Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee offered her condolences to the actress` family via Twitter. She tweeted, "Saddened at the passing of veteran actress Sumita Sanyal. My condolences to her family, friends and fans."Veteran actress Sumita Sanyal passes away at 71.
— ANI (@ANI_news) July 9, 2017
The actress was born as Manjula Sanyal on October 9, 1945 in Darjeeling. She had acted in over 50 Bengali movies and a few Hindi Movies like 'Anand'(1971), 'Guddi'(1971), 'Aashirwad'(1968) and 'Mere Apne'(1971). Sanyal was married to film editor Subodh Roy and has a son with him. (ANI)Saddened at the passing of veteran actress Sumita Sanyal. My condolences to her family, friends and fans
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) July 9, 2017