kolkata laughter is the best medicine is not just any oftrepeated proverb in veteran actor ranjit mallicks life at 76 the acclaimed actor has used laughter to beat covid19 apart from having multiple glasses of warm water and tea gurgling having vitamin and zinc tablets its a healthy dose of watching charlie chaplin movies that helped him recover from covid19on july 10 his actress daughter koel had informed on twitter about testing positive along with her parents and husband since then mallick and wife deepa have been in home quarantine at their golf gardens residence koel and her husband nishpal singh have been in isolation at their ballygunge apartment while the others are on their way to recovery mallick is the first and the eldest in the family to have got a negative report on being asked the secret to his fast recovery he said there is a gradation in terms of the impact of the infection and the suffering my stage of infection might not match with that of others high immunity levels also make a difference i had mild fever that lasted for just two to three days after that there were no symptoms i have heard that it can also take up to a monthandahalf to even two months for asymptomatic patients to get a negative reportin fact his wife currently has no symptoms and is absolutely fit there is no fever no cough or cold she is 100 normal while i tested negative her reports still show positive he added he understands that this long period of isolation can make a person feel disturbed but it is important to keep the mind fresh having recovered i request people not to dwell only on the illness and mortality rates also everyone should devote at least half an hour daily to physical exercises he saidwatching movies that made him laugh listening to his favourite rabindra sangeet or reading books have helped his quick recovery panic wont help to distract the mind rather imagine visiting a place that you like also it is very important for the media to highlight positive news let the front pages of newspapers be devoted only to all the good news from the world the rest of the pages can have other news he addedtuning in to chaplins cult movies has been his prescription for corona cure i think chaplin is the best actor in the world what fun it is to watch him in movies like gold rush and modern times laughter is the best medicine said the actor whose debut performance in mrinal sens interview had fetched him the best actor award at the acclaimed karlovy vary international film festival did he watch any films of amitabh bachchan who is currently battling covid19 in a mumbai hospital i am not that much into watching hindi movies i prefer watching bengali and english films i watched uttamdas uttam kumars mouchak i also revisited some of my own films including honeymoon