Ram Kamal Mukherjee (born 13 September 1976) is an Indian film journalist, the former editor in chief of ''

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'' film magazine, biographer of

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and

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. He made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring

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. He has been regarded as one of the best Indian short filmmaker by ''

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''. In 2023 he won 69th National Film Award for his short film ''Ek Duaa''.

Personal information

Ram Kamal Mukherjee completed his graduation in History from the University of Calcutta. He completed his schooling from St Joseph's College in Calcutta, and later completed his senior schooling from Khalsa Model School. After graduation he completed a diploma course in communication from the British Council, later joined Media Studies Film and Television course in University of Calcutta.

Career

Mukherjee is best known as a biographer of Hema Malini's authorized biography Beyond The Dreamgirl and India's first Power Brand Film Journalist. After working with Times of India (Mumbai Mirror) as assistant editor, he worked with Pritish Nandy Communication as vice president and wrote columns in Midday and Ananda Bazar Patrika. Later he worked as Associate Producer in Zee TV finite series Bin Kuch Kahe. He is best known for writing India's first coffee table book on any actress, '' Hema Malini - Diva Unveiled'', which was published by Magna Books in 2005. He was the assistant producer of the TV series

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aired on

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. In 2019 he made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring

in the lead role. In 2020 his film Season's Greetings, a tribute to

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fetched him national and international accolades. The film also marked return of former Miss India

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Haag into cinema. In 2021 he won the Best Human Rights Film at Cardiff International Film Festival for his film Rickshawala. As an author he penned six books, in English and Hindi languages. His biography Beyond The Dreamgirl published by HarperCollins India, was released by

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in Mumbai. The foreword of the book was written by Prime Minister of India Mr

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. He had also penned a biography, ''Sanjay Dutt - One Man Many Lives'' published by Rupa Books.

Bibliography

Filmography

Awards

For writing

As director

References

External links

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Official Website
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