India, May 30 -- A few weeks before the release of Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), directed by Satyajit Ray, Charlie Chaplin's Limelight was re-released in Calcutta (now Kolkata). A large hoarding in the city displayed the film's poster. The actor Soumitra Chatterjee, who was making his silver screen debut with Ray's film, would "admire this larger-than-life poster as he passed the area" on his way to work, writes journalist Sanghamitra Chakraborty. "One evening. unmindfully looking up to get a glimpse of the Limelight poster. he got the shock of his life." Chaplin's face had been replaced by his own. "It was a poster of Apur Sansar." This remarkable debut launched Chatterjee into a career that would make him one of the most importa...