Utpal Dutt, Jahor Roy, and Rabi Ghosh. He was a bodybuilder from Baghbazar Bayam Samity. Bhattacharya became popular mainly for his antagonistic role in Bengali films. His performances in Sagina Mahato, Agnishwar, Sanyasi Raja, Amanush, Marjina Abdulla and Charmurti were remembered by film critics. He died in a private nursing home on 26 January 2018 in Kolkata.
