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Former Mayor's son dies in swim tragedy
THE former Mayor of Camden Ramen Bhattacharya is mourning
the tragic death of his eldest son.
Bhaskar Bhattacharya (pictured), 55 – a noted filmmaker
and in the 1970s a popular member of a commune of tenants licensed
by the council in Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park – drowned
in the Bay of Bengal off the southern Indian coast on Friday.
Mr Bhattacharya – whose film company Maya Vision produced
The Jewel in the Crown, David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight
tour and the Channel 4 live shoot from the Kumbh Mela –
a Hindu religious festival – was writing a book about his
hero the poet Shelley, who drowned off the Bay of Spezia in
Italy.
Mr Bhattacharya was shooting a film about the Shiva Temple with
the Channel 4 documentary director Nicola Waddell.
They were swimming in shallow waters when a sudden squall knocked
him over and currents dragged him out to sea.
His brother Choton Bhattacharya, 39, said Bhaskar loved to drink
in the Steeles pub and the old Load of Hay pub on Haverstock
Hill.
He leaves behind his wife Rohini and nine-year-old son Bhuba. |
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