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

• Sonar Harin
• Charulata
• Nayak as Pritish
• Kokhono Megh
• Kamallata
• Nishachar
• Mouchak
• Sonar Kella as Mandar Bose
• Swamsiddha
• Hangsaraj
• Shatranj Ke Khilari
• Joi Baba Felunath as Arjun
• Paka Dekha as a police constable
• Heerak Rajar Deshe sentry in the treasury
• Phatik Chand (film) as Harun
• Paar (film) as the sardar of a jute mill
• Abir
• Phera as Mantu Dutta
• Shakha Proshakha as a domestic help at the Majumder house
• Goopy Bagha Phire Elo

References

1. Satyajit Ray. "Childhood Days: A Memoir". Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
2. "Film review: Phatikchand". indiatoday.in. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
3. "An extraordinary actor called Kamu Mukherjee & his top five roles". 10 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
4. "Kamu Mukherjee". Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
5. Bijoya Ray. "Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray". Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
6. "Notes to the Audience". indianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
7. "Kamu Mukherjee". Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
8. "Actor dies". The Telegraph. India. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

External links

• Kamu Mukherjee on IMDb