Ram Kamal Mukherjee

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Ram Kamal Mukherjee
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Born (1976-09-13) 13 September 1976 (age 48)
Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Alma mater University of Calcutta
OccupationFilm 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
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(m. 2007)​
Children1
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 Duaa. [12]

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Personal information

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]

Career

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] He was the assistant producer of the TV series Bin Kuch Kahe aired on Zee TV.

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]

Bibliography

YearTitlePublisherNotesRef.
2005 Hema Malini Diva Unveiled Magna BooksCoffee table book on Hema Malini [18]
2016Long Island Iced TeaLeadstart PublishingFiction [19]
2018Fitness Secrets of StarsPenguin Random House [20]
Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl HarperCollins Authorized Biography of Hema Malini [21]
2019Sanjay Dutt, One Man, Many LivesRupa PublisherBiography on Sanjay Dutt [22]
MuktaakashCollection of Hindi poems
2021 Mithun Chakraborty: The Dada of Bollywood Rupa PublicationBiography [23]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearTitleCastNotesRef.
2018 Cakewalk Esha Deol, Tarun MalhotraShort Film [24]
2019Season's Greetings Celina Jaitly, Lillette Dubey A tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, released on ZEE5 [25]
2020RickshawalaAvinash Dwivedi, Kasturi ChakrabortyWon Best Director award at 13th Ayodhya International Film Festival and Cafe Irani Indo Iran Film Festival. [26]
2021Broken FrameRohit Roy, Ritabhari Chakraborty Short Film [27]
Shubho BijoyaGurmeet Choudhury, Debina BanerjeeShort Film [28]
Ek Duaa Esha Deol Won Best Short Film awards at the 69th National Film Awards [29]
2025 Binodiini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan † Rukmini Maitra, Kaushik Ganguly, Rahul Bose, Om Sahani Biography of the noted theatre artist Binodini Dasi [30]
2026Draupadi† Rukmini Maitra Tribute to and adaptation of Draupadi's character [31]
Lokkhikantopur Local Rituparna Sengupta, John Bhattacharya

Awards

For writing

YearNotable workAwardsCategoryResultRef.
2005 Hema Malini Diva Unveiled Kalakar AwardBest AuthorWon
2006Lions ClubBest JournalistWon [32]
2018Beyond The DreamgirlSociety Icon AwardBest AuthorWon [33]
Power Brand Film Journalist AwardBest BiographerWon [34]
Rajasthan International Film FestivalBest AuthorWon [35]
Stardust Achievers Award in LondonMost Promising AuthorWon [36]
Bengal Youth Award From West BengalBest AuthorWon [37]
2020One Man Many LivesRajasthan International Film FestivalBest BiographerWon [38]

As director

YearNotable workAwardsCategoryResultRef.
2019 Cakewalk Midday Showbiz Icon AwardBest DirectorWon [39]
Most Influential Content Professional AwardWon [40]
MTV IWM Buzz AwardBest DirectorWon [41]
Society Achievers AwardBest Short Film DirectorWon [42]
Kala Samriddhi AwardMost Promising DirectorWon [43]
2020Season's GreetingsRajasthan International Film FestivalBest Director AwardWon [44]
9th Best Shorts Film Festival in CaliforniaAward of ExcellenceWon [45]
Best ShortsWon [46]
RickshawalaAyodhya International Film FestivalMost Promising DirectorWon [47]
Indo-Iran International Film FestivalBest Emerging DirectorWon [48]
Global Film and Music Festival in USABest DirectorWon [49]
Cafe Irani Chai International FestivalBest Emerging DirectorWon [50]
13th Ayodhya International Film FestivalBest DirectorWon [51]
2021Rickshawala7th Rajasthan International Film FestivalBest DirectorWon [49]
Season's GreetingsIWMBUZZ Digital AwardsBest DirectorWon [52]
2022Ek DuaaIWMBUZZ Digital AwardsBest DirectorWon [53]
2023 69th National Film Award Best short filmWon [12]

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