New Delhi, Jan. 26 -- Veteran Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee has been awarded Padma Shri. The honour marks a major national milestone in his celebrated career, spanning more than 40 years. The news reached him while he was watching his latest Bengali film at a Kolkata cinema.

"First of all, I want to dedicate this to my mother. Everything I have achieved in my life, every struggle I have fought through, has been possible because of her strength," Prosenjit Chatterjee told PTI.

"Then, there is my friend, who is no longer with us. I believe that the second journey I began in my life, as an actor, had its roots in him. He was the one who saw a hidden actor inside me and encouraged me to take that step," the 63-year-old actor said while...