Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Indian film director (1922-2006) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 83
Hrishikesh Mukherjee 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.
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Daman: A Victim of Marital ViolenceFilm, 2001Producer1999Dadasaheb Phalke AwardAward1994Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award - SouthAward1985
JhoothiFilm, Director1982
BemisalFilm, Director1980
KhubsooratFilm, Director, Producer1978
NaukriFilm, Director1976
Arjun PanditFilm, Director1974
Phir Kab MilogiFilm, Director1972Padma Shri in artsAward
BawarchiFilm, 1972Director, Writer1969
SatyakamFilm, Director1967
Majhli DidiFilm, Director1964
Sanjh Aur SaveraFilm, Director1961
ChhayaFilm, Director1959
AnariFilm, Director1953
Two Acres of LandFilm, Writer1922Born30 September 1922People around Hrishikesh
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Amitabh Bachchan Hrishikesh directed Anand and Abhimaan
Dharmendra Hrishikesh directed Majhli Didi and Guddi
Rekhā Hrishikesh directed Namak Haraam and Alaap
Jaya Bachchan Hrishikesh produced Chupke Chupke and Mili
Rajesh Khanna Hrishikesh directed Anand and Namak Haraam
Ashok Kumar Hrishikesh directed Aashirwad and Satyakam
Sanjeev Kumar Hrishikesh directed Satyakam and Arjun Pandit
Utpal Dutt Hrishikesh directed Gol Maal and Naram Garam
Govardhan Asrani Hrishikesh directed Abhimaan and Namak Haraam- Deven Verma Hrishikesh directed Anupama and Buddha Mil Gaya
Om Prakash Hrishikesh directed Chupke Chupke and Alaap
Amol Palekar Hrishikesh directed Gol Maal and Naram Garam
A. K. Hangal Hrishikesh directed Abhimaan and Namak Haraam
Raj Kapoor Hrishikesh directed Anari, Aashiq and Naukri
Sharmila Tagore Hrishikesh directed Chupke Chupke and Satyakam
Lalita Pawar Hrishikesh directed Anand, Anari and Memdidi
Durga Khote Also in Anupama, Bawarchi and Abhimaan- Vinod Mehra Hrishikesh directed Bemisal and Jurmana
Sadhana Shivdasani Hrishikesh directed Gaban and Asli-Naqli
Balraj Sahni Hrishikesh directed Anuradha (1960)
Sumita Sanyal Hrishikesh directed Anand (1971)
David Abraham Cheulkar Hrishikesh directed Chupke Chupke (1975)- Keshto Mukherjee Also in Majhli Didi, Guddi and Naukri
Dina Pathak Hrishikesh produced Khubsoorat (1980)
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Gol Maal 1979
Chupke Chupke 1975
Anand 1971
Filmography 40
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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".
