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FILM DIRECTOR

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

1922 - 2006

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Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hrishikesh Mukherjee has received more than 1,480,431 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hrishikesh Mukherjee is the 1,575th most popular film director (down from 1,373rd in 2019), the 845th most popular biography from India (down from 753rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 1,575 out of 1,581Before him are Jessica Hausner, Chi Chi LaRue, Susan Seidelman, Zhang Yuan, Miguel Gomes, and Lino Brocka. After him are Hossein Shahabi, Rodrigo Prieto, Tim Van Patten, Aparna Sen, Espen Sandberg, and Gavin O'Connor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 396Before him are Herbert Goldstein, Bill Macy, Joan Caulfield, Bert I. Gordon, Gil Merrick, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis. After him are Lamont Johnson, Frank Spellman, Norman Lear, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Ivor Broadis, and Francis Pym. Among people deceased in 2006, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 350Before him are Ken Fletcher, Brian Labone, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Stanley Kunitz, John Spencer, and Naushad. After him are Nandini Satpathy, Irving Kaplansky, Shekhar Mehta, Ed Bradley, Noor Hassanali, and Nadira.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 845 out of 1,493Before him are Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Jaya Prada (1962), Jadav Payeng (1963), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Charles Correa (1930). After him are Aparna Sen (1945), Shobhna Samarth (1916), Nitin Gadkari (1957), Nandini Satpathy (1931), Richard Allen (1902), and Varkey Vithayathil (1927).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 20Before him are Shyam Benegal (1934), Mahesh Bhatt (1948), V. Shantaram (1901), Deepa Mehta (1950), Subhash Ghai (1945), and K. Balachander (1930). After him are Aparna Sen (1945), Karan Johar (1972), Mani Ratnam (1956), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), B. R. Chopra (1914), and Farah Khan (1965).

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