Madhabi Mukherjee was born in 1943. Her original name was Madhuri. She
started acting at a young age as child artist. She made her film debut
as a child artist in Premendra Mitra's
Kankantala Light Railway
(1950). First acted in a lead female role in Tapan Sinha's
Tonsil (1956).
The next film she worked on was Mrinal Sen's
Baishey Shravan
(1960); Bijoy Chatterjee, the producer of this film gave her the name
Madhabi. After appearing in Mrinal Sen's film, Madhabi acted in another
maestro Ritwik Ghatak's 'Subarnarekha'.
She created remarkable impact with her performance as Charulata in
Satyajit Ray's film 'Charulata' based on Rabindranath Tagore's
novel. She also displayed memorable performance in Ray's 'Mahanagar'
and 'Kapurush'.
Madhabi acted as a heroine and in character role with many actors.
She did some performance on stage and directed one Bengali movie (Aatmaja).
Filmography:
| Film |
Year |
Director |
Co-actor |
| Kankantala Light Railway |
1950 |
Premendra Mitra |
|
| Tonsil |
1956 |
Tapan Sinha |
|
| Baise Sravana |
1960 |
Mrinal Sen |
|
| Aaj Kaal Porshu |
1961 |
|
|
| Mahanagar |
1963 |
Satyajit Ray |
Anil Chatterjee |
| Charulata |
1964 |
Satyajit Ray |
Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Thana Theke Aaschhi |
1965 |
|
|
| Kapurush |
1965 |
Satyajit Ray |
|
| Swapna Niye |
1966 |
Purnendu Patri |
|
| Shankhabela |
1966 |
|
Uttam Kumar |
| Ajana Shapath |
1967 |
|
|
| Adwitiya |
1968 |
|
|
| Chhadmabesi |
1971 |
Agradoot |
Uttam Kumar |
| Biraj Bou |
1972 |
|
|
| Kolkata 71 |
1972 |
Mrinal Sen |
|
| Streer Patra |
1973 |
Purnendu Patri |
|
| Bindur Chhele |
1973 |
|
|
| Agniswar |
1975 |
|
Uttam Kumar |
| Ganadevota |
1979 |
Tarun Majumdar |
Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Baanchharamer Bagan |
1980 |
Tapan Sinha |
Dipankar Dey |
| Subarnalata |
1981 |
|
|
| Chokh |
1982 |
Utpalendu Chakrabarty |
|
| Antardhan |
1992 |
Tapan Sinha |
Soumitra Chatterjee |
| Utsab |
2000 |
Rituparno Ghosh |
|