Kamalini Mukherjee Biography

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Kamalinee Mukherjee Kamalinee Mukherjee (born March 4, 1980) is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Telugu
films as well as Tamil and Hindi language movies. After graduating with a degree in English literature, she completed a
workshop on theatre in Mumbai because of her strong background in it. She made her acting debut in Phir Milenge
(2004), a film that was based on the subject of AIDS. Though it went unnoticed, she gained recognition in the multipleaward
winner, Anand (2004).
Mukherjee was born and brought up in Kolkata. While her father is a businessman, her mother is a garment
designer.She is the eldest of the two siblings in the family.Owing to her "love for being on the stage"since childhood, she
acted in all sorts of amateur and professional stageplays while in school and college. Incidentally, she always portrayed
masculine characters in these plays.Besides theater, she developed a love for reading spiritual works, painting and
writing poetry.Just before she began her acting career in 2004, she had written three poems, each of these titled as
Thoughts, Confusion and Solitude for poetry.com, a poetry-based website.One of these poems was selected for an
International Poetry Contest, where along with one of the 150 people all over the world, she was invited to Washington,
D.C. for a seminar that was presided over by Dalai Lama.Besides writing poetry, she also underwent several years of
training in Bharatanatyam, an Indian classical dance form.
After graduating with a degree in English literature from Loreto College in Kolkata, she took up a management course in
New Delhi, but left it midway.Thereafter, she took a course in theatre arts in Mumbai due to her good background in the
field.Thereafter, she performed in many theater plays and also modeled in advertisements for brands such as Neelkamal
Furniture, Parachute, Fair & Lovely and Ayush.
After noticing Mukherjee in one of the advertisements that featured her, actor-director Revathi offered her a role in her
second directorial venture, Phir Milenge that revolved around the subject of AIDS. Though initially apprehensive about
her entering into the acting profession, her parents were very supportive.In the film, she plays a radio jockey and the
younger sibling to Shilpa Shetty in the film. Despite the fact that hers was not a lead character, she had ample role to
play in the film.Although the film met with critical acclaim, her role went relatively unnoticed.
Around the time Phir Milenge happened to Mukherjee in Bollywood, Sekhar Kammula, a relatively new director from the
Telugu film industry was in the process of casting for his next Telugu film, Anand. After coming to know about her,
Kammula selected her after a screen test.She said that the role of an independent and modern woman, which was just
like her own personality, appealed to her.When asked about her thoughts on a total change of working environment from
Bollywood to Tollywood, she said that the only difference was with the language and that she was more comfortable
working for Anand because the entire crew belonged to same age group.With her being a Bengali and not knowing the
Telugu, well-known singer and television host, Sunitha lent her voice for the film.After completion of filming, she felt that
as a relative newcomer she couldn't have asked for more, but thought that she could have performed better.Despite her
thoughts, the film won 6 prestigious 2004 Nandi Awards bestowed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Among these,
Mukherjee won the Nandi Award for the Best Leading Actress. Upon receiving the award, she said "it is beyond the
belief". Besides this, she won a couple of awards for being the best debutant actress of the year.
Filmography as Actor
Brahmanandam Drama Company (2008) - Arpita
Jalsa (2008) - Indu
Gamyam (2008)
Classmates (2007) - Razia
Vetayadu Vilayadu (2006) - Raghavan's deceased wife
Godavari (2006) - Seeta Mahalakshmi
Style (2006) - Priya
Anand (2004) - Roopa