Arun Mukherjee or Arun Mukhopadhyay is a Bengali actor who started his career in films with Kshudhita Pashan in 1960 followed by his performance in Satyajit Ray's 1962 film Kanchenjunga. Other films he was in include Ekdin Pratidin, Sabuj Dwiper Raja, Parashuramer Kuthar, Mansur Miyar Ghora and the 2019's Basu Paribar. He had won National Film Award for Best Actor for the film Parashuramer Kuthar. His sons, Suman Mukhopadhyay and Sujan Mukherjee both are popular as director and actor, respectively.^{[citation needed]}