Kolkata, Oct. 25 -- The overall health condition of octogenarian thespian Soumitra Chatterjee remained unchanged, according to Dr Arindam Kar of Bellevue Hospital here on Sunday.

"His consciousness is slightly down compared to previous 48 hours. Not very sure which way he was heading to. We have received reports of tests and we can deduce that the Covid encephalopathy is progressing," Dr Kar said.

The veteran actor who carved a niche for himself for his astounding role as "Feluda" in Oscar winning Director Satyajit Ray's movies was hospitalised on Oct 6 with Covid-19 positive.

On October 14, the legendary actor had tested negative for Covid-19.

His health parametres, including cardiac function, blood pressure, respiration and urine ou...