Ava Mukherjee (c. 1929 – 15 January 2018) was an Indian film and television actress. Her best known roles included ''

Devdas ''Devdas'' ( bn, দেবদাস, transliterated as ''Debdās'') is a Bengali romance novel written by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. The story pivots a tragic triangle linking Devdas, an archetypal lover in viraha (separation); Paro, his forbidden ...

'' (2002), where she played

Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan (; born 2 November 1965), also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor, film producer, and television personality who works in Hindi films. Referred to in the media as the " Baadshah of Bollywood", "King of Bollywood" ...

's grandmother, and her lead role as the title character in 2009's ''

Detective Naani ''Detective Naani'' is an Indian Hindi-language mystery comedy film released on 22 May 2009. It is directed by debutante Romilla Mukherjee and stars Ava Mukherjee with Zain Khan, Amit Verma and Shweta Gulati. Plot It's a regular day at Gulmoha ...

''. Mukherjee was also well known for her appearances in

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s. Mukherjee made her film debut in the 1965

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film, ''

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'', directed by Taru Mukherjee. However, she did not appear in another film role again for decades. Her break came in the 2000

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movie, Snip, which relaunched her film acting career in

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. Mukherjee was next cast as Shah Rukh Khan's grandmother in the 2002 romantic drama, ''

'', directed by

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. Her role in ''Devdas'' won her millions of fans throughout the country. In 2006, she appeared in the thriller anthology film, ''

Darna Zaroori Hai ''Darna Zaroori Hai'' (translation: ''Fright is necessary'') is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language anthology horror film produced by Satish Kaushik, and Ram Gopal Varma. The film is a sequel to ''Darna Mana Hai''. It stars a host of Bollywood actors i ...

''. In 2009, Mukherjee played the lead character of Naani in the mystery film, ''

''. Ava Mukherjee died in

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, India, on 15 January 2018, at the age of 88.

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