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Ram Kamal Mukherjee

Ram Kamal Mukherjee (born 13 September 1976) is an Indian film journalist, the former editor in chief of Stardust film magazine, biographer of Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty and Sanjay Dutt. He made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring Esha Deol.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] He has been regarded as one of the best Indian short filmmaker by The Times of India.[11] In 2023 he won 69th National Film Award for his short film Ek Duaa.[12]

Ram Kamal Mukherjee
Born (1976-09-13) 13 September 1976 (age 48)
Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
OccupationFilm Director/Author
Notable workHema Malini Diva Unveiled
Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl
Season's Greetings
Rickshawala
Sanjay Dutt, One Man, Many Lives
Spouse
Sarbani Mukherjee
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(m. 2007)​
Children1
WebsiteOfficial Website
Signature

Personal information

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Ram Kamal Mukherjee completed his graduation in History from the University of Calcutta. He completed his schooling from St Joseph's College in Calcutta, and later completed his senior schooling from Khalsa Model School. After graduation he completed a diploma course in communication from the British Council, later joined Media Studies Film and Television course in University of Calcutta.[13]

Career

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Mukherjee is best known as a biographer of Hema Malini's authorized biography Beyond The Dreamgirl and India's first Power Brand Film Journalist. After working with Times of India (Mumbai Mirror) as assistant editor, he worked with Pritish Nandy Communication as vice president and wrote columns in Midday and Ananda Bazar Patrika. Later he worked as Associate Producer in Zee TV finite series Bin Kuch Kahe.

He is best known for writing India's first coffee table book on any actress, Hema Malini - Diva Unveiled, which was published by Magna Books in 2005.[14] He was the assistant producer of the TV series Bin Kuch Kahe aired on Zee TV.

In 2019 he made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring Esha Deol in the lead role. In 2020 his film Season's Greetings, a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh fetched him national and international accolades. The film also marked return of former Miss India Celina Jaitly Haag into cinema. In 2021 he won the Best Human Rights Film at Cardiff International Film Festival for his film Rickshawala. As an author he penned six books, in English and Hindi languages. His biography Beyond The Dreamgirl published by HarperCollins India, was released by Deepika Padukone in Mumbai.[15] The foreword of the book was written by Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi.

He had also penned a biography, Sanjay Dutt - One Man Many Lives published by Rupa Books.[16][17]

Bibliography

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Year Title Publisher Notes Ref.
2005 Hema Malini Diva Unveiled Magna Books Coffee table book on Hema Malini [18]
2016 Long Island Iced Tea Leadstart Publishing Fiction [19]
2018 Fitness Secrets of Stars Penguin Random House [20]
Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl HarperCollins Authorized Biography of Hema Malini [21]
2019 Sanjay Dutt, One Man, Many Lives Rupa Publisher Biography on Sanjay Dutt [22]
Muktaakash Collection of Hindi poems
2021 Mithun Chakraborty: The Dada of Bollywood Rupa Publication Biography [23]

Filmography

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† Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Title Cast Notes Ref.
2018 Cakewalk Esha Deol, Tarun Malhotra Short Film [24]
2019 Season's Greetings Celina Jaitly, Lillette Dubey A tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, released on ZEE5 [25]
2020 Rickshawala Avinash Dwivedi, Kasturi Chakraborty Won Best Director award at 13th Ayodhya International Film Festival and Cafe Irani Indo Iran Film Festival. [26]
2021 Broken Frame Rohit Roy, Ritabhari Chakraborty Short Film [27]
Shubho Bijoya Gurmeet Choudhury, Debina Banerjee Short Film [28]
Ek Duaa Esha Deol Won Best Short Film awards at the 69th National Film Awards [29]
2025 Binodini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan † Rukmini Maitra, Kaushik Ganguly, Rahul Bose, Om Sahani Biography of the noted theatre artist Binodini Dasi [30]
Draupadi † Rukmini Maitra Tribute to and adaptation of Draupadi's character [31]

Awards

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For writing

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Year Notable work Awards Category Result Ref.
2005 Hema Malini Diva Unveiled Kalakar Award Best Author Won
2006 Lions Club Best Journalist Won [32]
2018 Beyond The Dreamgirl Society Icon Award Best Author Won [33]
Power Brand Film Journalist Award Best Biographer Won [34]
Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Author Won [35]
Stardust Achievers Award in London Most Promising Author Won [36]
Bengal Youth Award From West Bengal Best Author Won [37]
2020 One Man Many Lives Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Biographer Won [38]

As director

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Year Notable work Awards Category Result Ref.
2019 Cakewalk Midday Showbiz Icon Award Best Director Won [39]
Most Influential Content Professional Award Won [40]
MTV IWM Buzz Award Best Director Won [41]
Society Achievers Award Best Short Film Director Won [42]
Kala Samriddhi Award Most Promising Director Won [43]
2020 Season's Greetings Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Director Award Won [44]
9th Best Shorts Film Festival in California Award of Excellence Won [45]
Best Shorts Won [46]
Rickshawala Ayodhya International Film Festival Most Promising Director Won [47]
Indo-Iran International Film Festival Best Emerging Director Won [48]
Global Film and Music Festival in USA Best Director Won [49]
Cafe Irani Chai International Festival Best Emerging Director Won [50]
13th Ayodhya International Film Festival Best Director Won [51]
2021 Rickshawala 7th Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Director Won [49]
Season's Greetings IWMBUZZ Digital Awards Best Director Won [52]
2022 Ek Duaa IWMBUZZ Digital Awards Best Director Won [53]
2023 69th National Film Award Best short film Won [12]

References

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  2. ^ "Change in PNC office bearers". indicine.com (Press release).
  3. ^ "NEW APPOINTMENTS AT PNC". pritishnandycom.com (Press release). 6 July 2007. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Nari Hira appoints Ram Kamal as editor of Stardust". Bollywood Hungama (Press release). 27 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
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  6. ^ "Actress Shamata Anchan enters Bin Kuch Kahe". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Newbie Sameer Arora to be main lead in new show 'Bin Kuch Kahe'?". Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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  9. ^ "Ram Kamal Mukherjee's book inspired by Bollywood's DARK SECRETS!". www.santabanta.com (Press release). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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  11. ^ "Five indie filmmakers whose short films are creating waves". The Times of India. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Ram Kamal Mukherjee on his National Films Award win". The Times of India. 26 August 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  13. ^ "The programme was conducted by author Ram Kamal Mukherjee, a noted film journalist and alumnus of the host department". Telegraph India. 22 March 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2006.
  14. ^ "Hema Malini - Diva Unveiled". Bollywood Hungama. 19 January 2005. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.
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  18. ^ Mukherjee, Ram Kamal (2005). Hema Malini, Diva Unveiled. Magna Books. ISBN 978-81-7809-286-7.
  19. ^ Mukherjee, Ram Kamal (12 February 2016). Long Island Iced Tea. Leadstart Publishing Pvt Limited. ISBN 978-93-5201-766-9.
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  23. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty's Biographer Ram Kamal Mukherjee: 'This Book Is Two Years Of Research And 15 Years Of Experience'-EXCLUSIVE". www.spotboye.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
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  27. ^ "Ram Kamal Mukherjee ready to direct another Hindi short 'Broken Frame'". The Times of India. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  28. ^ "Ram Kamal's next 'Shubho Bijoya' brings Gurmeet and Debina back after 11 years". The Times of India. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  29. ^ "National Awards: Esha Deol's Post After Her Film Ek Duaa Gets A Special Mention". NDTV. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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