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-al-Rashid in Sandip Ray's first film Phatik Chand.[2]
Career
Mukherjee's first film appearance was in the 1959 film Sonar Harin with Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and Bhanu Bandopadhyay. He had gone 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 types of roles, both serious and comic, in Ray's films.[5] His acting in the knife throwing scene in the film Joi Baba Felunath 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 Arabinda Mukhopadhyay.[7] Mukherjee died at the age of 72 on 6 December 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis in his home in Kolkata.[4][8]
Selected filmography
- Sonar Harin (1959) as Abdulla
- Charulata (1964) as cameo (uncredited)
- Nayak (1966) as Pritish
- Kokhono Megh (1968) as Sotu Basak
- Kamallata (1969)
- Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969) as cameo (uncredited)
- Nishachar
- Mouchak (1974)
- Sonar Kella (1974) as Mandar Bose
- Sawamsiddha
- Hangsaraj (1976)
- Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977)
- Joi Baba Felunath (1979) as Arjun
- Paka Dekha (1980) as a police constable
- Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980) as sentry in the treasury
- Phatik Chand (film) (1983) as Harun
- Paar (film) (1984) as the sardar of a jute mill
- Abir
- Phera (1988) as Mantu Dutta
- Shakha Proshakha (1990) as a domestic help at the Majumder house
- Goopy Bagha Phire Elo (1992)
References
- ^ Satyajit Ray (14 October 2000). Childhood Days: A Memoir. ISBN 9789351180753. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Sumit Mitra (20 July 2013). "Film review: Phatikchand, starring Rajiv Ganguly, Kamu Mukherjee, Haradhan Banerjee". India Today. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "An extraordinary actor called Kamu Mukherjee & his top five roles". Half Samosa. 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Kamu Mukherjee". In.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Bijoya Ray (August 2012). Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray. ISBN 9788184757507. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Suanshu Khurana (29 April 2013). "Notes to the Audience". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Kamu Mukherjee". Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "Actor dies". The Telegraph. India. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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