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Veteran Bengali Actor Monu Mukherjee Passes Away At 90
Monu Mukherjee, the veteran Bengali actor passed away. The 90-year-old breathed his last on Sunday (December 6, 2020), after suffering from a massive heart attack. As per the reports, Monu Mukherjee has been battling various health problems, including geriatric issues for a very long time. The senior actor is survived by wife and daughters Rina Mukherjee and Ratna Sardar.
Several eminent personalities including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee and the members of the Bengali film industry mourned the death of the veteran actor, on social media. "Saddened at the passing away of veteran theatre and film actor Manu Mukherjee. We conferred on him the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tele-Samman Awards 2015. My condolences to his family, colleagues and admirers", wrote the Chief Minister on her official Twitter page.
Coming to the Bengali Cinema, actor Sarmistha Acharjee, Bhaswar Chatterjee, and others took to their respective social media pages and expressed grief over the demise of Monu Mukherjee.
Bhaswar,
who
has
shared
the
screen
with
the
veteran
actor
in
a
few
films,
took
to
his
official
Facebook
page
and
wrote
"We
met
at
the
last
artist
forum
election.
Galpo
holo
khanikkhon.
Ar
aj
tumi
nei
sunlam.
Ki
bichitro
jibon!
Prothom
kaj
kori
Amor
Jibon
bole
ekti
telefilm
e.
Khub
je
ek
sange
beshi
kaj
hoeche
ta
noy
tobe
dekha
hoeche
anek
anekbar.
Ki
sabolil
abhineta
ki
timing
chhilo
tomar.
Valo
theko
monu
jethu.
Rest
in
eternal
peace
Monu
Mukherjee🙏🏻".
The veteran actor, who began his career as a prompter, made his acting debut with the Mrinal Sen directorial Neel Akasher Neechey, which was released in 1959. Monu Mukherjee later earned wide appreciation for his performances in various films and television shows, including Ganashakti, Mrigaya, Poush Phaguner Pala, and so on.
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