Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Film director

1922 – 2006

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Who was Hrishikesh Mukherjee?

Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a famous Indian film director known for a number of films, including Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anupama, Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, Namak Haraam and an entertaining good suspense movie Buddha Mil Gaya.

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. Renowned for his social films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos, Mukherjee "carved a middle path between the extravagance of mainstream cinema and the stark realism of art cinema".

He also remained the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification and of the National Film Development Corporation,. The Government of India honoured him with the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1999 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001. He received the NTR National Award in 2001.

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Born
Sep 30, 1922
Kolkata
Also known as
  • Hrishikesh Mukherji
  • Hrishikesh Mukerji
  • Hrishikes Mukherjee
  • Hrishikesh Mukerjee
  • Hrishikes Mukerji
  • Hrisihkesh Mukherjee
  • Hrishikesh Mukhopadhyay
  • Hrishikesh Mukharji
  • Hrishi-da
  • হৃষিকেশ মুখোপাধ্যায়/মুখার্জী
Siblings
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Education
  • University of Calcutta
Died
Aug 27, 2006
Mumbai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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