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Sep 30, 2022 · In 1950, the 27-year-old Hrishikesh—along with Nabendu Ghosh, Asit Sen, and Nazir Hussain—had shifted to Bombay with Bimal Roy. The team lived and worked together. It was an ethos of familial comradeship that Mukherjee lived by when he came into his own.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s 1979 cult comedy was remade in Tamil as Thillu Mullu, in Kannada as Aasegobba Meesegobba, in Malayalam as Simhavalan Menon, and in the Sinhalese language as Rasa Rahasak. Gol Maal is a classic example of Mukherjee’s versatile talent as a director who could handle comedy as effectively as he could tackle serious and ...
Sep 30, 2016 · The films of Hrishikesh Mukherjee have become the hallmark of what can be called India’s middle-class cinema. On his death anniversary today, The Quint speaks with author Jai Arjun Singh, whose ...
Aug 27, 2019 · New Delhi: Born on 30 September, 1922 in Kolkata, filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee studied science and chemistry, and even taught mathematics, before turning to camera work, film editing and eventually directing movies. It was in 1951, when he had moved to Mumbai and began assisting director Bimal Roy, that his career in the movies really took ...
Sep 30, 2015 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee gave Hindi cinema a new definition when he graduated from editing to direction without having given up his first love – editing. He defined Hindi mainstream cinema in terms of wholesome family entertainment richly interwoven with a strong storyline, good music, solid, full-blooded characterizations and a probing ...
Aug 26, 2023 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee made quiet films about issues confronting the modest aspirations of the ordinary Indian middle-class. His narratives were simple, linear, and definite, and easy for the masses ...
Mar 18, 2021 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee made middle-of-the-road cinema with the best of stars. Starting from Musafir, his first, which was backed by Dilip Kumar, Mukherjee went on to work with Raj Kapoor in Anari ...
