Ram Kamal Mukherjee (born 13 September 1976) is an Indian film journalist, the former editor in chief of Stardust film magazine, biographer of Hema Malini, Mithun Chakraborty and Sanjay Dutt. He made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring Esha Deol. He has been regarded as one of the best Indian short filmmaker by The Times of India. In 2023 he won 69th National Film Award for his short film Ek Duaa. He has been officially nominated under Indian Panorma for Best Debutant Director for his film Binodini Ekti Natir Upakhyan at IFFI 2025.
Personal information Mukherjee completed his graduation in History from the University of Calcutta. He completed his schooling from St Joseph's College in Calcutta, and later completed his senior schooling from Khalsa Model School. After graduation he completed a diploma course in communication from the British Council, later joined Media Studies Film and Television course in University of Calcutta.
Career Mukherjee is best known as a biographer of Hema Malini's authorized biography Beyond The Dreamgirl and India's first Power Brand Film Journalist. After working with Times of India (Mumbai Mirror) as assistant editor, he worked with Pritish Nandy Communication as vice president and wrote columns in Midday and Ananda Bazar Patrika. Later he worked as Associate Producer in Zee TV finite series Bin Kuch Kahe.
He is best known for writing India's first coffee table book on any actress, Hema Malini - Diva Unveiled, which was published by Magna Books in 2005. He was the assistant producer of the TV series Bin Kuch Kahe aired on Zee TV.
In 2019 he made his debut as filmmaker with Cakewalk starring Esha Deol in the lead role. In 2020 his film Season's Greetings, a tribute to Rituparno Ghosh fetched him national and international accolades. The film also marked return of former Miss India Celina Jaitly Haag into cinema. In 2021 he won the Best Human Rights Film at Cardiff International Film Festival for his film Rickshawala. As an author he penned six books, in English and Hindi languages. His biography Beyond The Dreamgirl published by HarperCollins India, was released by Deepika Padukone in Mumbai. The foreword of the book was written by Prime Minister of India Mr Narendra Modi.
He had also penned a biography, Sanjay Dutt - One Man Many Lives published by Rupa Books.
Bibliography YearTitlePublisherNotesRef.2005Hema Malini Diva UnveiledMagna Books Coffee table book on Hema Malini2016Long Island Iced TeaLeadstart Publishing Fiction 2018 Fitness Secrets of Stars Penguin Random House Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream GirlHarperCollins Authorized Biography of Hema Malini2019 Sanjay Dutt, One Man, Many LivesRupa Publisher Biography on Sanjay DuttMuktaakash Collection of Hindi poems2021 Mithun Chakraborty: The Dada of Bollywood Rupa Publication Biography
Filmography
YearTitleCastNotesRef. 2018 CakewalkEsha Deol, Tarun Malhotra Short Film 2019 Season's GreetingsCelina Jaitly, Lillette DubeyA tribute to Rituparno Ghosh, released on ZEE5 2020 RickshawalaAvinash Dwivedi, Kasturi ChakrabortyWon Best Director award at 13th Ayodhya International Film Festival and Cafe Irani Indo Iran Film Festival. 2021 Broken FrameRohit Roy, Ritabhari Chakraborty Short Film Shubho BijoyaGurmeet Choudhary, Debina Bonnerjee Ek Duaa Esha Deol Won Best Short Film awards at the National Film Awards 2025 Binodiini: Ekti Natir Upakhyan Rukmini Maitra, Kaushik Ganguly, Rahul Bose, Om Sahani Biography of the noted theatre artist Binodini Dasi Lokkhikantopur Local Indraneil Sengupta, Kaushik Ganguly Rituparna Sengupta, John Bhattacharya, Rajnandini Paul, Paoli Dam TBA Rukmini Maitra Tribute to and adaptation of Draupadi's character TBA Celina Jaitly Biography film on Sister Nivedita Awards
For writing YearNotable workAwardsCategoryResultRef. 2005 Hema Malini Diva Unveiled Kalakar Award Best Author 2006 Lions Club Best Journalist 2018 Beyond The Dreamgirl Society Icon Award Best Author Power Brand Film Journalist Award Best Biographer Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Author Stardust Achievers Award in London Most Promising Author Bengal Youth Award From West Bengal Best Author 2020 One Man Many Lives Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Biographer
As director YearNotable workAwardsCategoryResultRef. 2019 Cakewalk Midday Showbiz Icon Award Best Director Most Influential Content Professional Award MTV IWM Buzz Award Best Director Society Achievers Award Best Short Film Director Kala Samriddhi Award Most Promising Director 2020 Season's Greetings Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Director Award 9th Best Shorts Film Festival in California Award of Excellence Best Shorts Rickshawala Ayodhya International Film Festival Most Promising Director Indo-Iran International Film Festival Best Emerging Director Global Film and Music Festival in USA Best Director Cafe Irani Chai International Festival Best Emerging Director 13th Ayodhya International Film Festival Best Director 2021 Rickshawala 7th Rajasthan International Film Festival Best Director Season's Greetings IWMBUZZ Digital Awards Best Director 2022 Ek Duaa IWMBUZZ Digital Awards Best Director 2023 69th National Film Award Best short film
References
External links
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