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'''Kamu Mukherjee''' (14 June 1931 – 6 December 2003) was a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] actor, best known for his role as Mandar Bose in ''[[Sonar Kella]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HXBtAwAAQBAJ&q=Kamu+Mukherjee+actor&pg=PT180|title=Childhood Days: A Memoir|last=Satyajit Ray|date=14 October 2000|isbn=9789351180753|archive-url=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|archivedate=24 March 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> and Harun in [[Sandip Ray]]'s first film ''[[Phatik Chand (film)|Phatik Chand]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=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|title=Film review: Phatikchand, starring Rajiv Ganguly, Kamu Mukherjee, Haradhan Banerjee|website=India Today|author=Sumit Mitra|date=20 July 2013|archive-url=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|archivedate=24 March 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://halfsamosa.in/extraordinary-actor-called-kamu-mukherjee-top-five-roles/|title=An extraordinary actor called Kamu Mukherjee & his top five roles|work=Half Samosa|date=10 July 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826161558/http://halfsamosa.in/extraordinary-actor-called-kamu-mukherjee-top-five-roles/|archivedate=26 August 2017|url-status=live|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.com/kamu-mukherjee/profile-159027.html|title=Kamu Mukherjee|website=In.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331191029/http://www.in.com/kamu-mukherjee/profile-159027.html|archivedate=31 March 2016|url-status=dead|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> Mukherjee is known for his performances in different types of roles, both serious and comic, in Ray's films.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7YadsNfe3QC&q=Kamu+Mukherjee+actor&pg=PT718|title=Manik and I: My Life with Satyajit Ray|last=Bijoya Ray|date=August 2012|isbn=9788184757507|archiveurl=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|archivedate=24 March 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> His acting in the knife throwing scene in the film ''[[Joi Baba Felunath (film)|Joi Baba Felunath]]'' is one of the more remembered scenes from the filmmaker's oeuvre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/notes-to-the-audience-3/|title=Notes to the Audience|author=Suanshu Khurana |date=29 April 2013|website=The Indian Express|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101631/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/notes-to-the-audience-3/|archivedate=24 March 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> He also starred in the films of [[Goutam Ghosh]], [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta|Buddhadev Dashgupta]] and Arvinda Mukherjee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/grid/year/name=Kamu_Mukherjee|title=Kamu Mukherjee|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101811/https://indiancine.ma/grid/year/name=Kamu_Mukherjee|archivedate=24 March 2018|url-status=live|accessdate=23 March 2018}}</ref> Mukherjee died at the age of 72 on 6 December 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis in his home in [[Kolkata]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1031207/asp/calcutta/story_2652844.asp|title=Actor dies|newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324101600/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1031207/asp/calcutta/story_2652844.asp|archivedate=24 March 2018|url-status=dead|date=7 December 2013 | accessdate=11 November 2018}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''Sonar Harin''
* ''[[Charulata]]''
* [[Nayak (1966 film)|''Nayak'']] as Pritish
* ''Kokhono Megh''
* ''Kamallata''
* ''Nishachar''
* [[Mouchak (film)|''Mouchak'']]
* ''[[Sonar Kella]]'' as Mandar Bose
* ''Sawamsiddha''
* ''Hangsaraj''
* ''[[Shatranj Ke Khilari]]''
* [[Joi Baba Felunath (film)|''Joi Baba Felunath'']] as Arjun
* ''[[Paka Dekha]]'' as a police constable
* ''[[Heerak Rajar Deshe]]'' sentry in the treasury
* [[Phatik Chand (film)|''Phatik Chand'' (film)]] as Harun
* ''[[Paar (film)]]'' as the sardar of a jute mill
* ''Abir''
* ''[[Phera]]'' as Mantu Dutta
* ''[[Shakha Proshakha]]'' as a domestic help at the Majumder house
* ''[[Goopy Bagha Phire Elo]]''

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0611536}}

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