Kunal Mitra

Kunal Mitra
Born
Basab Mitra

(1965-04-30)30 April 1965
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Died21 January 2009(2009-01-21) (aged 43)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
OccupationActor
Years active1994–2009
SpouseRuma Mitra (m. 1992)
Children2

Basab Mitra, popularly known by his stage name Kunal Mitra (Bengali: কুনাল মিত্র), was an Indian actor who appeared in Bengali films and television.

Early life

Kunal Mitra was an Indian film actor who has performed in Bengali movies and TV shows. He was recognized as Councilor Janardan Jana from the famous television show Raja & Goja: Bindass Moja Zee Bangla. He played the role of councilor of Ward no. 420; his conclusive movie was Chhaw-a Chhuti. Kunal was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was the grandchild of the famous movie maker Debaki Kumar Bose and son of Mr.Basab Mitra, and Mrs. Mitra. Kunal has two children Gaurab, and Deborshi. He was married to Ruma Mitra in 1992, and they have two children Gaurab and Deborshi.

Career

Mitra began his career in television with the comedy serial Ebar Jombe Mawja on 1994. He appeared in about 300 shows and serials, and around ten feature films.[1] He achieved success as Councilor Janardan Jana in the popular show Raja & Goja: Bindass Moja on the Zee Bangla television channel, where he played a councilor of Ward no. 420 who performed many anti-social activities. His last film was Chhaw-a Chhuti.[2]

Death

Mitra died of a heart attack while shooting at Indrapuri Studio, Kolkata for the television serial “Utsaver Ratri,” directed by Jishu Sengupta.[3][4][5] He was survived by his wife and two sons.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Shoma A Chatterjee (20 February 2009). "Kunal Mitra passes away". screen. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2009.
  2. ^ "'Chha-e Chhuti' (2009)". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ Ellora Sen (21 January 2009). "Bengali TV actor suffers heart attack, dies". India Today. Retrieved 21 January 2009.
  4. ^ "TaraTV". www.taratv.com. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  5. ^ Registration No. 6586. "Official Website Of Kolkata Municipal Corporation". www.kmcgov.in. Retrieved 22 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)