Kamu Mukherjee (14 June 1931 – 6 December 2003) was a

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actor, best known for his role as Mandar Bose in '' Sonar Kella'' and Harun-al-Rashid in

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

's first film '' Phatik Chand''.

Career

Mukherjee's first film appearance was in the 1959 film ''Sonar Harin'' with

Uttam Kumar Uttam Kumar (born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), widely known as Mahanayak (), was an Indian film actor, producer, director, screenwriter, composer, and playback singer who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema ...

Chhabi Biswas Chhabi Biswas (''Chabi Biśbās''; 13 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's '' Kabuliwala'' and Satyajit Ray's films '' Jalsaghar'' (''The Music Room'', 1958), ''Devi'' (''The G ...

and Bhanu Bandopadhyay. He had gone to

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

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

Selected filmography

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

Kokhono Megh ''Kokhono Megh'' is a 1968 Bengali mystery romance movie directed by Agradoot. It stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmik in lead roles. The movie was inspired by the 1963 American mystery comedy '' Charade''. Plot While on vacation at Darj ...

'' (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 ''Shatranj Ke Khilari'', also subtitled and later internationally released with the translated title ''The Chess Players'', is a List of Bollywood films of 1977, 1977 Indian film written and directed by Satyajit Ray, based on Munshi Premchand ...

'' (1977) * ''Joi Baba Felunath'' (1979) as Arjun, the knife thrower * '' 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