Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Date of Birth: 30 Sep 1922

Country: India

Biography: Popularly known as Hrishi-da, Hrishikesh Mukherjee directed 42 films in all, during his career spanning over four decades, and is named a pioneer in the 'middle cinema' of India and is remembered for his films that reflected the changing middle-class ethos.

Total Credits at Criticker: 1 (Actor), 18 (Director), 9 (Writer)

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    Khubsoorat
    Nirmala Gupta runs her household and family in a very strick and authoritarian manner. While most of her family resent this, they do obey her and carry out her instructions, so as to be on her good side. Things start to change after her second son gets married to Anju... (imdb)
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    Gol Maal
    Ramprasad (Amol Palekar) is a recent college graduate who finds a job with Bhavani Shankar (Utpal Dutt), who believes that a man without a mustache is a man without a character. When Ramprasad is caught by his boss at a soccer match, he has to invent a twin brother, the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, to save his job. When Bhavani's daughter falls in love with the clean-shaven Laxman Prasad, and insists on marrying him, and Bhavani insists she should marry Ramprasad, things take a whacky turn. (imdb)
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    Chupke Chupke
    Prof. Parimal Tripathi (Dharmendra), a botany professor, falls in love & marries Sulekha (Sharmila Tagore), who is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghav (Om Prakash) & considers him to be a genius. Parimal decides to prove that he is also just as smart. Raghav's need for a driver who can speak pristine Hindi is exploited by Parimal who becomes Pyaremohan Illahabadi, a motormouth driver who hates English & speaks only Hindi. Parimal & Sulekha play prank after prank on the unsuspecting Raghav.
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    Anand
    Anand Sehgal (Rajesh Khanna) is a patient with a terminal illness, who, despite knowing that his days are numbered, believes in living his life to the fullest. Contrasting Anand is Bhaskar Banarjee (Amitabh Bachchan), a sober doctor, upset with life and the dark reality of his nation. Bhaskar's tête-a-tête with Anand makes him notice the colors behind all the despair and complexity in one's life and teaches him a lesson.
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    Bawarchi
    Squabbling Sharma family has a dubious reputation of not having any cook last there for more than a few months. Word spreads out about this to such an extent that no one wants to be employed in that household, ironically named Shanti Nivas. Then one day a young man named Raghu (Rajesh Khanna) offers to work as a cook & is hired. Raghu quickly gets a grip on his job & on each of the family members, & soon the squabbles stop. Then the Sharmas find that the family jewels & Raghu missing.
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    Anupama
    Mohan Sharma (Tarun Bose) is a workaholic, whose life changes dramatically after his wife dies upon giving birth to their daughter Uma (Sharmila Tagore). He despises the daughter by day, and adores her when drunk at night. The film is about Uma's coming of age and her relationship with a sensitive poet Ashok (Dharmendra) who slowly brings her out of her shell. (imdb)
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    Abhimaan
    Subeer Kumar (Amitabh) is well on his way to becoming India's top pop singer. He has no intention of getting married, but when he goes to visit his Durga Mausi (Mausi=mother's sister), he falls in love with religious, simple Uma, by whose voice he's enchanted. He marries her and returns to Bombay where he announces that he will never sing without Uma again. However, Subeer encourages Uma to sing alone and when her popularity is soon greater than his own, the seed of jealousy begins to grow... (imdb)
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    Bemisal
    When two twin brothers Sudhir and Adhir get orphaned upon the death of their father, Magistrate Chaturvedi adopts them and brings them up like his own children. Though Adhir goes insane after the death of his father, Sudhir picks up the opportunity, studies hard and becomes a doctor like Magistrate Chaturvedi's son Prashant. When Prashant gets caught for performing an illegal operation, Sudhir takes up the blame to repay the debt of the Chaturvedi family on him and his brother. (bachchanthug)
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    Mili
    Shekhar Dayal (Amitabh Bachchan), a wealthy young man with a tragic past, moves into the terrace apartment of an apartment complex, & instantly proves to be impatient with the boisterous kids of the building. Mili (Jaya Bhaduri), the bubbly resident of the building decides to cure Shekhar of his grumpy ways, & Shekhar slowly falls in love with her, without knowing that Mili was terminally ill.
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    Naram Garam
    An impoverished employee tries to prevent his superiors and employers from marrying his sweetheart. (imdb)
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    Rang Birangi
    Sparkling comedy about a meddling friend whose attempt to rekindle the spark in his friend's relationship with his wife of seven years leads to complications to their lives, and to the lives of his secretary and her boyfriend he has not 'scripted' ... (imdb)
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    Guddi
    A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra." (imdb)
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    Namak Haraam
    Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest for two months, Vicky fills in his father's shoes, has a confrontation with a senior employee and union leader, Bipinlal Pandey, which results in a strike. (imdb)
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    Naukri
    The basic idea of this film is based on the 1955 Tamil Film "Mudhal Thedi" starring Sivaji Ganeshan and Anjali Devi. The other inspiration for this films was It's a Wonderful Life produced and directed by Frank Capra. The story features a person getting help of an angel after his death. But story and treatment in this film is completely different form both of these films. (Wiki)
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    Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate
    Abhyankar (Amrish Puri) is an orthodox head of his family, a retired police officer, he has values which he wants his family to also uphold. As a result of his values, his daughter is unable to be forthright and is unable to introduce the young man (Anil Kapoor) she loves, and concocts a scheme whereby her father would approve of her lover. What results is quite hilarious. (imdb)
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    Arjun Pandit
    Arjun Pandit is a 1976 Hindi movie starring Sanjeev Kumar, Ashok Kumar, and Vinod Mehra, and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Bindu, Deven Verma, Sachin, and Keshto Mukherjee play other roles in the movie. The film's music is by Sachin Dev Burman.
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    Majhli Didi
    Bipinchandra breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini, much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini, and her husband, Navinchandra. Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against Navinchandra in Court, leading to the division of the property. Things got worse by the arrival of Kadambini's orphaned school-going step-brother, Kishan, who is beaten and abused... (rAjOo)
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    Musafir
    The story is about a house consisting of three families who live in it. It is three stories linked by the house. (imdb)
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