Kamu Mukherjee (14 June 1931 – 6 December 2003) was a Bengali actor, best known for his role as Mandar Bose in '' Sonar Kella'' and Harun in

Sandip Ray Sandip Ray (born 8 September 1953) is an Indian film director and music director who mainly works in Bengali cinema. He is the only child of the famous Bengali director Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray. Life and education Sandip Ray was born in C ...

's first film '' Phatik Chand''.

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. Mukherjee is known for his performances in different types of roles, both serious and comic, in Ray's films. 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. He also starred in the films of Goutam Ghosh, Buddhadev Dashgupta and

Arabinda Mukhopadhyay Arabinda Mukhopadhyay (18 June 1919 – 10 February 2016) was an Indian filmmaker, film director and editor, who directed all-time classics like Nishi Padma (1970), Dhanyee Meye (1971) and Mouchak (1974). He also wrote stories and screenplays. ...

. Mukherjee died at the age of 72 on 6 December 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis in his home in

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Selected filmography

* ''Sonar Harin'' (1959) as Abdulla * '' Charulata'' (1964) as cameo (uncredited) * ''Nayak'' (1966) as Pritish * ''Kokhono Megh'' * ''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

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* Male actors in Bengali cinema Male actors from Kolkata 1931 births 2003 deaths 20th-century Indian male actors {{India-film-actor-stub