Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay
Date of birth: 1926-07-05
Place of birth: Shyambazar, Calcutta, British Raj (now India)
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay, Jnanesh Mukherjee, Jnanesh Mukhopadhyay, জ্ঞানেশ মুখোপাধ্যায়
Biography
Gyanesh Mukherjee was a Bengali actor, director, and theater personality. He was involved with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). In his film career, Mukherjee worked with famous directors like Ritwik Ghatak, Mrinal Sen, and Tapan Sinha. From the late 1950s to the 1970s, he played a prolific role in cinema and theatre.
Movie Credits
The Cloud-Capped Star
1960-04-13
A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices
Megh
1961-06-16
The Royal Hunt
1977-07-01
A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is a
Reason, Debate and a Story
1974-01-01
Four men, each peculiar in his own way, embark on a quest to reason with the estranged wife of the p
Ajantrik
1958-05-23
Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet j
A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale
1961-03-30
Through the microcosmic perspectivising of a group of devoted and uncompromising IPTA workers, Ghata
Damu
1996-01-02
A gullible man faces strange situations on his quest fo find an elephant in order to keep a promise
The Last Ride
2001-12-27
A poor Muslim man's horse.
Janani
1993-07-01
The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she
Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya
1986-03-02
Ravi, a wealthy model, leaves his father's business after unsatisfactory modeling work and returns t
The Wedding Day
1960-04-01
The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage o
Nimantran
1971-05-21
Hiru Ganguly is unable to marry Kumudini, his lover, after her father rejects his marriage proposal.
The House Next Door
1952-03-07
This is a love story of a simple man who falls in love with his neighborhood lady. The lady has ampl
The Expedition
1962-09-27
The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who attempts to reinvent his life by
Ei Korechho Bhalo
1970-08-21
A miser bequeaths his property to his two destitute nephews, provided they within a month marry girl
Bansher Kella
1953-03-06
A 1953 Historical Patriotic Bengali Film directed by Sudhir Mukhopadhyay.
Shap Mochan
1955-05-27
Young Mahendra belongs to a family of musicians, but once the family is cursed by their teacher. Mah
Uttar Megh
1960-02-12
A 1960 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Jiban Gangopadhyay, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar &
Bibhas
1964-02-14
A jobless man reaches a village where he finds work in a doctor's office. Later, he learns that the
Palatak
1963-06-21
A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the
Runaway
1958-06-24
Kanchan, all of eight years old, is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds h
Vasundhara
1986-08-15
Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagr
Hirer Angti
1992-01-01
Gandharva Kumar's arrival disrupts the festival mood of Durga Puja at Ratanlal Babu's house. He capt
Up in the Clouds
1965-04-01
A young man still to find a place in the sun puts up an innocent bluff to a young girl he chances up
Ekhane Pinjar
1971-01-22
Amal Basu, who decides to visit his hometown, meets Lila on the train. When he goes to his friend Na
Beyond the Thirteen Rivers
1969-01-03
Loosely based on a story revolving around a travelling circus and how it deals with the pressures of
Ganga
1960-01-01
Film about the lives of people on the banks of the Ganges.
Pratisodh
1981-07-31
A Bengali film about the revenge of a man who is arrested after a false accusation, causing his fath
An Unfinished Story
1971-01-01
Ek Adhuri Kahani is 1972 Hindi language movie directed by Mrinal Sen, starring Utpal Dutt, Shekhar C