Mrinal Mukherjee ( – 7 May 2019) was an Indian actor, theatre personality and music director. He is the father of actor and singer Jojo. He is remembered for his

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s in Bengali cinema.

Career

In 1955, Mukherjee made his debut with the 1955 film ''Dui Bon''. After that he performed number of commercial movies more than five decades in

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and played crucial roles. He acted with notable directors in number of movies like ''

Galpo Holeo Satti ''Galpo Holeo Satti'' ( bn, গল্প হলেও সত্যি) is a 1966 comedic Bengali film directed by Tapan Sinha. It stars Bhanu Banerjee, Jogesh Chatterjee, Bharati Devi, Chaya Devi, Ajoy Ganguli, Rabi Ghosh, Rudraprasad Sengu ...

'', ''

Nayika Sangbad ''Nayika Sangbad'' () is a 1967 Indian Bengali-language romantic comedy film directed by Agradoot and written by Prasanta Deb. The film stars Uttam Kumar and Anjana Bhowmick. It was remade in Tamil as ''Sumathi En Sundari'' (1971). Plot Urm ...

'', ''Chuti'', ''

Shriman Prithviraj ''Shriman Prithviraj'' ( bn, শ্রীমান পৃথ্বীরাজ; ) is a 1973 Indian Bengali romantic comedy film starring Ayan Banerjee and Mahua Roy Choudhury, and directed by Tarun Majumdar, featuring teenage love. It has a cul ...

'' etc. He also performed as music director as well as playback singer in Bengali films and worked with

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in the film Mausam. Mukherjee was suffering from liver cancer and died in

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on 7 May 2019.

Partial filmography

* Badsha the King *

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Mayer Anchal ''Mayer Anchal'' ( bn, মায়ের আঁচল ') is a 2003 Indian Bengali-language drama film directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Apurba Saha. It is a remake of the 2000 Hindi-language film ''Jis Desh Mein Ganga Rehta Hain''. ...

Paribar ''Paribar'' () is a 2004 Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali family drama film directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Anup Sengupta and Apurba Saha. The film feature actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick and Rachana Banerjee in the lead r ...

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* Eri Naam Prem * Sangharsha *

Tulkalam ''Tulkalam'' ( bn, তুলকালাম) is a 2007 Indian Bengali-language film. Directed by Haranath Chakraborty and produced by Pijush Saha. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Rachana Banerjee, Paoli Dam, and Rajatava Dutta. Plot ''Tulkalam'' ...

* Yoddha: The Warrior * Aaghat * Barood * Nayak *

Khalnayak ''Khal Nayak'' () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language action crime film produced and directed by Subhash Ghai. The film's plot centers on the escape and attempted capture of criminal Ballu (Sanjay Dutt as antihero) by Inspector Ram ( Jackie Shrof ...

Ek Tukro Chand ''Ek Tukro Chand'' ( A Piece of Moon) is a 2001 Indian Bengali action adventure film directed by Pinaki Chaudhuri, based on the Kakababu story, ''Santu O Ek Tukro Chand'' by Sunil Gangopadhyay. It is sequel to 1995 film ''Kakababu Here Gelen?'' ...

Surya Sakkhi ''Surya Sakkhi'' (''English: The Sun is The Witness'') is a 1981 Indian Bengali-language romantic drama film directed by Agradoot. This film was released under the banner of Manjir Films. Plot A budding singer's marriage with his childhood swee ...

Golmaal Golmaal is the title of the following Indian films: *''Gol Maal'', 1979 Hindi comedy film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee starring Amol Palekar * ''Golmaal'' (1998 film), a Tamil film starring Selva * ''Golmaal'' (2008 film), a Bengali film starri ...

Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana ''Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana'' is 2016 Indian Thriller film on Bengali language, Bengali fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi. The role of Byomkesh Bakshi is portrayed by Jisshu Sengupta. The film is directed by Anjan Dutt. This is the fifth instal ...

* Chuti * Sansar * Bilambita Lay * Sonar Sansar (2002) *

* Chiradiner * Mon Niye * Apanjan *

Apan Por ''Apan Por'' is a 1992 Bengali Drama Film directed by Tapan Saha and produced by Joytara Pictures under the banner of Joytara Pictures. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles. Music of the film has been c ...

Aandha Prem ''Aandha Prem'' is a 2003 Bengali romantic drama film directed by Narayan Chatterjee under the banner of Shiv Films. The film features actors Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rachana Banerjee in the lead roles. Music of the film has been composed by B ...

Khana Baraha ''Khana Baraha'' is a Bengali historical drama film directed by Bijoy Bose and produced by Ashim Sarkar. This film was based the story of Manmatha Roy on the life of Khana and Varāhamihira, the ancient mathematician astrologers of India. It was ...

Dadu No. 1 ''Dadu No. 1'' is a 2004 Bengali film directed by Sanat Dutta and produced by Naresh Kumar Jain. The film features actors Ferdous Ahmed, Ranjit Mallick and Rachana Banerjee in the lead roles. Malay Ganguly composed the music for the film. Cas ...

JL50 ''JL50'' is an Indian Hindi-language sci-fi thriller web television miniseries which premiered on Sony Liv on 4 September 2020. The series stars Abhay Deol, Pankaj Kapur, Ritika Anand, Piyush Mishra and Rajesh Sharma. Plot Shantanu, a Centra ...

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