In the 1990s, Sanghamitra continued to capture the hearts of the audience through her performances in movies and serials alike. She was one of those few artists whose voice has been preserved in the Archives of All India Radio. She had also acted in several radio dramas telecast by All India Radio and Akashvani Kolkata. Some of her memorable dramas include Ghar Jamai, Aparajita, Swargo Narak, Mallika, Sujata, Golok-Dhanda, Samrat O Sundari, etc. From the late 1980s to the middle of the 1990s, she had acted in more than fifty dramas which had won critical acclaim and commercial success. She also started her career on the theatrical stage with the legendary actor Anup Kumar.
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Another memorable performance of her was the role of Bhairavi in the serial Param Purush Shri Shri Ramakrishna. Her role of Julie which she enacted in Janani, one of the longest-running Bengali serials of the 1990s, had become a household name courtesy her spectacular performance. Following the success of this movie, they were cast together in many movies notable among which were Bidhilipi, Satarupa, Tumi Je Amar, Choto Bou, Chowdhury Paribar, Loafer, Sathi, Streer Maryada to name a few.Īlso in the 1980s, when the small screen was gradually developing, Sanghamitra had starred in the first mega-serial in Bengali, Nivedita Research Laboratory. In Bouma, Sanghamitra was paired opposite Ranjit Mallick. Her popularity was further enhanced by her superlative performance in commercial films like Bouma, Apan Aamar Apan, Joy Porajoy, etc.
From the middle of the 1980s, she enacted negative characters in various commercially successful movies like Choto Bou, Streer Maryada, Parasmani and soon established herself as a successful vamp. Very soon she was seen in critically acclaimed movies like Togori, Amrita Kumbher Sandhane, Parshuramer Kuthar, Atmaja to name a few. In 1981, Sanghamitra was approached by Umanath Bhattacharya to play a pivotal role in his directorial venture, Ashililatar Daye. Dance, especially Kaththak, was her grand passion, and she dreamt of becoming an acclaimed classical dancer.
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However, she had no intention of becoming a professional actress. The song ‘Bedhechi Veena Gaan Shonabo Tomaye’ set to tune by Rahul Dev Burman, sung by the renowned classical singer Begum Parveen Sultana and picturized on Sanghamitra had gained immense popularity. Thus, Sanghamitra was the last actress who was launched by Uttam Kumar. While she was a student of University of Calcutta, in 1979, Sanghamitra was selected by Uttam Kumar, the legendary actor, who cast her in his last directorial venture, ' Kalankini Kankabati' which was released in August 1981. In 1981, Sanghamitra represented India in South-East Asia in 1981 at a conference of classical dance organized by UNESCO. She was also an accomplished classical dancer who received her training from the likes of Thankomani Kutti (Bharatnatyam), Nataraj Parimal Krishna, and Bela Arnab (Kaththak), and Ramgopal Bhattacharya (Creative Dance). She had also obtained a Diploma in Classical Dance from Prayag Sangeet Samiti of Allahabad, a Teaching Diploma in Classical Dance from Tokyo, Japan, and a Diploma in Bengali Literature from Nikhil Banga Sahitya Parishad. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Sanskrit Literature from Calcutta University. She later joined the Presidency College where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree with Honours in Sanskrit Literature. Sanghamitra’s formal education began at ‘Adi Mahakali Pathsala’, a distinguished school in North Kolkata founded by Mataji Gangabai. His elder brother Madhusudan Mukherjee owned renowned firms like ‘The Ghosh Brothers Perfumers’, ‘Nirjas’, ‘Keshut’ and ‘Imuno Chemicals’. Subhash Kumar was a pioneer in the field of perfumery. Sanghamitra was born on 8 August 1956 in Belurmath to Subhash Kumar Mukherjee (1927-2012), a noted entrepreneur and footballer, and Bulbul Mukherjee (1934-1990).