Madhabi Mukherjee

What strikes me most about Madhabi Mukherjee is how her stature rests almost entirely on the work itself. Bengali cinema's golden age produced extraordinary actors, and she stood at its center, debuting as a child and earning a National Film Award for Best Actress. In an era when Indian film is often reduced to song and spectacle abroad, performers like her remind us of its deep dramatic tradition. She did write an autobiography, Ami Madhabi, in 1995, but to me the screen remains her real statement, and that is exactly what I admire in an artist of real depth.

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Name (English)

Madhabi Mukherjee

Name (Japanese)

マドビ・ムカージ

Reading

まどび・むかーじ

Born

February 10, 1942 (age 84)

Origin

Kolkata, India

Occupation

actor / film director

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Horse

Awards & achievements

• National Film Award for Best Actress

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhabi%20Mukherjee
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3348898

Tags

• actor
• film director

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.