Bengali actor Mithu Mukherjee dies at 71 after year-long cancer battle

Bengali actor Mithu Mukherjee, who was a prominent face of Bengali cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at 71. She died at a private hospital in Mumbai on Sunday night after battling cancer for nearly a year.

Mukherjee, who had been based in Mumbai for several years, began her acting career as a teenager and went on to work with some of the biggest names in Bengali cinema, including Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chattopadhyay and Ranjit



Mullick.

Earlier, the All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) also posted a touching tribute to mark her remarkable legacy. A part of the post read, "Her contribution to the Bengali film industry, Ollywood and the Indian film industry as a whole will always be remembered. Her remarkable performances and the films she enriched with her talent will continue to live on in the hearts of audiences and generations to come (sic)."