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{{Short description|Bengali actor (1951–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Santu Mukherjee
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Ramananda Mukherjee
| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|01|13|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|03|11|1951|01|13|df=yes}}
| other_names = Santu Mukhopadhyay
| occupation = [[Actor]]
| spouse = Gopa Mukhopadhyay (''née'' Mitra)
| children = [[Swastika Mukherjee|Swastika]] and Ajopa
}}

'''Santu Mukherjee''' (13 January 1951 – 11 March 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali cinema]].<ref name="main details">{{cite web|title=Santu Mukhopadhyay details|url=http://www.gomolo.com/about-santu-mukhopadhyay/1115|publisher=Gomolo|accessdate=27 August 2013|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109091627/http://www.gomolo.com/about-santu-mukhopadhyay/1115|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=filmography>{{cite web|title=Santu Mukhopadhyay filmography|url=http://www.gomolo.com/santu-mukhopadhyay-movies-list-filmography/1115|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=27 August 2013|archive-date=1 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101234641/http://www.gomolo.com/santu-mukhopadhyay-movies-list-filmography/1115|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the father of actress [[Swastika Mukherjee]]. His younger brother, Sumanta Mukherjee, is also an actor.

== Early life and biography ==
Santu Mukherjee was born on 13 January 1951 in [[Kolkata]]. He attended the Mitra Institution at [[Bhowanipore]] at a primary level and later, joined the Padmapukur Institution at [[Sarat Bose Road]], from where he passed his [[Higher Secondary Examination]]. He soon dropped out from studies and took dance lessons from Gopal Bhattacharya. He also learned [[Rabindra Sangeet]].

He went to renowned director [[Tapan Sinha]], seeking a role in [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali films]]. In 1975, Sinha launched him as an actor in the film ''Raja''. Subsequent to his cinematic breakthrough, he worked in both theater and films. His last film was ''[[Sanjhbati]]''.

Mukherjee died on 11 March 2020 from cardiac arrest at his South Kolkata residence; he had been suffering from cancer for a long time.<ref name = "khaboronline">{{cite web|url=https://www.khaboronline.com/news/state/santu-mukherjee-passes-away/|title=মারা গেলেন অভিনেতা সন্তু মুখোপাধ্যায়|website=www.khaboronline.com|accessdate=2020-03-11}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Director
|-
| rowspan="2"|1975
| ''[[Sansar Simante]]''
|
| [[Tarun Majumdar]]
|-
| ''Raja''
|
| [[Tapan Sinha]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|1976
| ''[[Harmonium]] ''
|
| [[Tapan Sinha]]
|-
| ''[[Chander Kachhakachhi]]''
|
| [[Tarun Majumdar]], Sachin Mukherjee, Dilip Mukherjee
|-
| rowspan="6"|1977
| ''[[Shesh Raksha]]''
|
| Shankar Bhattacharya
|-
| ''[[Pratishruti]]''
|
| Pinaki Mukherjee
|-
| ''[[Pratima (1977 film)|Pratima]]''
|
| Palash Bandyopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Nayan (film)|Nayan]]''
|
| Sukhen Das
|-
| ''[[Asadharan]]''
| Bimal
| Salil Sen
|-
| ''[[Jaal Sannyasi]]''
|
| Salil Sen
|-
| rowspan="4"|1978
| ''[[Tusi]]''
|
| Guru Bagchi
|-
| ''[[Striker (1978 film)|Striker]]''
|
| Archan Chakraborty
|-
| ''[[Maan Abhiman]]''
|
| [[Sukhen Das]]
|-
| ''[[Jatayu]]''
|
| Uttarsuri
|-
| rowspan="6"|1979
| ''[[Parichoy]]''
|
| Nirmal Mitra
|-
| ''[[Pampa]]''
|
| Pradip Bhattacharya
|-
| ''[[Ganadevata (film)|Ganadevata]]''
|
| [[Tarun Majumdar]]
|-
| ''[[Chirantan]]''
|
| Guru Bagchi
|-
| ''[[Banabasar]]''
|
| Sushil Mukhopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Devdas (1979 film)|Devdas]]''
|
| Dilip Roy
|-
| rowspan="6"|1980
| ''[[Shesh Bichar]]''
|
| Bimal Roy Jr.
|-
| ''[[Parabesh]]''
|
| Kalpataru
|-
| ''[[Byapika Biday]]''
|
| Archan Chakraborty
|-
| ''[[Boro Bhai]]''
|
| Sushil Mukhopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Bichar]]''
|
| Ajit Gangopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Pankhiraj]]''
|
| Piyush Bose
|-
| rowspan="5"|1981
| ''[[Swami Stree]]''
|
| Guru Bagchi
|-
| ''[[Nyay Anyay]]''
|
| Sukhen Das
|-
| ''[[Maa Bipattarin Chandi]]''
|
| Amar Bhattacharya
|-
| ''[[Khana Baraha]]''
| Mihir (Baraha's Son)
| Bijoy Bose
|-
| ''[[Kalankini Kankabati]]''
| Raghubir
| [[Uttam Kumar]]
|-
| rowspan="6"|1982
| ''[[Uttar Meleni]]''
|
| Uday Bhattacharya
|-
| ''[[Pratiksha (film)|Pratiksha]]''
|
| Bimal Roy Jr.
|-
| ''[[Prafulla]]''
|
| Sujoy Dutta
|-
| ''[[Malancha]]''
|
| [[Purnendu Patri]]
|-
| ''[[Faisala]]''
|
| [[Raja]]
|-
| ''[[Bodhan]]''
|
| Amal Dutta
|-
| rowspan="5"|1983
| ''[[Utsarga]]''
|
| Tapan Saha
|-
| ''[[Sansarer Itikatha]]''
|
| Aravind Mukherjee
|-
| ''[[Muktir Din]]''
|
| Jayanta Purkayastha
|-
| ''[[Jabanbondi]]''
|
| Pranab Bandyopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Abhinoy Noy]]''
| Bhola/Bikram
| Archan Chakraborty
|-
| rowspan="4"|1984
| ''[[Uncle]]''
|
| Surajit Chowdhury
|-
| ''[[Shilalipi]]''
|
| Palash Bandyopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Lalita (1984 film)|Lalita]]''
|
| Tapan Chowdhury
|-
| ''[[Dadamoni]]''
|
| [[Sujit Guha]]
|-
| rowspan="3"|1985
| ''[[Tagari]]''
|
| Ajit Gangopadhyay
|-
| ''[[Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985 film)|Bhalobasa Bhalobasa]]''
|
| [[Tarun Majumdar]]
|-
| ''[[Baikunther Will]]''
|
| Sushil Mukhopadhyay
|-
| rowspan="2"|1986
| ''[[Urbashi]]''
|
| [[Salil Dutta]]
|-
| ''[[Prem Bandhan (1986 film)|Prem Bandhan]]''
|
| Rathish Dey Sarkar
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1987
| ''[[Bidrohi (1987 film)|Bidrohi]]''
|
| [[Anjan Choudhury]]
|-
| rowspan="3"|1988
| ''[[Surer Sathi]]''
|
| Tapan Saha
|-
| ''[[Punarmilan]]''
|
| Jayanta Bose
|-
| ''[[Parashmoni]]''
|
| [[Tarun Majumdar]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|1989
| ''[[Bandhabi]]''
|
| Shankar Bhattacharya
|-
| rowspan="2"|1993
| ''[[Iswar Parameswar]]''
|
| Bablu Samaddar
|-
| ''[[Garam Bhat]]''
|
| Dilip Roy
|-
| rowspan="1"|1994
| ''[[Sandhyatara]]''
|
| [[Prabhat Roy]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|1995
| ''[[Sujan Sakhi]]''
|
| Swapan Saha
|-
| rowspan="1"|1997
| ''[[Samadhan]]''
|
| Narayan Ghosh
|-
| rowspan="3"|1998
| ''[[Raja Rani Badsha]]''
|
| [[Haranath Chakraborty]]
|-
| ''[[Putra Badhu]]''
|
| Pallab Ghosh
|-
| ''[[Manush Manusher Janya]]''
|
| Niranjan Dey
|-
| rowspan="3"|1999
| ''[[Tumi Ele Tai]]''
|
| [[Prabhat Roy]]
|-
| ''[[Niyoti]]''
|
| Bablu Samaddar
|-
| ''[[Khelaghar]]''
|
| [[Prabhat Roy]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2000
| ''[[Parichay (2000 film)|Parichay]]''
|
| Bidesh Sarkar
|-
| rowspan="2"|2001
| ''[[Suorani Duorani]]''
|
| Ladli Mukherjee
|-
| ''[[Shesh Bichar]]''
|
| Sukhen Das
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Hemanter Pakhi]]''
|
| Urmi Chakraborty
|-
| ''[[Arjun Aamar Naam]]''
|
| Prabir Nandi
|-
| rowspan="3"|2004
| ''[[Waarish]]''
|
| [[Kaushik Ganguly]]
|-
| ''Samudra Sakshi''
|
| Dulal Dey
|-
| ''Dwitio Paksha''
|
| [[Ananya Chatterjee]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2005
| ''Agnipath''
|
| [[Sujit Guha]]
|-
| rowspan="1"|2007
| ''[[Banobhumi]]''
|
| Swapan Ghoshal
|-
| rowspan="2"|2008
| ''[[Partner (2008 film)|Partner]]''
| Dasu Bhattacharya
| Shankar Ray
|-
| ''[[Bajimaat]]''
| Subhra's father
| [[Haranath Chakraborty]]
|-
| rowspan="5"|2009
| ''[[Kaalbela]]''
|
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
|-
| ''[[Dhakee]]''
|
| [[Satabdi Roy]]
|-
| ''[[Keno Kichhu Kotha Bolo Na]]''
| Banjara Old Man
| [[Swapan Saha]]
|-
| ''[[Brake Fail]]''
| Nikhilesh
| [[Kaushik Ganguly]]
|-
| ''[[saptosur]]''
|
| Shankar Ray
|-
| rowspan="3"|2010
| ''[[Besh Korechhi Prem Korechhi]]''
|
| Narayan Roy
|-
| ''[[Ganyer Meye Sovona]]''
|
| Amit Chakraborty
|-
| ''[[Target: The Final Mission]]''
| Shubhankar's father
| Raja Chanda
|-
| rowspan="1"|2011
| ''[[Aamio Nebo Challenge]]''
|
| Mastar Mosai
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012
| ''[[Jaal (2012 film)|Jaal]]''
| Rai's father
| Amit Samanta
|-
| ''[[E Sudhu Aamar Gaan]]''
| Rani's father
| Shankar Ray
|-
| rowspan="1"|2013
| ''Sweet Heart''
| Animesh (Mimi's father)
| Prodip Saha
|-
| rowspan="1"|2015
| Family Album
| (Swastika's father)
| Mainak Bhaumik
|-
| rowspan="1"|2019
| ''[[Sanjhbati]]''
| Chandu's Father
| Leena Gangopadhyay & Saibal Banerjee
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"|2020
| ''[[Karmachakra|Karmachakra: Episode Zero]]''
| Professor Sid (voice)<ref name="আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED">{{cite web |title=আকাঙ্ক্ষা「Karmachakra : Episode Zero」ED「AKANKHA / Rajorshi Basu ft. Rupankar Bagchi, Tanisha, Disha」 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZvvtU1ed-g |website=Youtube |access-date=6 January 2021}}</ref>
| Rajorshi Basu
|-
|}

== Television ==
Santu's acting reached its pinnacle when he started acting in the Television serial shows. Some of the popular shows were:
* Keya Patar Nouko
* [[Ishti Kutum]]
* [[Saat Paake Bandha (2010 TV series)|Saat Paake Bandha]] (later replaced by Rohit Mukherjee)
* [[Jol Nupur]]
* [[Kojagori]]
* [[Ichche Nodee]]
* [[Kusum Dola]]
* [[Andarmahal]]
* [[Phagun Bou]]
* [[Mayurpankhi]]
* [[Nokshi Kantha]]
* [[Mohor (TV series)|Mohor]] (later replaced by [[Dulal Lahiri]])

==Santu Mukherjee as Singer==
Santu recorded several songs.<ref name= mio>{{cite web|title=Santu Mukhopadhyay|url=https://mio.to/artist/Santu+Mukherjee|accessdate=11 March 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
In the Bengali movie "''Parabot Priya''" Santu Mukherjee sang a duet song (Rabindra Sangeet) along with co-artist Arundhati Hom Choudhury: "''Amar hridoy tomar apon hater dole''".<ref>Viewable on YouTube: {{YouTube|5GsOQmv5bLk|"আমার হৃদয় "}}; (accessed 11 March 2020)</ref>

In the album "''Ei akashe amar Mukti aloy aloy''" he sang the title song along with his daughter Swastika. His rendition "''Tumi daak diyechho kon sokale''" was mesmerizing.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|1372878}}

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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian male film actors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors in Bengali cinema]]
[[Category:Bengali male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian male actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Kolkata]]

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