Gyanesh Mukherjee (5 July 1926 – 8 May 2008) was a
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
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actor, director and theater personality.
Career
He was involved with
Indian People's Theatre Association
Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) is the oldest association of theatre-artists in India. IPTA was formed in 1943 during the British rule in India, and promoted themes related to the Indian freedom struggle. Its goal was to bring cultur ...
(IPTA). In his film career, Mukherjee worked with number of famous directors like
Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor and playwright. Widely considered as one of the greatest film makers of all time, his works remained largely underrated and ignored during hi ...
,
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen ( ; 14 May 1923 – 30 December 2018) was a Bengali film director and screenwriter known for his work primarily in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, and a few Hindi cinema, Hindi and Telugu cinema, Telugu language films. Regarded as on ...
and
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both ...
. Since the late 1950s to the 1970s, he played a prolific role in cinema as well as theatre. In 1973 he directed the film ''Achena Atithi'' which was remade in Hindi as ''Anjane Mehmaan'' in 1975. He founded Mass theaters group in
Kolkata
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...
. Mukherjee passed away in Kolkata on 8 May 2008.
Filmography
References
External links
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Place of birth missing
1926 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Indian male actors
21st-century Indian male actors
Bengali male actors
Bengali theatre personalities
Indian male film actors
Indian male stage actors
Film directors from Kolkata
Male actors from Kolkata
Male actors in Bengali cinema