Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Shyambazar, Calcutta, British Raj (now India)
Birthday: July 05, 1926
Deathday: May 08, 2008
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Cloud-Capped Star
Overview: A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-04-13
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Megh
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Genres: Drama Documentary
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1961-06-16
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The Royal Hunt
Overview: A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is an expert archer in an Indian village. The movie portrays the relationship between the British colonialists, and native villagers who were exploited by Indian landlords in 1920s India. This happens against the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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Reason, Debate and a Story
Overview: Four men, each peculiar in his own way, embark on a quest to reason with the estranged wife of the protagonist. This is considered to be Ghatak's autobiographical film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Pathetic Fallacy
Overview: Bimal is a taxi-driver in a small provincial town. He lives alone, his taxi (an old 1920 Chevrolet jalopy which he named Jagaddal) is his only companion and, although very battered, it is the apple of Bimal's eye.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-05-23
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Komal Gandhar
Overview: Through the microcosmic perspectivising of a group of devoted and uncompromising IPTA workers, Ghatak with his signature style touches on varied issues of partition, idealism, corruption, the interdependence of art and life, the scope of art, and class-struggle.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1961-03-30
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Damu
Overview: A gullible man faces strange situations on his quest fo find an elephant in order to keep a promise he made with a little girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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Mansoor Miyanar Ghora - The Last Ride
Overview: A poor Muslim man's horse.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 2001-12-27
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Janani
Overview: The film narrates the life of a little boy and his ostracized mother who is isolated from him as she is believed to be a witch in the village she lives in. It is based on a Bengali short story named Baen written by the renowned Indian author Mahasweta Devi.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1993-07-01
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Kahan Kahan Se Guzar Gaya
Overview: Ravi, a wealthy model, leaves his father's business after unsatisfactory modeling work and returns to his parents' home to join struggle students and revolutionary Manohar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 1986-03-02
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The Wedding Day
Overview: The tragic story set in the late 1930s, just before famine struck Bengal. It tells of the marriage of a dumpy middle-aged salesman of small goods to a beautiful teenager, and how, after initial days of happiness together, a series of misfortunes strike which slowly embitter the man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-04-01
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Nimantran
Overview: Hiru Ganguly is unable to marry Kumudini, his lover, after her father rejects his marriage proposal. Years later, although married to another woman, he once again desires to win her back. As old feelings are rekindled, will they take any steps to go against the social customs?
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-05-21
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The House Next Door
Overview: This is a love story of a simple man who falls in love with his neighborhood lady. The lady has ample interest in songs and dances. The man without having singing ability wants to impress her but fails. He takes the help of his friend, a good singer.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-07
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The Expedition
Overview: The story revolves around a North Indian taxi driver, Narsingh, who attempts to reinvent his life by visiting his native place, but instead gets embroiled in a local Marwari businessman's smuggling and human trafficking business. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1962-09-27
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Ei Korechho Bhalo
Overview: A miser bequeaths his property to his two destitute nephews, provided they within a month marry girls who are well mannered, high family, beautiful and young (22-24 age) issue-less divorcees, divorced within 2 months of marriage.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1970-08-21
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Bansher Kella
Overview: A 1953 Historical Patriotic Bengali Film directed by Sudhir Mukhopadhyay.
Genres: History War Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1953-03-06
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Shap Mochan
Overview: Young Mahendra belongs to a family of musicians, but once the family is cursed by their teacher. Mahendra's elder brother becomes blind and to avoid the same fate he goes to Kolkata and lives in the house of his father's friend Umeshchandra. He gets romantically involved with Umeshchandra's daughter Madhuri. Madhuri tries to make Mahendra modern and pursue his musical career. Despite his good singing ability, Mahendra refuses to accept this due to his family values. He leaves their home and takes shelter in Kolkata. But the curse strikes him also and he falls seriously ill.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1955-05-27
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Uttar Megh
Overview: A 1960 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Jiban Gangopadhyay, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar & Supriya Devi in lead roles.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-02-12
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Bibhas
Overview: A jobless man reaches a village where he finds work in a doctor's office. Later, he learns that the doctor has murdered many people and cons them of their wealth on false pretenses. He decides to expose the doctor and save the villagers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1964-02-14
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Palatak
Overview: A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1963-06-21
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Runaway
Overview: Kanchan, all of eight years old, is always up to pranks and mischief in his village home. He finds his father a cruel demon who keeps his mother oppressed and imprisoned. In his dreams, the big city is El Dorado, until he reaches there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1958-06-24
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Vasundhara
Overview: Haji and Rupchand are amongst those who oppress the poor sharecroppers of Asmanpur. Eventually, Jagra and Nitai raise their voices against them but are incessantly harassed.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-15
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Hirer Angti
Overview: Gandharva Kumar's arrival disrupts the festival mood of Durga Puja at Ratanlal Babu's house. He captivates the grandchildren of Ratanlal — Babu, Habul, and Tinni — with his magic tricks. Gandharva Kumar then reveals a long-forgotten secret wherein he claims to be heir to the family property of Ratanlal Babu. This creates shock in the entire family and casts gloom, resulting in dramatic incidents.
Genres: Drama Family Mystery
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Up in the Clouds
Overview: A young man still to find a place in the sun puts up an innocent bluff to a young girl he chances upon. They meet frequently since then. Bluffs continue to pile up. There is no way out. In a desperate bid the young man tries to break the wealth barrier. His friend, well placed in life, cautions him. He turns a deaf ear. The inevitable happens. The young man grows wiser but pays heavily for it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1965-04-01
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Ekhane Pinjar
Overview: Amal Basu, who decides to visit his hometown, meets Lila on the train. When he goes to his friend Nabendu's home, he learns that Lila is his sister and a smuggler.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1971-01-22
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Beyond the Thirteen Rivers
Overview: Loosely based on a story revolving around a travelling circus and how it deals with the pressures of commercialization with the advent of dancing girls.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1969-01-03
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Ganga
Overview: Film about the lives of people on the banks of the Ganges.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Pratisodh
Overview: A Bengali film about the revenge of a man who is arrested after a false accusation, causing his father to go insane.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: bn
Release Date: 1981-07-31
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