Kamaleshwar Mukherjee

Kamaleshwar Mukherjee
Born Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Occupation Film director, Screenwriter, Actor
Known for Meghe Dhaka Tara
Chander Pahar

Kamaleshwar Mukherjee is a Bengali film director and ad maker. As of March 2013, he directed four movies. In the film Meghe Dhaka Tara, Mukherjee dealt with Bengali film director Ritwik Ghatak's time spent in a mental asylum.[1]

Personal life

Kamaleshwar Mukherjee is a physician by training, and an alumnus of the Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, when it was affiliated with the University of Calcutta. He moved on initially to the profession of advertisement making and then film making.[2][3]

Career

After working as an advertisement maker, Mukherjee wrote (dialogue/screenplay) Amit Sengupta's film Natobor Notout in 2010. His directorial debut, the well acclaimed film Uro Chithi was released in 2011. This film interwoven 12 text messages with 12 different characters, combining shades of life spanning across 12 months. His next venture was Meghe Dhaka Tara, inspired by the life of Bengali filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and attempts to portray that period of the life of Ghatak when he was admitted into a mental asylum for treatment. His next film is Chander Pahar, based on a novel of Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay released in December 2013.[1][2] He was also a member and active stage actor of Kolkata-based theatre group "Chetona".

Filmography

Year Film Director Writer Actor Notes
2010 Natobor Notout Yes
2011 Uro Chithi Yes Yes
2013 Meghe Dhaka Tara Yes Yes * Centenary Award at International Film Festival of India, Goa 2013
* Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the Best Director at International Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
* NETPAC Award International Film Festival of Kerala, 2013
2013 Chander Pahar Yes * Nominated for Filmfare Awards East for Best Director – Bengali
* Zee Bangla Gourab Somman Awards for Best Director
* Kalakar Awards for Best Director
2013 Mishawr Rawhoshyo Yes As Sadat Manto (Cameo)
2014 Obhishopto Nighty Yes As a news reporter (Cameo)
2014 Khaad Yes As Rajib, a trekker
2014 Force Yes
2015 Arshinagar Yes As Salim Saab,a music teacher
2015 13 Number Tarachand Lane YesYes A Zee Bangla Originals Release

Awards and Nominations

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