 Afterwards, Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay was harassed by the then West Bengal state government and Indian Government and not allowed to share his achievements with the international scientific community.Dejected, he committed suicide on 19 June 1981.His life and death has been the subject of countless newspaper reviews and inspired the Hindi movie "Ek Doctor Ki Maut" (Death of a physician), directed by Tapan Sinha.