Prosenjit's role in 'Shanghai' based on Greek politician

Bengali film superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee’s character in ‘Shanghai’ is based on the life of Grigoris Lambrakis, a Greek athlete who was assassinated in 1963 after he turned to political activism. “In the 1948 Olympics, he had got a long jump silver medal and after that he got into politics. But he had an image like that of a film star in his country,” said director Dibakar Banerjee

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