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 1,622,585 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hrishikesh Mukherjee is the 1,680th most popular film director (down from 1,569th in 2019), the 972nd most popular biography from India (down from 841st in 2019) and the 26th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 1,680 out of 2,041. Before him are Rainer Simon, Kasi Lemmons, Robert Eggers, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Tariq Anwar, and Craig Gillespie. After him are Kevin Lima, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, B. R. Chopra, K. Balachander, Julia Ducournau, and Wang Xiaoshuai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 444. Before him are Joan Caulfield, Jean Porter, Ken Hughes, Herbert Goldstein, Esther M. Conwell, and Graham Whitehead. After him are Francis Pym, Fortune Gordien, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Jesús Iglesias, G. N. Ramachandran, and Eugenie Clark. Among people deceased in 2006, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 384. Before him are Nadira, Brian Labone, Martha Tilton, Sandy West, Stanley Kunitz, and Walter Mantegazza. After him are Kevin Berry, Adrienne Shelly, J Dilla, Naushad, Ellen Willis, and Ed Bradley.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 972 out of 1,861. Before him are Sharda Sinha (1952), Devi Shetty (1953), Tariq Anwar (1945), Arbaaz Khan (1967), Kamal Ranadive (1917), and Ali Sardar Jafri (1913). After him are Margaret Alva (1942), Malaika Arora (1973), B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), Lakshmi (1952), and Nita Ambani (1963).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 26. Before him are Karan Johar (1972), Nasir Hussain (1931), Prakash Jha (1952), Mani Ratnam (1956), Sanjay Leela Bhansali (1963), and Tariq Anwar (1945). After him are B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), David Dhawan (1955), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Mehboob Khan (1907), and Aditya Chopra (1971).

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