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Date of Birth
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30-September-1922
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Place of Birth
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Kolkata
(India, West Bengal, Kolkata district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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Hrishikes Mukerji, Hrishikesh Mukhopadhyay, Hrisihkesh Mukherjee, Hrishikesh Mukharji, Hrishikesh Mukerji, Hrishikesh Mukherji, Hrishikes Mukherjee, Hrishikesh Mukerjee, Hrishi-da, হৃষিকেশ মà§à¦–োপাধà§à¦¯à¦¾à¦¯à¦¼/মà§à¦–ারà§à¦œà§€, Hrishikesh Mukhopaddhae/Mukharji, ऋषिकेश मà¥à¤–ोपाधà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤¯, ऋषिकेश मà¥à¤•à¤°à¥à¤œà¥€, ऋषि दा, Shri Hrishikesh Mukherjee, शà¥à¤°à¥€ ऋषिकेश मà¥à¤–रà¥à¤œà¥€
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Profession
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Film Director, Film Editor, Screenwriter, Film Producer
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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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