Madhabi Mukherjee
Acting
Biography
Madhabi Mukherjee, née Chakraborty, (born 10 February 1942) is an Indian actress. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film Dibratrir Kabya. She has acted in some of the most critically acclaimed films in Bengali cinema and is considered one of the greatest actresses of Bengali cinema.
Born: February 10, 1942
Place of Birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Known For
Calcutta 71
The spirit of a condemned 20-year-old student wanders through time, linking together four stories of people struggling for survival in this gritty meditation on poverty, natural disaster and political strife in India. A middle-class family's home is no match for the monsoons, while another clan's morality is compromised when famine strikes. Young boys smuggle rice, and politicians pity the poor while living in the lap of luxury.
Chokh
The film is set in during the Emergency period in December 1975. Jadunath a labour union leader, of Jethia Jute Mill in Kolkata has been given death sentence, for the murders of owner Jethia’s brother, and another worker, even though he never committed them. Before dying, he pledges his eyes for donation. However when the mill owner finds about this he tries to manoeuvre the medical system to get both the eyes for his blind son. Meanwhile the doctor discovers that the donation papers provided by the Jethia to be fake. Soon the mill workers get united behind the widow of Jadunath and hold protest rally against the injustice.
Borunbabur Bondhu
Borun Chakraborty, a grumpy old man, leads a lonely life with his bedridden wife and an emotionally distant family. Things take a turn for the unexpected after the country's president gets in touch with him.
Autograph
Arun, a famous Bengali actor, approves Shuvobrata's proposal of remaking Satyajit Ray's famous film 'Nayak'. Problems arise when Shuvobrata requests his live-in girlfriend Shrin to act opposite Arun.
The Big City
After her husband loses his job, a housewife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a salesperson.
Charulata
In 1870s India, Charulata is an isolated, artistically inclined woman who sees little of her busy journalist husband, Bhupati. Realizing that his wife is alienated and unhappy, he convinces his cousin, Amal, to spend time with Charulata and nourish her creative impulses. Amal is a fledgling poet himself, and he and Charulata bond over their shared love of art.
Chhadmabeshi
A romantic comedy, where a newlywed couple and their friend pulls a prank on the bride's unsuspecting elder brother and his wife. The groom poses as the driver for the family and the friend poses as the groom. What ensues is an all-time classic of Bengali Cinema.
The Coward
Amitabha Roy is a Calcutta-based scriptwriter, driving around in the country to collect material for a film. His vehicle breaks down in a small town. A tea planter, Bimal Gupta, offers hospitality for the night. Amitabha is forced to accept the offer as he has no alternative.
Ganadevata
Set in 1920's during the British Raj, the film is about the breakdown of socio-economic structures, impact of industrialization and non-cooperation movement in rural Bengal.
Mon Mane Na
Shikha, an orphan raised by two maternal uncles, falls in love with Shantanu. However, as her family is against their union, Shantanu tries to convince her uncles.
Filmography
as Borunbabu's wife
as Shampa's grandmother
as The Unknown Guest
as Self
as Self
as Bhagabati
as Chhakari's wife
as Padma
as Narayani
as Agnishwar's Wife
as Bindubasini
as Biraj
as Sulekha (as Madhabi Chakraborty)
as Supriya
as Srimoti / Asha Ray
as Tripti
as Sita
as Karuna Gupta
as Sandhya Chakraborty
as Charulata
as Arati Mazumdar