Balaram Mullick & Radharaman Mullick

Established in 1885, Balaram Mullick and Radharaman Mullick is a sweet shop which is a class apart in the city in its approach to sweet making. The modus operandi of our shop is progressive thinking, innovative cooking techniques and the unique offerings.

At the age of 20, Ganesh Chandra Mullick came over from Konnagar (in Hooghly district) to Calcutta around the year 1880. Having discovered a knack for sweet making very early in his life, he came over to the City of Joy took up a job in a sweetshop in North Calcutta as a karigar (worker). Towards the termination of three years into that service, Ganesh Chandra Mullick made up his mind to have a sweet shop of his own. He took 450 square feet of land in Bhawanipur on rent from the famous and wealthy Harlalkar family of Bengal in to start a hutment in which he would make and sell sweets. His decision to start a shop in Bhawanipur was a very business savvy one. North Calcutta was overcrowded as far when it came to sweet shops. He wanted to start a shop in an area where there was a scarcity of other such shops and thereby, thereby less competition. Bhawanipur was such an area in those days- just developing, just expanding and full of trees and forest waiting to be cleared.

Ganesh Chandra Mullick began by making korapak sondesh, norompak sondesh and nolen gurer (jaggery) sondesh. It is difficult to imagine that the 1000 sft shop in Padaapukur Road, Bhawanipur which today has air-conditioned interiors, modern decor, sweet and pastry counters, seating arrangements with bar stools and an LCD television that displays literature, picture and video recording of the catering services and happenings in the kitchen of Balaram’s, was once just a makeshift hutment that survived only on the policy of counter sales with a tiny kitchen on one side and heaps of coals stacked on the other.

Ganesh Chandra Mullick’s sweet making skills were appreciated by people around the area and when his name began to become widespread, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, who had an incorrigible sweet tooth, began to come over to confectioner’s shop and developed a great affinity for his korapak guli sondesh which were made of nolen gur (jaggery).

It i needless to point out that Ganesh Chandra Mullick’s rise among the established confectioners of his time was a quick one because of two reasons:
1. His choice of locality
2. His culinary skills that were appreciated above the other sweet shops in this

The legacy of Ganesh Chandra Mullick was carried forward by his brother Shree Balaram Mullick and his son Radharaman Mullick. Both of them worked very hard to create a place in the heart of south Calcuttans. Quality and freshness was their only mantra.

Balaram Muliick himself used to visit suppliers and bring the raw materials to shop post which cooking used to take place under his supervision. Fresh products made at the point of salewith strict supervision made the shop much popular.

Pradip Mullick took over the business when he was only 17 years. It is only his strong will, dedication and decisiveness has moulded this organisation into what it is today. The urge to bring something new reflected in the business since he took over. He is primarily responsible for shaping and reshaping the business over and over again to make Balaram Mullick Kolkata's best sweet shop in 2009 and 2010 consecutively (as per Times of India).

His hard work behind building this business is incomparable and cannot be described in words. His brother Gautam who is 15 years younger to him and his well trained son Sudip helped him at a later stage.

Major changes and innovation in product and organisational decision is brought by Sudip since 2003. Extensive mechanisation of manufacturing process by Sudip has led to an expansion and increase in production thus creating more jobs and without decrease in labour heads. Moreover a great deal of help was provided by other family members to ensure smooth running of the shop. The women of the family never stayed behind. During the emergency period when milk was banned Radharaman’s wife Shefalika helped a lot in preparing new sweets made of cashews and pulses, grinding them herself. The next decades saw the participation of Pradip’s efficient and responsible spouse Aloka, and later Sudip’s better half Priyanka who is qualified with masters in business and joined the organisation to expand it to new heights.

With the passage of time the business has become a throbbing venture of five generations. From the inception itself, we have never settled for anything falling short of perfection. Slowly and steadily more professionals were brought in and an expert team emerged with sole objective to develop new tastes in sweets to cater to sweet loving people.

Expertise matched with quality gave us a leading platform to take-off to new heights. Kitchen and equipment's are upgraded time to time to meet the highest standards of professionalism. From raw materials to finish products, quality is checked at every stage with no compromise at all. Periodic Biological tests are done to ascertain the standard of quality and improvement required. Branded cooking mediums are used to avoid disappointment. Growing demands have inspired us to develop new sweets day by day.

Customer of different caste and religion with varying tastes and demands throng our shops all through the day. To minimise disappointments we have introduced "Doorstep Delivery" systems for the customers who cannot make it to our showroom or who simply want our products delivered at their doorstep.

We understand your needs better and so we assure you of quality sweets at affordable price. We are regularly catering sweets to reputed Corporate Offices, 5 Star Hotels, Airlines, Nursing homes, Hospitals, Math, Ashram, Mandir and Caterers.

We are thankful to our valued customers for their continuous support and understanding without which we couldn't have made it to the centre of your thoughts today. Visit Balaram Mullick today and feel the difference!