Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Acting

Gyanesh Mukhopadhyay

Born — Died

1926-07-05 — 2008-05-08

Place of birth

Shyambazar, Calcutta, British Raj (now India)

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

1990s · 3 titles

1970s · 6 titles

1960s · 11 titles

The Expedition poster
7.5

Narsingh, a North Indian taxi driver, 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.

The Expedition

1962

The Cloud-Capped Star poster
7.2

A selfless young woman, the daughter of a middle-class refugee family from East Pakistan, sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family.

The Cloud-Capped Star

1960

Up in the Clouds poster
8.3

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.

Up in the Clouds

1965

Palatak poster
6.8

A wealthy man is struck by wanderlust that always takes him to new places where he mingles with the lives of different people.

Palatak

1963

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale poster
6.4

Set in 1950s Calcutta against the partition of India, the plot follows two rival factions born out of the divided leadership of the radical IPTA theater movement. Amidst their intense creative differences, a romance develops between two uprooted refugees, Bhrigu and Anusuya.

A Soft Note on a Sharp Scale

1961

The Wedding Day poster
6.8

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.

The Wedding Day

1960

Bibhas poster
NR

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.

Bibhas

1964

Megh poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Megh

1961

Uttar Megh poster
NR

A 1960 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Jiban Gangopadhyay, featuring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar & Supriya Devi in lead roles.

Uttar Megh

1960

Ganga poster
6.4

Film about the lives of people on the banks of the Ganges.

Ganga

1960

Beyond the Thirteen Rivers poster
8.0

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.

Beyond the Thirteen Rivers

1969

1950s · 5 titles