Ram Kamal Mukherjee | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
Occupation | Film Director/Author |
Notable work | Hema Malini Diva Unveiled Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl Season's Greetings Rickshawala Sanjay Dutt, One Man, Many Lives |
Spouse | Sarbani Mukherjee (m. 2007) |
Children | 1 |
Website | Official Website |
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Ram Kamal Mukherjee (born 13 September 1976) is an Indian film journalist, the former editor in chief of Stardust film magazine, biographer of Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty and Sanjay Dutt. He made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring Esha Deol. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] He has been regarded as one of the best Indian short filmmaker by The Times of India . [11] In 2023 he won 69th National Film Award for his short film Ek Dua. [12]
Ram Kamal Mukherjee completed his graduation in History from the University of Calcutta. He completed his schooling from St Joseph's College in Calcutta, and later completed his senior schooling from Khalsa Model School. After graduation he completed a diploma course in communication from the British Council, later joined Media Studies Film and Television course in University of Calcutta. [13]
Mukherjee is best known as a biographer of Hema Malini's authorized biography Beyond The Dreamgirl and India's first Power Brand Film Journalist. After working with Times of India (Mumbai Mirror) as assistant editor, he worked with Pritish Nandy Communication as vice president and wrote columns in Midday and Ananda Bazar Patrika. Later he worked as Associate Producer in Zee TV finite series Bin Kuch Kahe.
He is best known for writing India's first coffee table book on any actress, Hema Malini - Diva Unveiled , which was published by Magna Books in 2005. [14]
In 2019 he made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring Esha Deol in the lead role. In 2020 his film Season's Greetings, a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh fetched him national and international accolades. The film also marked return of former Miss India Celina Jaitly Haag into cinema. In 2021 he won the Best Human Rights Film at Cardiff International Film Festival for his film Rickshawala. As an author he penned six books, in English and Hindi languages. His biography Beyond The Dreamgirl published by HarperCollins India, was released by Deepika Padukone in Mumbai. [15] The foreword of the book was written by Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi.
He had also penned a biography, Sanjay Dutt - One Man Many Lives published by Rupa Books. [16] [17]
Year | Title | Publisher | notes | ref |
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2005 | Hema Malini Diva Unveiled | Magna Books | Coffee table book on Hema Malini | [18] |
2016 | Long Island Iced Tea | Leadstart Publishing | Fiction | [19] |
2018 | Fitness Secrets of Stars | Penguin Random House | [20] | |
2018 | Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl | HarperCollins | Authorized Biography of Hema Malini | [21] |
2019 | Sanjay Dutt, One Man, Many Lives | Rupa Publisher | Biography on Sanjay Dutt | [22] |
2019 | Muktaakash | Collection of Hindi poems | ||
2021 | Mithun Chakraborty: The Dada of Bollywood | Rupa Publication | Biography | [23] |
Year | Title | Cast | notes | ref |
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2018 | Cakewalk | Esha Deol, Tarun Malhotra | Short Film | [24] |
2019 | Season's Greetings | Celina Jaitly, Lillette Dubey | a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, released on zee5 | [25] |
2020 | Rickshawala | Avinash Dwivedi, Kasturi Chakraborty | Won Best Director award at 13th Ayodhya International Film Festival and Cafe Irani Indo Iran Film Festival. | [26] |
2021 | Broken Frame | Rohit Roy, Ritabhari Chakraborty | Short Film | [27] |
2021 | Shubho Bijoya | Gurmeet Choudhury, Debina Banerjee | Short Film | [28] |
2021 | Ek Duaa | Esha Deol | Hindi Film | |
2024 | Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan | Rukmini Maitra, Kaushik Ganguly, Rahul Bose, Om Sahani | Bengali Film | |
Draupadi | Rukmini Maitra | Bengali Film | ||
He was also producer of Bin Kuch Kahe TV series on Zee TV.
Year | Notable work | Awards | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2005 | Hema Malini Diva Unveiled | Kalakar Award | Best Author | Won | |
2006 | Lions Club | Best Journalist | Won | [29] | |
2018 | Beyond The Dreamgirl | Society Icon Award | Best Author | Won | [30] |
2018 | Beyond The Dreamgirl | Power Brand Film Journalist Award | Best Biographer | Won | [31] |
2018 | Beyond The Dreamgirl | Rajasthan International Film Festival | Best Author | Won | [32] |
2018 | Beyond The Dreamgirl | Stardust Achievers Award in London | Most Promising Author | Won | [33] |
2018 | Beyond The Dreamgirl | Bengal Youth Award From West Bengal | Best Author | Won | [34] |
2020 | One Man Many Lives | Rajasthan International Film Festival | Best Biographer | Won | [35] |
Year | Notable work | Awards | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | Cakewalk | Midday Showbiz Icon Award | Best Director | Won | [36] |
2019 | Cakewalk | Most Influential Content Professional Award | Won | [37] | |
2019 | Cakewalk | MTV IWM Buzz Award | Best Director | Won | [38] |
2019 | Cakewalk | Society Achievers Award | Best Short Film Director | Won | [39] |
2019 | Cakewalk | Kala Samriddhi Award | Most Promising Director | Won | [40] |
2020 | Season's Greetings | Rajasthan International Film Festival | Best Director Award | Won | [41] |
2020 | Season's Greetings | 9th Best Shorts Film Festival in California | Award of Excellence | Won | [42] |
2020 | Season's Greetings | Best Shorts | Won | [43] | |
2020 | Rickshawala | Ayodhya International Film Festival | Most Promising Director | Won | [44] |
2020 | Rickshawala | Indo-Iran International Film Festival | Best Emerging Director | Won | [45] |
2020 | Rickshawala | Global Film and Music Festival in USA | Best Director | Won | [46] |
2020 | Rickshawala | Cafe Irani Chai International Festival | Best Emerging Director | Won | [47] |
2020 | Rickshawala | 13th Ayodhya International Film Festival | Best Director | Won | [48] |
2021 | Rickshawala | 7th Rajasthan International Film Festival | Best Director | Won | [46] |
2021 | Season's Greetings | IWMBUZZ Digital Awards | Best Director | Won | [49] |
2022 | Ek Dua | IWMBUZZ Digital Awards | Best Director | Won | [50] |
2023 | Ek Dua | 69th National Film Award | Best short film | Won | [12] |
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