Kunal Mitra was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films

Cinema of West Bengal

The cinema of West Bengal refers to the Tollygunge-based Bengali film industry in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Hollywood, dates back to 1932...

 and television.

Early life

Kunal was born in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

, West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. He was the grandson of noted Bengali filmmaker Debaki Kumar Bose. He died of a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...

 while shooting at Indrapuri studio, Kolkata for a television serial 'Utsaver Ratri' directed by Jishu Sengupta. He left behind his wife and two sons.

Career

Kunal Mitra began his career in television with the comedy serial Ebar Jombe Mawja many years ago. His oeuvre lists around 300 shows and serials and around ten feature films.
He made a grand success in the role of councilor Janardan Jana (জনার্দন জানা)in the popular show "RAJA & GOJA : bindass moja" in the television channel Zee Bangla

Zee Bangla

Zee Bangla is a Bengali language cable television channel in India. It is offered by Zee Network, part of the Essel Group.It was actually first launched in the year 1996, but was taken off air within two months due to its poor popularity. It was relaunched as Alpha Bangla in the year 1999. It ran...

. As in a role of such humorous & funny negative character, he acted like a perfect professional. The role was to be a Councilor of Ward no. 420 (Kochipara Lane is also under the ward) in Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 & perform a lot of anti-social activities. His last film was "Chhaw-a Chhuti".

Filmography

• Raaj Bangsha (2009)
• Chhaye Chuti (2009)
• Sedin Dujone
  Sedin Dujone
  Sedin Dujone is a Bengali film Directed by debutant director Atanu Basu and released in 2008 featuring by Amitava Bhattacharya and Kasturi...
  
   (2008)
• Lal Ronger Duniya
  Lal Ronger Duniya
  Lal Ronger Duniya is a Bengali Movie was released in 2008. Directed by Nilanjan Bhattacharya, the movie featured Debashree Roy, Locket Chatterjee, Rajesh Sharma. This movie is Nilanjan Bhattacharya's directorial début.-Plot:...
  
   (2008)
• Rangamati
  Rangamati
  Rangamati is the Administrative Headquarter of Rangamati Hill District in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The town is located at 22°37'60N 92°12'0E and has an altitude of 14 metres ....
  
   (2008)
• Krishnakanter Will (2007)
• Bibar
  Bibar
  Bibar is a 2006 Bengali film directed by Subrata Sen starring Subrata Datta, Tannishtha Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Kunal Mitra, Shiladitya Patranabis, Pradip Mukhopadhyay, Anuradha Ray, Kanchan Mullick, Rajesh Sharma, Dulal Lahiri, Biswajit Chakraborty, Oindrilla Khan, &...
  
   (2006)
• Alo (2006)
• Raja & Goja: Bindaas Moja (TV series)
• Kaler Rakhal

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