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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. Popularly known as Hrishi-da, he directed 42 films during his career spanning over four decades, and is named the pioneer of the 'middle cinema' of India.
May 6, 2024 · Hrishikesh Mukherjee (born September 30, 1922, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died August 27, 2006, Mumbai, India) was an Indian filmmaker who, in a Bollywood career that spanned more than four decades (1953–98), made some 50 Hindi-language films.
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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 .
Biography. Awards. Trivia. IMDbPro. All topics. Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922-2006) Director. Editor. Writer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. By no means is he any glamorous director, yet Hrishikesh Mukherjee is one of the most popular and beloved filmmakers in Indian cinema.
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Sep 30, 2022 · The Everyday Magic of Hrishikesh Mukherjee. On the legendary filmmaker’s birth anniversary, we celebrate the world he created and the stories he told. Harsh B.H. Updated on : 30 Sep 2022, 8:38 am. At one point in Bawarchi (1972), Raghu (Rajesh Khanna), the newly-appointed servant casually professes to one of the family members, “It is so ...
Aug 26, 2017 · Mild-mannered, avuncular, master of simplicity, king of gentle humour, middle-of-the-road filmmaker, auteur and schoolteacher-like are some of the titles that have, over the years, been bestowed upon Hrishikesh Mukherjee, or Hrishi-da as he was fondly nicknamed within the Hindi film industry.
Aug 27, 2019 · This dialogue, immortalised by Rajesh Khanna who played the namesake in the 1971 classic-Anand, sums up the life of its legendary director Hrishikesh Mukherjee. It’s a moment in the film which evokes an amalgam of pathos and hope.
