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Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Director: Anand. By no means is he any glamorous director, yet Hrishikesh Mukherjee is one of the most popular and beloved filmmakers in Indian cinema. His magic lay not in the glamor or largeness so often associated with cinema, but in its simplicity and warmth.
- September 30, 1922
- August 27, 2006
Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Director: Anand. By no means is he any glamorous director, yet Hrishikesh Mukherjee is one of the most popular and beloved filmmakers in Indian cinema. His magic lay not in the glamor or largeness so often associated with cinema, but in its simplicity and warmth.
- January 1, 1
- Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
- January 1, 1
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
May 6, 2024 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee was an Indian filmmaker who, in a Bollywood career that spanned more than four decades (1953–98), made some 50 Hindi-language films. Mukherjee began his career as a film editor in Calcutta’s Bengali-language film industry in the 1940s, but he moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in.
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Satyakam is a 1969 Indian drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, based on a Bengali novel of the same name by Narayan Sanyal. The film stars Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, and Ashok Kumar. The film was scored by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The name of the film is inspired by ancient Hindu saint Satyakama Jabala.
Anand is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language drama film co-written and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, with dialogues written by Gulzar. It stars Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, with a supporting cast including Amitabh Bachchan , Sumita Sanyal , Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo .
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Sep 30, 2022 · At a time when mainstream Hindi cinema was populated by potboilers and formula-driven escapism, Mukherjee carved a niche of his own, telling stories set in grounded, relatable universes with a middle-class ethos. The best of Mukherjee’s films were those that steered away from commercial cinema tropes.
