Gyanesh Mukherjee


Gyanesh Mukherjee was a Bengali actor, director and theater personality.

Career

He was involved with Indian People's Theatre Association. In his film career, Mukherjee worked with number of famous directors like Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen and Tapan Sinha. Since late 50s to 70s, he played prolific role in cinema as well as theater. In 1973 he directed the film Achena Atithi which was remade in Hindi as Anjane Mehmaan in 1975. He founded Mass theaters group in Kolkata. Mukherjee passed away in Kolkata on 8 may, 2008.

Filmography