Santu Mukhopadhyay (14 January 1951 – 11 March 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bengali cinema. He was the father of actress

Swastika Mukherjee Swastika Mukherjee (born 13 December 1980) is an Indian actress and the daughter of the late Santu Mukhopadhyay. Mukherjee made her screen debut with ''Devdasi'', a Bengali TV series. She made her big screen debut with '' Hemanter Pakhi'' (20 ...

. His younger brother, Sumanta Mukherjee, is also an actor.

Early life and biography

Santu Mukherjee was born on 17 January 1951 in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. He attended the Mitra Institution at

Bhowanipore Bhowanipore (also Bhowanipur; bn, ভবানীপুর) is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in Kolkata district of West Bengal, India. History In 1717, the East India Company obtained the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their s ...

at a primary level and later, joined the Padmapukur Institution at

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, from where he passed his

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. He soon dropped out from studies and took dance lessons from Gopal Bhattacharya. He also learned

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Li ...

. He went to renowned director

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, seeking a role in Bengali films. In 1975, Sinha launched him as an actor in the film ''Raja''. Subsequent to his cinematic breakthrough, he working in theater and films. His last film was ''

Sanjhbati ''Sanjhbati'' is a Bengali drama film directed by Leena Gangopadhyay Leena Gangopadhyay is an Indian writer, producer, and director, primarily associated with the Tollywood film industry. As of 27 June 2022, she is serving as the Chairpers ...

''. Mukherjee died on 11 March 2020 from cardiac arrest at his South Kolkata residence; he had been suffering from cancer for a long time.

Filmography

Television

Santu's acting reached its pinnacle when he started acting in the Television serial shows. Some of the popular shows were: *

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Ishti Kutum Ishti Kutum is a Bengali TV serial that aired from 24 October 2011 to 13 December 2015 on Star Jalsha. It started telecasting everyday from 3 May 2015. The show was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures company. This is the first serial pro ...

Saat Paake Bandha ''Saat Paake Bandha'' is a 2009 Indian Bengali drama film directed by Sujit Mondal. The film starred Jeet and Koyel Mullick, who also featured in ''Ghatak'' in 2006. The movie is a remake of 1996 Telugu movie ''Pavitra Bandham''. Plot Rahul ( ...

(later replaced by Rohit Mukherjee) *

Jol Nupur ''Jol Nupur'' was a Bengali television serial which aired on Bengali GEC Star Jalsha by Magic Moments Motion Pictures. This is the second serial in Star Jalsha by Magic Moments Motion Pictures after ''Ishti'' ''Kutum'' and the third longest runn ...

Kojagori ''Kojagori'' ( bn, কোজাগরি); was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 2 February 2015, and aired on Zee Bangla. Produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures, it starred Raja Goswami Om and Aparajita Ghosh Das in lead ro ...

Ichche Nodee ''Ichche Nodee'', also spelled as ''Ichchenodi'' ( en, A wish fulfilling river), is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on June 15, 2015, and aired on Star Jalsha. It was written by Leena Gangopadhyay and produced by Saibal Banerjee of ...

Kusum Dola ''Kusum Dola'' was an Indian Bengali television soap opera which aired on Bengali Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha and is available on the digital platform Hotstar. It premiered on 22 August 2016, and was telecast daily. It was produced by Mag ...

Andarmahal ''Andarmahal'' was a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 5 June 2017 and initially aired Monday to Friday at 10:30 PM IST on Zee Bangla. It had been later shifted to the 9:30 pm time slot. The show is produced by Magic Moments Motio ...

Phagun Bou ''Phagun Bou'' is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 19 March 2018 on Star Jalsha. It was produced under Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee and Leena Gangopadhyay. The show starred Vikram Chatterjee and Oin ...

Mayurpankhi ''Mayurpankhi'' is an Indian Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 12 November 2018, and aired on Bengali General Entertainment Channel Star Jalsha, and is also available on the digital platform Hotstar. The show was produced by Mag ...

Nokshi Kantha ''Nokshi Kantha'' was an Indian television soap opera in Bengali that premiered on 12 November 2018 and aired on the Bengali General Entertainment Channel Zee Bangla. The show was produced by Magic Moments Motion Pictures of Saibal Banerjee an ...

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(later replaced by

Dulal Lahiri Dulal Lahiri is an Indian actor and director. He has appeared in numerous Bengali films and TV series. He was critically appreciated for his ''Cinemawalla'' (1993) a Bengali TV series starring Rituparna Sengupta. He introduced Sreelekha Mitra ...

)

Santu Mukherjee as Singer

Santu recorded several songs. In the Bengali movie "''Parabot Priya''" Santu Mukherjee sang a duet song (Rabindra Sangeet) along with co-artist Arundhati Hom Choudhury: "''Amar hridoy tomar apon hater dole''".Viewable on YouTube: ; (accessed 11 March 2020) In the album "''Ei akashe amar Mukti aloy aloy''" he sang the title song along with his daughter Swastika. His rendition "''Tumi daak diyechho kon sokale''" was mesmerizing.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mukherjee, Santu 1951 births 2020 deaths Indian male film actors 20th-century Indian male actors Male actors in Bengali cinema Bengali male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors from Kolkata