Kamu Mukherjee Explained

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.^[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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Satyajit Ray. Childhood Days: A Memoir. 14 October 2000. 9789351180753. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101742/https://books.google.com/books?id=HXBtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT180&lpg=PT180&dq=Kamu+Mukherjee+actor&source=bl&ots=a0BZjO9of6&sig=fER8Ecz-SDpIkvNSwIczGzi5IBo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWh7zO74LaAhWJq48KHX8SASE4ChDoAQhBMAU#v=onepage&q=Kamu%20Mukherjee%20actor&f=false. 24 March 2018. live. 23 March 2018.
2. Web site: Film review: Phatikchand, starring Rajiv Ganguly, Kamu Mukherjee, Haradhan Banerjee. India Today. Sumit Mitra. 20 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324041622/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/films/story/19830515-film-review-phatikchand-starring-rajiv-ganguly-kamu-mukherjee-haradhan-banerjee-770685-2013-07-20. 24 March 2018. live. 23 March 2018.
3. Web site: An extraordinary actor called Kamu Mukherjee & his top five roles. Half Samosa. 10 July 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170826161558/http://halfsamosa.in/extraordinary-actor-called-kamu-mukherjee-top-five-roles/. 26 August 2017. live. 23 March 2018.
4. Web site: Kamu Mukherjee. In.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160331191029/http://www.in.com/kamu-mukherjee/profile-159027.html. 31 March 2016. dead. 23 March 2018.
5. Book: Bijoya Ray. Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray. August 2012. 9788184757507. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101626/https://books.google.com/books?id=E7YadsNfe3QC&pg=PT718&lpg=PT718&dq=Kamu+Mukherjee+actor&source=bl&ots=QAPTCFgK30&sig=dA92jbeQmiLBsvAHd3tRpCGI0VE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWh7zO74LaAhWJq48KHX8SASE4ChDoAQhOMAg#v=onepage&q=Kamu%20Mukherjee%20actor&f=false. 24 March 2018. live. 23 March 2018.
6. Web site: Notes to the Audience. Suanshu Khurana . 29 April 2013. The Indian Express. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101631/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/notes-to-the-audience-3/. 24 March 2018. live. 23 March 2018.
7. Web site: Kamu Mukherjee. https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101811/https://indiancine.ma/grid/year/name=Kamu_Mukherjee. 24 March 2018. live. 23 March 2018.
8. News: Actor dies. The Telegraph . India . https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101600/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1031207/asp/calcutta/story_2652844.asp. 24 March 2018. dead. 7 December 2013 . 11 November 2018.