Kamu Mukherjee

Kamu Mukherjee (14 June 1931 - 6 December 2003) was a Bengali actor, best known for his role as Mandar Bose in Sonar Kella[1] and Harun in Sandip Ray's debut film Phatik Chand.[2]

Career

In 1959, Mukherjee first appeared in the film Sonar Harin along with Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and Bhanu Bandopadhyay. One day he went to Satyajit Ray's house and approached Ray to act in his films and, thereafter, he worked with Ray in nine films.[3][4] Mukherjee is known for his performances in different type of roles, either serious or comic, in Satyajit Ray's films.[5] In the film Joi Baba Felunath his acting in the knife throwing scene is one of the more remembered scenes from the filmmaker's oeuvre.[6] He also starred in the films of Goutam Ghosh, Buddhadev Dashgupta and Arvinda Mukherjee.[7] Mukherjee died at the age of 72 in his residence, Kolkata on 6 December 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis.[8][4]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Satyajit Ray. "Childhood Days: A Memoir". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Film review: Phatikchand". indiatoday.in. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ "An extraordinary actor called Kamu Mukherjee & his top five roles". July 10, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-26. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Kamu Mukherjee". Archived from the original on 2016-03-31. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  5. ↑ Bijoya Ray. "Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Notes to the Audience". indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kamu Mukherjee". Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Actor dies". telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-24. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
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