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Arun Mukhopadhyay (aka Mukherjee) is an eminent and foremost playwright, theatre actor, and director of India. His legendary productions of 'Mareech Sangbad' and 'Jagannath' are landmarks of Indian theatre. Mareech Sangbad, premiered in 1972 is still running for 48 years. The play has been translated in all the Indian languages. His performance as Jagannath is one of the bests on the Indian stage.

Arun Mukhopadhyay is born on 16th February 1937 in Howrah, West Bengal. His plays have been performed all over India, USA, and Europe. He created the theatre group 'Chetana' in 1972. All his plays are created under the banner of Chetana.

He is a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for his contribution to Indian theatre. He won the National Award for Best Actor in 1978 for the film 'Parashuram' directed by Mrinal Sen. He has received numerous accolades and awards in his ongoing artistic career.

His famous theatre productions are Mareech Sangbad, Ramjatra, Bhalomanusher Pala (based on Bertolt Brecht's 'The Good Woman of Setzuan'), Spartacus, Jagannath, Oppenheimer, Kabir, Maa, Roshan, Haraner Naat Jamai, Dukhimukhi Joddha, Putul Nacher Itikatha, Nirnoy. He has extensively worked in films and television series as an actor. He has directed a television film based on Shirshendu Mukherjee's story 'Jatinbabur Chakor'. He has also filmed his own productions of Mareech Sangbad and Jagannath.