Hrishikesh Mukherjee (English: Hrishikesh Mukherjee, born: 30 September 1922, Kolkata; died: 27 August 2006) is famous in Hindi films as a filmmaker who, despite making serious films on very trivial subjects, never ignored their entertainment side. Didn’t do it.
This is the reason why his films like Satyakam, Ashirwad, Chupke Chupke and Anand are still very much liked. Most of Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s films are kept in the category of family films because he presented the nuances of human relationships very well. In his films, star actors and actresses like Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Jaya Bhaduri forget their stardom and get involved with the characters.
Born on September 30, 1922 in Kolkata, Hrishikesh Mukherjee used to teach mathematics and science before coming into films. He was fond of playing chess. He got the skills of film production from New Theater in Kolkata. Famous director Bimal Roy also had a big role in giving the right shape to his talent.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee started his career as an assistant to Bimal Roy in the film “Do Bigha Zameen” in 1951. After working with him for six years, he started his directorial career with the film “Musafir” in 1957. The film did not perform well at the box office, but impressed Raj Kapoor so much that he made his next film Anari (1959) with her. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s filmmaking talent was acknowledged by critics right from his second film Anari. This film became quite popular in its time due to Raj Kapoor’s solid acting and Mukherjee’s tight direction. After this Mukherjee never looked back, he also directed off-beat films like “Anuradha”, “Anupama”, “Aashirvaad” and “Satyakaam”. Hrishikesh Mukherjee always tried to do something new in his film career spanning four decades. Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s last film was 1998’s “Jhooth Bole Kaua Kaate”. He also made serials for television like Talaash, Hum Hindustani, Dhoop Chhaon, Rishtey and Ujale Ki Oer.[1]
Hrishikesh Mukherjee was unmatched not only in acting but also in the matter of filming songs. Song from the movie Anari – Everything we learned, we did not learn cleverness.. Song from the movie Anand ‘Kahin Door Jab Din Dhal Jaye.., Song of Abhimaan, Nadiya Kinare.., Song from Namak Haram, Nadiya Se Dariya, Dariya Se Sagar.., Anuradha The song from Hai Woh Din Kyun Na Aaye.., the song from Guddi Hum Ko Man Ki Shakti Dena.. and the song from Golmaal Aane Wala Pal.. are still very attractive.
Hrishikesh Mukherjee once said that it is more difficult to portray a simple emotion on screen than a complex scene. So I am more interested in this kind of topic. I present the message in sweet syrup in my films, but always take care that its sweetness does not become bitter.[2]
