Career
Mukherjee was brought to the Indian film industry by the film maker Ritwik Ghatak. His debut film was in 1952 in Nagarik, a Bengali movie by Ghatak. He acted in the role of a street dancer in Musafir, directorial debut of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It was Asit Sen who offered Keshto Mukherjee a role of a typical drunkard in the movie Maa Aur Mamta (1970). Since then Mukherjee enacted in a typical drunkard roles in rest of his career, except a few movies. In Teesri Kasam, he acted with Raj Kapoor. In Sadhu aur Saitan, he was one of the cronies of Kishore Kumar. Similar role was performed in the movie Padosan. In Mehmood's movie Bombay to Goa, his role of a dozing passenger was a popular one. In the movie Mere Apne (1971), Keshto appears as a political leader misleading the local toughs for winning in the election. In Parichay(1974), he appeared as the private tutor to a group of naughty children who terrifies him by setting a turtle with a lighted candle on its back. In Zanjeer, Aap Ki Kasam and Sholay Keshto Mukherjee's performances have left long-lasting impressions. In personal life he was a teetotaler.
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