Joy Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee

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Joy Mukherjee Profile

  • Name:
  • Joy Mukherjee
  • Born:
  • February 24, 1939
  • Died:
  • March 9, 2012
  • Father:
  • Sashadhar Mukherjee
  • Mother:
  • Sati Devi
  • Spouse:
  • Neelam Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee Biography

Joy Mukherjee was an Indian film actor and director who had performed in more than 30 films in sixties and seventies. He was born on 24th February 1939 in Jhansi in India.

 

He was born in an influential film family. His father’s name is Sashadhar Mukherjee and his mother’s name is Sati Devi. His father was a producer who was very successful in his venture and is the co-founder of the Filmalaya Studios. Joy Mukherjee had many people of his family into the film industry and his uncles Subodh Mukhrjee, Kishore Kumar and Ashok Kumar were associated with the film industry as the directors.

 

He married Neelam Mukherjee and has two sons and a daughter. He entered the acting career through the film Love in Shimla with Sadana directed by R.K. Nayyar. Then he paired with Asha Parekh in many films that evolved to be great successes. In the late sixties he did not get many chances for acting in films and so his attention turned towards producing and directing films.

 

He stopped acting in films and plunged into production. But some of his films caused him huge loss and he lost not only money but also his confidence. He tried to make it up with some more films such as Ehsaan, Mujrim, Puraskar, Kahin Aar Kahin Paar, etc. Some of the films that he directed include Love in Bombay, Saanjh Ki Bela, Umeed, etc.

 

The list of films that he had acted include Haiwan, Ek Bar Mooskura Do, Kahin Aar Kahin Paar, Inspector, Moojrim, Dupatta, Dil Aur Mohabbat, Ek Kali Muskai, Humsaya, Shagird, Love in Tokyo, Bahu Beti, Saaz Aur Awaaz, Ziddi, Hum Hindustaani, Love in Shimla, Ishaara, etc.

 

The popular Hindi actress Kajol is the daughter of his brother Deb Mukherjee. He suffered with respiratory failure during the last part of his life and was placed on a ventilator. However, at the age of 73, on 9th March 2012 he died at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. 

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Updated: July 04, 2018

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