Kamaleshwar Mukherjee

Kamaleswar Mukherjee is a Bengali film director and ad maker. He directed Chander Pahar (2013) and Meghe Dhaka Tara (2013).

Kamaleswar Mukherjee
Mukherjee at IFFI 2013
Born
Kamaleshwar Kumar Mukhopadhyay

Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materMedical College and Hospital, Kolkata
St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Known forMeghe Dhaka Tara
Chander Pahar
Amazon Obhijaan

Career

Mukherjee is a physician by training, and an alumnus of the Medical College and Hospital of Kolkata, when it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He transitioned from the medical profession to the advertising world, and then to filmmaking. After working as an advertisement filmmaker, Mukherjee wrote dialogues, screenplays, and songs for Amit Sengupta's film Natobor Notout (2010).

His directorial debut, the well acclaimed film Uro Chithi was released in 2011. This film interwove 12 text messages with 12 different characters, combining shades of life spanning across 12 months. His next venture was Meghe Dhaka Tara, inspired by the life and works of Bengali filmmaker, Ritwik Ghatak. The film attempts to portray the period of Ghatak's life when he was admitted into a mental asylum for treatment. Meghe Dhaka Tara was the most critically acclaimed film in Bengali film circuit, and it won the IFFI Centenary award.

His next film was Chander Pahar (2013), based on a novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. Chander Pahar is the second costliest film made in Bengali language and is still the biggest blockbuster in the history of Bengali cinema. The film is shot in Africa and stars Dev, a popular Bengali actor. He also made a film Khawto, starring Prasenjit Chatterjee. In 2017, Mukherjee wrote and directed Amazon Obhijaan, the sequel to Chander Pahar. He also recently shot a film called Mukhomukhi.

Mukherjee is an play writer, director and the founder member of Kolkata‐based theatre group Shailushik. He is also trained in photography and computer graphics.

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmDirectorWriterActorNotes
2010Notobor NotoutYes
2011Uro ChithiYesYes
2013Meghe Dhaka TaraYesYes* Centenary Award at International Film Festival of India, Goa 2013
* Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the Best Director at International Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
* NETPAC Award International Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
Chander PaharYesNo* Nominated for Filmfare Awards East for Best Director – Bengali
* Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Best Director
* Kalakar Awards for Best Director
2014Obhishopto NightyYesAs a news reporter (Cameo)
KhaadYesAs Rajib, a trekker
ForceYes
2015ArshinagarYesAs Salim Saab,a music teacher
13 Number Tarachand LaneYesYesA Zee Bangla Originals Release
2016KhawtoYesYes
2017MukhomukhiYesYes
ChaampYesReporter Shantanu
Meghnad Badh RahasyaYes
CockpitYesYes
SoshibhushanYesSoshi Babu
Amazon ObhijaanYesYes
2018KabirNoNoYesIPS Dulal Roy Chattopadhyay
2018Goodnight CityYesNo
2019MukhomukhiYesYes
2019 Kidnap YesNewspaper Office Head
2019 Password Yes [1]
2020 Dwitiyo Purush Yes

Bibliography
  • Amazon Obhijaan (Graphic novel), 2017, Bee Books[2][3]

Awards and nominations

References
  1. Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (23 February 2019). "Filming begins today... First look poster of #Bengali film #Password... Stars Dev, Parambrata, Paoli Dam, Rukmini Maitra and Adrit... Directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee... 4 Oct 2019 release. t.co/kuwuhJk8hz" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. India, Press Trust of (11 November 2017). "Amazon Obhijaan graphic novel launched" – via Business Standard.
  3. "Amazon Obhijaan graphic novel launched". India Today.
  4. "Awards at IFFK 2013". The New Indian Express. 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. Chander Pahar
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