
Birthday:
09-23-1977
(47 years)
Birthplace:
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Biography
Srijit Mukherji (born 23 September 1977) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who predominantly works in Bengali cinema.
His first feature film Autograph (2010), was a critical and commercial success. His fifth film, Jaatishwar, won four national awards at India's 61st National Film Awards (2014). He won the National Film Award for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for his sixth film, Chotushkone, at India's 62nd National Film Awards. His eighth film, Rajkahini had been remade by him into a Hindi film titled, Begum Jaan, starring Vidya Balan in 2017. His 2018 release Ek Je Chhilo Raja won the 'Best Bengali Film' Award at India's National Film Awards. He plans to make a film with each of the English alphabets and already written films with 25 English alphabets as of 2025. The final alphabet would be Q.
His first feature film Autograph (2010), was a critical and commercial success. His fifth film, Jaatishwar, won four national awards at India's 61st National Film Awards (2014). He won the National Film Award for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for his sixth film, Chotushkone, at India's 62nd National Film Awards. His eighth film, Rajkahini had been remade by him into a Hindi film titled, Begum Jaan, starring Vidya Balan in 2017. His 2018 release Ek Je Chhilo Raja won the 'Best Bengali Film' Award at India's National Film Awards. He plans to make a film with each of the English alphabets and already written films with 25 English alphabets as of 2025. The final alphabet would be Q.
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Manobjomin
Act like Cameo
event2023
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Kuhu, a young girl, runs an NGO named Manobjomin, that works for the development of the underprivileged girls from the rural sectors of Bengal. Sanket, her lover, a banker, is also very attached to Kuhu`s NGO. Stuck in a financial crisis, can they save Manobjomin?
Kakababur Protyaborton
event2022 star_border 4.1
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A famous hotel in Nairobi is about to close. People don't go to that hotel like before. Kakababu and Santu go to the hotel to find out the reason. Based on Jongoler Modhye Ek Hotel.
Kabir
Act like Cameo
event2018 star_border 5.5
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The storyline of the film is based on the apprehension of the co-founder of Indian Mujahideen and conspirator of several bomb blasts in India, Yasin Bhatkal, by National Investigation Agency near Indo-Nepal border.
Chaplin
event2011 star_border 6.2
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Bangshi Das is an impersonator of Charlie Chaplin. He earns peanuts by being the 'joker' at birthday parties. However, he prefers to call himself an actor rather than a worker. His life circles around his son who is the greatest critic of his performances. Poverty never seems bitter as the father-son duo knows how to make fun of it.
Sherdil: The Pilibhit Saga
Act like OSD
event2022 star_border 5.5
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Inspired by the real events that took place in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve where people used to leave their elderly family members for tigers to prey on, and then claim compensation from the administration, it is a story of Gangaram, a patriarch of a farmer family entrenched in poverty because of three consecutive failed monsoons. He enters the forests to adopt the infamous Tiger practice to give up his life so that his family can have two square meals, however, what follows next is a series of unprecedented events.
Vinci Da
event2019 star_border 6.9
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A gifted make-up artist gets entangled up in a world of crime with a psychopathic vigilante.
Aami Ashbo Phirey
event2018 star_border 7.5
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Aami Ashbo Phirey is a musical that is about four different stories that are all connected by a violent incident. A young, unknown and unheard singer and songwriter accidentally enters the stories through virtual media and changes their lives for the better. The film re-asserts that art can surpass all differences, violence, intolerance and give them a chance to redeem oneself.
Dawshom Awbotaar
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event2023 star_border 6.5
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What happens when a serial killer terrorizes the city of Kolkata by mirroring the mythological stories of Vishnu and his ten avatars in his killing methods? A prequel crossover of Baishe Srabon and Vinci Da.
Dilkhush
Act like Riju
event2023 star_border 2
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Dilkhush follows the story of eight individuals who find themselves in the loop of urban melancholy. Discovering love with the help of AI makes their ordinary lives extraordinary.
Padatik
Act like Himself
event2024 star_border 9
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The film follows Mrinal Sen in his early days around the time of India’s independence, where he is a struggling idealist with an all-consuming hunger for cinema but unable to feed himself or his young wife, to 1950s Calcutta, where (alongside Satyajit Ray) he helped start the Indian New Wave cinema movement.
Bapi Bari Jaa
Act like Bishwayan Da
event2012 star_border 6.6
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The film is about youngsters and the story of the film revolves around a young sheltered man who suddenly discovers life when he comes out on to the streets one day.
Dutta Vs Dutta
Act like Tony Mukherjee
event2012 star_border 8.5
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Dutta Vs Dutta is a 2012 Bengali film directed by Anjan Dutt. This is Anjan Dutt's semi-autobiographical film. Most of the film has been shot in a house of Amherst Street in Kolkata. Anjan has described this house resonated feel of his old house of Beniapukur.
Nirbaak
Act like Cameo - The Man with the Dog
event2015 star_border 6
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Nirbaak is a hyperlink narrative comprising four love stories connected by a single woman. Every love story comprises one entity which is silent and thus Nirbaak (Speechless)
Dwitiyo Purush
Act like Cameo
event2020 star_border 5.1
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Dwitiyo Purush is a sequel of Baishe Srabon were Prosenjit Chatterjee dies at the end. In this film we will see Parambrata chattopadhyay as a police inspector who follows the path that Prasenjit Chatterjee showed him in Baishe Srabon to fight with criminals in various regions of kolkata.
Sound
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event2013 star_border 7
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The film revolves around the life of Tarak, a foley artist of Bengali film. Tarak's job is to create ambient sounds for films, but, he gradually gets trapped in his own world, a world full of sound.
Shah Jahan Regency
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event2019 star_border 4
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The story revolves around a hotel named "Shah Jahan Regency" and lives of people associated with that hotel. The hotel is one of a kind and very different from others as it strongly believes in the rich culture of India and tries to imply and maintain that in every aspect of the hotel - starting from the decor, to uniforms of the staff members, to the names given to various parts of the hotel.
Iti Mrinalini
event2011 star_border 6.2
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An award-winning aging actress reflects on her life while writing a suicide note.
Madly Bangali
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event2009 star_border 8
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Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.
Baishe Srabon
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event2011 star_border 7.3
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A serial killer terrorises the city of Kolkata and leaves behind verses of Bengali poetry. The police seek the help of a retired officer to unravel the case and find the perpetrator.
Tekka
Act like Arjun Puri
event2024
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Tekka is the story of Iqlakh, a janitor who has lost his job and is out to get it back by holding a schoolgirl hostage in a building. ACP Maya comes in, a woman who is trying to conceive. Add to the mix a young journalist pair, Brishti and Tintin, and we have a sentimental thriller in an office building spanning 48 hours, full of melodrama.
Shotyi Bole Shotyi Kichhu Nei
Act like Viewer
event2025
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Twelve jury members debate fiercely over a murder trial. Only one juror is convinced that the convict is not guilty of the crime and he tries to convince the rest that the boy is innocent.
Gaaner Oparey
Act like Samiran (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 8
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The story revolves around a girl called Sohini (more commonly known as Pupe) from an orthodox Tagore worshipping family and Gora, an extremely talented but carefree lad, who keeps on experimenting with Rabindra sangeet. The story traces their relationship and human emotions through an imaginative portrayal of Tagore, his true ideals and their significance today. It also portrays the patriarchal society still prevalent in modern India.The serial used more than fifty Tagore songs and brought out their relevance in the lives of the protagonists. The cast was composed of stalwarts such as Sabyasachi Chakrabarty and Dipankar De plus newcomers Gaurav and Arjun Chakrabarty (sons of Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ). The female lead was played by Mimi Chakrabarty in only her second project as an actress. The show has portrayed three different forms of Rabindrasangeet: the more traditional kind through the voice of Pupe, a fused version with Hindustani classical music, through the voice of Pradipto, and an 'unplugged' rendition, sometimes incorporating rap words and band music, through Gora.
Uma
Writer (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 8
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To please his dying daughter, a father tries to create the Durga Puja festival, usually held in October, during the month of April, in Kolkata.
Autograph
Writer (1 ep.)
event2010 star_border 8.1
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Arun, a famous Bengali actor, approves Shuvobrata's proposal of remaking Satyajit Ray's famous film 'Nayak'. Problems arise when Shuvobrata requests his live-in girlfriend Shrin to act opposite Arun.
Feludar Goyendagiri: Darjeeling Jawmjawmaat
Director (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.2
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The suave Prodosh C. Mitter aka Feluda has ruled over our hearts with his sharp wit, impressive intellect and astute observation skills for over five decades now! The story starts off with the murder of Birupaksha Majumdar by Vishnudas Balaporia in the cold Darjeeling Mountains. Feluda, Topshey and Lalmohun Ganguly investigate.
X Equals to Love
Director (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 7.5
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Khilat, a young software engineer and Joyee are determined to face any and all problems that life throws at them. Will they ever get there happily ever after?
Chotushkone
Writer (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.3
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Four famous directors and old friends are reunited together by an unknown producer to make a film. They have to make four short story in this film with one common theme: Death.
Lawho Gouranger Naam Re
Writer (1 ep.)
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Iconic rendition of Sri Chaitanya on film
The Egyptian Mystery
Director (1 ep.)
event2013 star_border 5.9
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Al Mamun, an Egyptian business tycoon, asks his friend Kakababu to help him decode some hieroglyphic symbols that will help trace the will of his teacher, Mufti Mohammad.
The Re-Incarnate
Director (1 ep.)
event2014 star_border 7.6
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Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
Feludar Goyendagiri: Bhuswargo Bhoyonkawr
Director (1 ep.)
event2024
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In this case, Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu go to Srinagar and Kashmir where they come across a spine chilling mystery. They meet a retired judge, Siddheshwar Mallick, and his group who have also come for a holiday. They travel together to Gulmarg, Khilanmarg and Pahalgam. The judge has given death sentence to many convicts in a career spanning three decades and wants to find out whether he had made a mistake in doing so by calling the spirits of those convicts by planchette. The judge suffers from angina due to which he had to voluntarily retire at the age of 65 and he has a son, who is addicted to gambling. He finds out that he had misjudged two of his cases, one of a Bihari and another of a Kashmiri. In the meanwhile, there are life attempts on the judge's son Vijay and on Feluda twice. Soon after, during Pahalgam visit, the judge gets murdered and a precious diamond ring worn on his right hand gets stolen.
Shabaash Mithu
Director (1 ep.)
event2022 star_border 6.1
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From child prodigy to trailblazing captain, Indian women's cricket icon Mithali Raj navigates highs and lows of professional career. A story of a young girl's determination and stance against discrimination, about her spirit, passion, courage, and her dreams.
Oti Uttam
Director (1 ep.)
event2024
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The film narrates the story of a PhD scholar, who is pursuing his research on Uttam Kumar. After being rejected by the girl he likes romantically, he decides to bring the spirit of the legendary actor back with the help of his grandson.
Hemlock Society
Director (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 7.1
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Hemlock Society is a school that teaches aspirants how to successfully commit suicide. Meghna, one of the aspirants, has a near-death experience, turning everybody's lives upside-down.
Rajkahini
Director (1 ep.)
event2015 star_border 8.4
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In August 1947, the British passed a bill regarding the partition of Bengal. Delving into the grim history of the Partition, Mukherjee's movie Rajkahini is woven around a border between the two nations that runs through a brothel housing 11 women.
Begum Jaan
Story (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 5.8
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On the eve of Independence, the chairman of the Border Commission, Sir Cyril Radcliffe decides to divide India and Pakistan into equitable halves. What the administration doesn’t account for is the line running through the middle of Begum Jaan’s brothel situated plonk on the border; with one half falling in India and the other in Pakistan.
Zulfiqar
Dialogue (1 ep.)
event2016 star_border 4.4
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A modern day adaptation of two of William Shakespeare's tragedies - Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
The Yeti Adventure
Screenplay (1 ep.)
event2017 star_border 4.8
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Kakababu and Sontu will unravel the mystery of the legendary beast, the Yeti (Snowman) in this film. Gorokhshep plateau is the new destination where the uncle-nephew duo will be facing harsh circumstances in the process of unravelling the actual truth behind the attacks by the giant beast. The quest introduces them to new characters such as Mingma and Norbu, local sherpas, who help them in the expedition. Their adventure leads them to discovering the mystery of the Yeti.
Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Director (1 ep.)
event2018 star_border 7.3
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Mahendra Kumar Choudhuri, the middle prince of the Bhawal Estate was affected by syphilis and was taken to Darjeeling for treatment. He apparently died in Darjeeling and was cremated there. After 12 years, a Sanyasi shows up at the estate, arousing people’s curiosity and leading to a rumour that he is the lost prince of the Bikrampur Estate.
Gumnaami
Director (1 ep.)
event2019 star_border 7.8
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Gumnaami is a film based on the Mukherjee Commission Hearings which happened from 1999 to 2005 where the three theories about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's death were discussed and debated. It is a dramatization of the hearings where an investigative journalist supporting the Gumnaami Baba theory locks horns with the official lawyer who supports the plane crash theory. In their clash, the Death in Russia theory also comes up.
Winkle Twinkle
Director (1 ep.)
new_releases Release: January 23, 2026
Sabyasachi falls asleep and goes missing. When he comes back, he is at loggerheads with his son, Indra.
Kill Bill Society
Director (1 ep.)
new_releases Release: September 26, 2025
A sequel to Srijit Mukherji's 2012 movie 'Hemlock Society'.
Iti Baba
Writer (1 ep.)
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Srijit Mukherji's first film starting with the alphabet I.
Ray
Director (2 ep.)
event2021 star_border 6.3
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From a satire to a psychological thriller, four short stories from celebrated auteur and writer Satyajit Ray are adapted for the screen in this series.
Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni
Director (9 ep.)
event2021 star_border 7
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The enigmatic Mushkan Zuberi is known for cooking up a storm. But as the secrets pile up, someone else turns up the heat on her. Watch the mystery unravel only on hoichoi.
Feludar Goyendagiri
Director (6 ep.)
event2022 star_border 5
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In the exquisite but bloodied snowscape of Kashmir, Feluda, Topshe, and Jatayu encounter a chilling mystery as a retired judge is murdered. Now Feluda has to navigate multiple suspects and political tension to uncover the truth.
Jaanbaaz Hindustan Ke
Director (8 ep.)
event2023 star_border 4.5
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A single mother and celebrated IPS officer, Kavya Iyer's bravery and psychological strength are tested when she becomes the lead investigator in an ISIS-K bomb attack case.
Durgo Rawhoshyo
Director (6 ep.)
event2023
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Seeds of crime, ploys of destruction, and legends of a hidden treasure lurk in an erstwhile royal fort of Jankigarh. Shotyaneshi Byomkesh Bakshi returns, along with Ajit and Satyabati, to unravel the mysteries in the dark hallways of the mysterious fortress.
Shekhar Home
Director (6 ep.)
event2024 star_border 5.6
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Set in 1990s Lonpur, Bengal, “Shekhar Home” combines suspense & comedy as eccentric Shekhar and his new housemate Jayavrat solve a variety of cases while interacting with a vibrant cast of characters in a charming, pre-technology era.
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