Kamu Mukherjee
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Kamu Mukherjee (d. Dec. 6, 2003) was a Bengali
actor known for his performances in several Satyajit Ray
films.
His portrayals of Mandar Bose in Sonar Kella
, Pritish Sarkar in Nayak, Mantu Dutta in Phera
and Juggler Haroon Al Rashid in Fatikchand are considered his best roles.
Satyajit Ray's wife recollected an interesting story in her memoirs of how Kamu started acting in Ray movies. It is said that Kamu turned up one morning, knocked on Ray's door, and before anybody could speak he said, "Namaskar. Amar naam Kamu Mukhopadhya ami apnar boite avinay korte chai." ("Greetings. My name is Kamu Mukhopadhya. I want to act in your movies.") and walked off.
Mukherjee died on December 6, 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis
, from which he had suffered for the past ten years, almost bedridden.
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
actor known for his performances in several Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Kolkata into a Bengali family prominent in the world of arts and literature...
films.
His portrayals of Mandar Bose in Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella
Sonar Kella , also Shonar Kella, released in the United States as The Golden Fortress, is a 1971 mystery novel and a 1974 film by Bengali writer and director Satyajit Ray. The film is an adaptation of the novel with minor plot changes and features the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta,...
, Pritish Sarkar in Nayak, Mantu Dutta in Phera
Phera
Phera is a 1988 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadeb Dasgupta. It was entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival, competition section.-Cast:*Aloknanda Dutt as Saraju...
and Juggler Haroon Al Rashid in Fatikchand are considered his best roles.
Satyajit Ray's wife recollected an interesting story in her memoirs of how Kamu started acting in Ray movies. It is said that Kamu turned up one morning, knocked on Ray's door, and before anybody could speak he said, "Namaskar. Amar naam Kamu Mukhopadhya ami apnar boite avinay korte chai." ("Greetings. My name is Kamu Mukhopadhya. I want to act in your movies.") and walked off.
Mukherjee died on December 6, 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, systemic inflammatory disorder that may affect many tissues and organs, but principally attacks synovial joints. The process produces an inflammatory response of the synovium secondary to hyperplasia of synovial cells, excess synovial fluid, and the development...
, from which he had suffered for the past ten years, almost bedridden.