Madhabi Mukherjee
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Madhabi Mukherjee (February 10, 1942 - ) is a Bengali actress.
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[edit] Background
Mukherjee was raised in Kolkata, in what was then Bengal, India. She and her sister Manjari were raised by their mother. As a young girl, she became involved in the theater.
[edit] Career
In the early 1960s, she was recruited by Satyajit Ray to portray the role of Arati in the 1963 film, Mahanagar ("The Big City"). She recalled later in her autobiography:
- He read me the entire story, Mahanagar. I was stunned. This was the first woman-centered screenplay I had encountered. I was not going to play second fiddle to the main male character as in all plays and films I had acted in or was familiar with (p.20).
This film was soon followed by her portrayls of Charu in the film of Rabindranath Tagore's novella, Nashtanir, Charulata ("The Lonely Wife")in 1964 and Karuna in Kapurush ("The Coward") in 1965.
Considered one of India's finest actresses, Mukherjee has also acted in films such as Rituparno Ghosh's UTSAV, and Subarnarekha by Ritwik Ghatak.
[edit] References
- Mukherjee, Madhabi. My Life, My Love: An Autobiography. Palo Alto: The Stanford Theatre Foundation, 1999.
