Awards & Winners

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Date of Birth 30-September-1922
Place of Birth Kolkata
(India, West Bengal, Kolkata district)
Nationality India
Also know as Hrishikes Mukerji, Hrishikesh Mukhopadhyay, Hrisihkesh Mukherjee, Hrishikesh Mukharji, Hrishikesh Mukerji, Hrishikesh Mukherji, Hrishikes Mukherjee, Hrishikesh Mukerjee, Hrishi-da, হৃষিকেশ মুখোপাধ্যায়/মুখার্জী, Hrishikesh Mukhopaddhae/Mukharji, ऋषिकेश मुखोपाध्याय, ऋषिकेश मुकर्जी, ऋषि दा, Shri Hrishikesh Mukherjee, श्री ऋषिकेश मुखर्जी
Profession Film Director, Film Editor, Screenwriter, Film Producer
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.

Awards by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Check all the awards nominated and won by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

1999


Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(Awarded as a Director)

1981


Filmfare Award for Best Film
Honored for : Khubsoorat
(Rupam Chitra)

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director Khubsoorat
Filmfare Award for Best Film Khubsoorat
Rupam Chitra

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director Jurmana
Filmfare Award for Best Director Gol Maal

1974


1972


Filmfare Award for Best Story
Honored for : Anand
Filmfare Award for Best Editing
Honored for : Anand
Filmfare Award for Best Film
Honored for : Anand
(Rupam Chitra)

Nominations 1972 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director Anand
Filmfare Award for Best Film Anand
Rupam Chitra
Filmfare Award for Best Story Anand

1970


Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay
Honored for : Anokhi Raat

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Film Aashirwad
Rupam Chitra
Filmfare Award for Best Story Aashirwad

1968


National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
Honored for : Aashirwad

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Aashirwad

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director Anupama
Filmfare Award for Best Story Anupama

1960


National Film Award for Best Feature Film
Honored for : Anuradha

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Film Award for Best Feature Film Anuradha

1959


National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
Honored for : Anari
Filmfare Award for Best Editing
Honored for : Madhumati

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Anari

1957


Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Musafir

1956


Filmfare Award for Best Editing
Honored for : Naukari