Soumitra's cinematic fate is overwhelmingly dictated by the great cinema of Satyajit Ray, so much so the maestro's filmography through his most important phase outlines the actor's career graph. Soumitra made his debut with 'Apur Sansar' (1959) and, over the next three decades, would work in Ray projects as 'Devi' (1960), 'Teen Kanya' (1961), 'Abhijan' (1962), 'Charulata' (1964), 'Kapurush O Mahapurush' (1965), 'Aranyer Din Ratri' (1969), 'Ashani Sanket' (1973), 'Sonar Kella' (1974), 'Joy Baba Felunath' (1978), 'Hirak Rajar Deshe' (1980), 'Ghare Baire' (1984), 'Ganashatru' (1989) and 'Shakha Proshakha' (1990). (Photo | PTI)