{{short description|Indian film actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Purnendu Mukherjee | birth_name = Purnendu Shekhar Mukherjee | occupation = Actor | notable_works = {{hlist|''Anjangarh'' (1948)|''Pratibad'' (1948)|''Datta'' (1951)|''Devi'' (1960)}} }}
'''Purnendu Mukherjee''' a.k.a '''Purnendu Mukhopadhyay''' was an Indian actor who is known for his work in Bengali cinema and theatre.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-01|title=Revisiting Satyajit Ray's Devi: The enduring relevance of the film's biting critique of dehumanisation of women |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/revisiting-satyajit-rays-devi-the-enduring-relevance-of-the-films-biting-critique-of-dehumanisation-of-women-8540091.html|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Andrea Viggiano|date=2020-10-15|title=Al via la Retrospettiva dedicata dalla Festa del Cinema a Satyajit Ray|url=https://www.nonsolocinema.com/al-via-la-retrospettiva-dedicata-dalla-festa-del-cinema-a-satyajit-ray.html|access-date=2020-11-05|website=NonSoloCinema|language=it-IT}}</ref> He portrayed Ranjan in Hemchander Chunder's ''Pratibad'', Naren in Soumyen Mukherjee's ''Datta'' (1951) and Taraprasad in Satyajit Ray's ''Devi'' (1960).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-08-30|title=Seven years after ban, Maoist leaders hold first public meeting in Bengal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/seven-years-after-ban-maoist-leaders-hold-first-public-meeting-in-bengal/story-uTc5XJjQj7i1cih3WULHVJ.html|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>
== Career == Purnendu Mukherjee achieved his fame as a thespian actor in the early 1940s. ''Pratima'' (1946) directed by Khagen Ray was his first film assignment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=প্রতিমা (১৯৪৬) |url=https://banglacinema100.com/movie-details/VEVoWmNXTnNReTk2YzNWbVVXbHdVVll2YlRkM1FUMDk= |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=banglacinema100.com}}</ref> He portrayed Naren in Soumyen Mukherjee's ''Datta'' (1951) based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's eponymous novel of the same name.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=দত্তা (১৯৫১) |url=https://banglacinema100.com/movie-details/Y1RRM2IyOW1NV0puZDJkdFJVY3hlVEUxWWxCUlFUMDk= |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=banglacinema100.com}}</ref> He played Govindalal in Khagen Ray's Krishnakanter Will (1952) which is based on Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel of the same name.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Krishnakanter Will (1952) |url=https://banglacinema100.com/movie-details/WTB4b1NHb3pZV2ROZDBZcmVXODNXRVprU21aRlFUMDk= |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=banglacinema100.com}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Films !Role !Director !{{Reference column heading}} |- |1946 |''Pratima'' | |Khagen Ray |<ref name=":0" /> |- | rowspan="3" |1948 |''Anjangarh'' | |Bimal Ray |<ref>{{Cite web |title=অঞ্জনগড় (১৯৪৮) |url=https://banglacinema100.com/movie-details/SzNwdFJHTmtUR3RuYmxoU05IaFNiMll4YjNKS1FUMDk= |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=banglacinema100.com}}</ref> |- |''Pratibad'' |Ranjan |Hemchander Chunder |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jugantar. Vol:11 ; Issue:262 (19 June 1948) |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-2-12-165 |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=Endangered Archives Programme |language=en}}</ref> |- |''Samapika'' | | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=সমাপিকা (১৯৪৮) |url=https://banglacinema100.com/movie-details/TDBWalUwdEdUM2RWYlhseFkxcExlRXhzZVdkRVVUMDk= |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=banglacinema100.com}}</ref> |- |1949 |''Ananya'' | | |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jugantar. Vol:12 ; Issue: 301 (08 April 1949) |url=https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP262-1-2-13-98 |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=Endangered Archives Programme |language=en}}</ref> |- |1951 |''Datta'' |Naren |Soumyen Mukherjee |<ref name=":1" /> |- |1952 |''Krishnakanter Will'' |Govindalal |Khagen Ray |<ref name=":2" /> |- |1960 |''Devi'' |Taraprasad |Satyajit Ray |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devi (1960) |url=https://www.tuliresearchcentre.org/film/devi-1960/agraphy |access-date=2026-04-06 |website=www.tuliresearchcentre.org}}</ref> |- |1961 |''Rabindranath Tagore'' | |Satyajit Ray | |- |1964 |''Bireswar Vivekananda'' |Maharshi | | |- | rowspan="2" |1990 |''Ganashatru'' | |Satyajit Ray | |- |''Ek Doctor Ki Maut'' | |Tapan Sinha | |}
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