Madhabi Mukherjee

Common card · No. 293453

Madhabi Chakraborty (née Mukherjee; born 10 February 1940) is an Indian actress. Considered one of the finest actresses of Bengali cinema, she has acted in some its most critically acclaimed films. She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the Bengali film Dibratrir Kabya. She made her on-screen debut in Premendra Mitra's Kankantala Light Railway (1950). Her first leading role came with Tapan Sinha's Tonsil (1956). Her name was later changed into "Madhabi" by Mrinal Sen in his Baishe Sraban (1960).

Read on Wikipedia · Image Satyajit Ray, CC BY-SA 4.0