In 1925, Devi Mukherjee began his career as a thespian actor with a small role in
Minerva Theatre's stage adaptation of Atmadarshan, a Bengali play by Mahatap Chandra Ghosh. His portrayal of Basudam in Phani Burma's Bengali film
Prabhas Milan (1937) was his first film assignment. The screenplay of the film was written by poet Krishnadhan Dey. Mukherjee accumulated major critical acclaim portraying Shibnath Chowdhury in
Bhabikal (1945) directed by
Niren Lahiri. The film follows Somnath who is torn between his idealistic father Shibnath Chowdhury and his capitalist father-in-law Kedar Sanyal.
Filmindia wrote that Mukherjee's performance was masterly and perfect. The film earned him
BFJA Award for Best actor in 1946. Mukherjee starred in Amar Mallik's social drama film
Biraj Bou (1946) based on
Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's story of the same name. The screenplay of the film was written by Nripendra Krishna Chatterjee. He portrayed Rajendra, a salacious, rich man who is illegimately interested in Biraj, the protagonist portrayed by Sunanda Devi. According to Rabi Basu, Mukherjee was convincing and breathtaking as Rajendra. Mukherjee starred alongside Mihir Bhattacharya,
Sumitra Devi,
Chandrabati Devi and
Jahar Ganguly in
Pather Dabi (1947) directed by Satish Dasgupta and Digambar Chatterjee. The film became a major box office success. Mukherjee committed suicide when Gunomoy Banerjee's thriller
Bish Bachchar Aage (1948) was on the floor. == Accolades ==