Bengali actor Monu Mukherjee no more

Bengali actor Monu Mukherjee has died following a cardiac arrest, family members said.

He was 90.

The veteran actor breathed his last aroun 9:30am on Sunday (December 6).

He is survived by wife and two daughters.

Monu Mukherjee was born in 1930 in Kolkata. He started his film career in 1958 with Mrinal Sen’s Nil Akasher Niche (Under the Blue Sky). He was highly appreciated for his performances in Satyajit Ray’s Joy Baba Felunath and Ganashatru and was critically acclaimed for his acting prowess in children’s fantasy film Patalghar.