Gautam Mukherjee (also known as Gautam Mukhopadhyay) was an Indian actor and director who is known for his work in Bengali and Hindi cinema.
After Devi Mukherjee's death, he was roped in Gunamoy Banerjee's thriller Bish Bachhar Aage (1948) to enact the unfinished part his brother was supposed to play. Like his brother, he was also celebrated for his voice. He portrayed Indian revolutionary Nirmal Sen in Nirmal Chowdhury's Chattogram Astragar Lunthan (1949), Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay in Vidyasagar (1950), Bimal Ganguly in Jighansa (1951) and Jayanta Chowdhury in Hanabari (1952). He had an extensive career in Bollywood and was mostly typecast as a police officer in Hindi films. He also became a part of a number of plays staged by Uttar Sarathi, a Calcutta-based theatre group. His directorial debut Troyee (1982) starring Mithun Chakraborty and Debashree Roy became the highest-grossing film of the year.
When Devi Mukherjee committed suicide, Gunamoy Banerjee's Bengali thriller Bish Bachhar Aage (1948) was on the floor. The film was based on Bidhayak Bhattacharya's Bengali play of the same name. Gunamoy Banerjee insisted Gautam to enact the unfinished part left by his brother. He portrayed Indian revolutionary Nirmal Sen in Nirmal Chowdhury's Chattogram Astragar Lunthan (1949) which depicted the Chittagong armoury raid. He portrayed Bhudeb Mukhopadhyay in Kaliprasad Ghosh's social drama film Vidyasagar (1950). He portrayed Detective Bimal Ganguly in Ajoy Kar's Jighansa (1951). He played Jayanta Chowdhury in Premendra Mitra's Hanabari (1952) which became a massive box office success. The story follows Jayanta, Srimanta and Lalita.
His directorial debut Troyee (1982) starring Mithun Chakraborty and Debashree Roy became the highest-grossing film of the year.