It’s actor Soumyajit Majumdar’s birthday today

Actor Soumyajit Majumdar, who is part of Ronny Sen’s Catsticks that has made it to the International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images of the 25^th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), turned a year older today. Soumyajit, who loves to travel, is spending the day with his friends in Tajpur. “For me, this birthday has been a reunion of sorts. I am meeting some of my friends after really long,” he said.
Soumyajit, who plays the role of a poly addict, Gere Bappa, in Catsticks, is looking forward to the festival. “I will be present for the film’s screening on November 9 and November 11, after which I will leave for Goa on work,” he said.
About how he landed the part, the actor told us, “Ronny has a considerable body of work in black-and-white photography and I knew about him. But I didn’t know him as a person before auditioning for the film. The actors, who came together for the movie, are from Kolkata and Mumbai. But even the Kolkata actors are now doing well in terms of work.” Soumyajit said apart from Catsticks, his Ghost of the Golden Groves (Sonajurir Bhoot), directed by Aniket Dutta and Roshni Sen, is also doing the festival rounds. “I play the protagonist in Ghost of the Golden Groves. My character is that of a cook, who comes to a house only to make some strange discoveries,” he said.
On the work front, Soumyajit is also gearing up to make his debut as a director.