KOLKATA: Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has tested positive for COVID-19, his daughter Poulomi Basu said on Tuesday.
He has been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata in the morning, she said.
The 85-year-old actor had a fever for the last three days and he tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday night, she added.
"Baba (father) is stable now. He is fully conscious. He is under observation due to his advancing age," Basu told PTI.
Chatterjee has been shifted to a cabin, a spokesperson of the hospital said.
In the last two months, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award- winning actor had been shooting for a biopic and a documentary on his life.