Background
Mukherjee was born and brought up in Allahabad.
Mukherjee was born and brought up in Allahabad.
Not to be confused with Indrani Mukerjea. Apart from Hindi films Indrani has also acted in Marathi films like Apradh. She started taking part in Hindi radio plays at All India Radio, Allahabad.
Her elder sister Maya was already an actress in Bengali cinema, when she happened to enter a beauty competition, wherein actress Nutan and Shobhana Samarth were judges.
Thereafter she was screen tested by Bimal Roy, which led to her debut with directed by Moni Bhattacharjee and produced by Roy, with Sunil Dutt and Nanda as the leads. Foreign next decade she became a regular feature in Hindi films, as a character actor, in notable films like, Mere Laal (the famous song payal ki jhankar raste raste was picturised on her), Grahasthi,, and, the Dharmendra starrer, in which played the pivotal role of Rajmata (Queen Mother).
She also acted in a few Marathi and Bhojpuri films, including Apradh.