Prabhat Mukherjee

Prabhat Mukherjee
Born	1917 (1917) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Died	1997 (aged 79–80) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	P Mukherjee
Occupation(s)	Film director, actor
Spouse	Arundhati Devi ​ ​ (m. 1955,divorced)​

Prabhat Mukherjee (1917-1997) ^[1] was an Indian film director, actor and writer. ^[2] He is known for his work in Bengali, Assamese, Odia and Hindi-language films. ^[3]

Career

Mukherjee's career began with All India Radio. He started acting in Bengali films in 1950. The first film directed by him was Maa (1956), in Bengali language. In 1959 he worked with the actor Uttam Kumar in a film called Bicharak , which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Mukherjee directed three more films by 1960. The Assamese film Puberun , ^[4] directed by Mukerjee was released in 1959. ^[5] The film was screened at the 1960 Berlin Film Festival. He also wrote the script for the film. From 1972 to 1984, Mukherjee made at least five Odia films. One of these is Ratnakar (1982), which was the first film of Odia actor and director Prashant Nanda. His other Odia films include Nuabou(1962), Jeevan Sathi(1963) ^[6] -a film with Geeta Rao, Minati Mishra, Sarat Pujari ^[7] and Manimala Devi ^[8] -, and Sadhana(1964). In 1972 Mukherjee directed his first Hindi-language film Shayar-e-Kashmir Mahjoor , which was a biopic on Ghulam Ahmad (1885-1952), the famous national poet of Kashmir and produced by Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Balraj Sahni played the title role. After that Mukherjee directed two more Hindi films before coming back to Bengali films. ^[1] He introduced Mallika Sarabhai into films.

Personal life

Mukherjee married to Arundhati Devi (Guha Thakurta), who was an actress in Bengali film. She acted in Mukherjee’s directorial debut Maa.^{[ citation needed ]} Mukherjee had also co-starred with Arundhati in Bengali film Shorashi (1954) directed by Pashupati Chetrjee. However his married life did not last.^{[ citation needed ]} Arundhati met director Tapan Sinha at the Berlin Film Film Festival in 1957 and later Arundhati Devi and Sinha got married.^{[ citation needed ]}

Mukherjee divorced twice.^{[ citation needed ]} Later, he visited Dwarka Mai and the home of Shirdi Sai Baba’s tomb.^{[ citation needed ]} He spent the remainder of his life studying the teachings of Shirdi Sai Baba, the Indian saint. ^[9]

References

1. "Prabhat Mukherjee movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
2. Redemption at Shirdi. BALBOA. December 2013. ISBN   9781452580265 . Retrieved 20 July 2020.
3. "Prabhat Mukherjee". IMDb. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
4. Das, Arunlochan (2001), 'Ebar Ubhoti Chao (এবাৰ উভতি চাওঁ)', Sishusrathi Prakashan, Guwahati.
5. Bora, Prafulla Prasad (1978). Cinema in Assam. Performing Arts Centre.
6. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-135-94325-7.
7. Patnaik, Sanjoy (24 August 2023). Of Reels, Romance and Retakes: Social Narratives of Cinema in Odisha. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-000-99406-3.
8. "Veteran actor Manimala Devi passes away". The Times of India. 16 June 2016. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 22 October 2025.
9. "Indrani Maitra Speaks to Wisdom of Shirdi Sai Baba in New Book". CISION. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

External links

• Prabhat Mukherjee at IMDb