1922 - 2006
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, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 1,575 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.75
Rank: 1,569
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 1,570
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 1,571
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 1,572
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.71
Rank: 1,573
1939 - 1991
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 1,574
1922 - 2006
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 1,575
1967 - 2023
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 1,576
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.62
Rank: 1,577
1959 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 1,578
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 1,579
1971 - Present
HPI: 37.59
Rank: 1,580
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 1,581
Among people born in 1922, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 396. Before 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 350. Before 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.
1922 - 2005
HPI: 38.61
Rank: 390
1922 - 2019
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 391
1922 - 1991
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 392
1922 - 2023
HPI: 38.06
Rank: 393
1922 - 2010
HPI: 37.97
Rank: 394
1922 - 1986
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 395
1922 - 2006
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 396
1922 - 2010
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 397
1922 - 2017
HPI: 37.32
Rank: 398
1922 - 2023
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 399
1922 - 2012
HPI: 36.66
Rank: 400
1922 - 2019
HPI: 36.49
Rank: 401
1922 - 2008
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 402
1940 - 2006
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 344
1940 - 2006
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 345
1947 - 2006
HPI: 38.60
Rank: 346
1905 - 2006
HPI: 38.48
Rank: 347
1935 - 2006
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 348
1919 - 2006
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 349
1922 - 2006
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 350
1931 - 2006
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 351
1917 - 2006
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 352
1945 - 2006
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 353
1941 - 2006
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 354
1918 - 2006
HPI: 36.44
Rank: 355
1932 - 2006
HPI: 36.39
Rank: 356
Among people born in India, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 845 out of 1,493. Before 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).
1923 - 2020
HPI: 37.83
Rank: 839
1950 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 840
1962 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 841
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.74
Rank: 842
1952 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 843
1930 - 2015
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 844
1922 - 2006
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 845
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 846
1916 - 2000
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 847
1957 - Present
HPI: 37.55
Rank: 848
1931 - 2006
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 849
1902 - 1969
HPI: 37.53
Rank: 850
1927 - 2011
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 851
Among film directors born in India, Hrishikesh Mukherjee ranks 20. Before 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).
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 15
1901 - 1990
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 17
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 18
1930 - 2014
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 19
1922 - 2006
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 21
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.17
Rank: 22
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.00
Rank: 23
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.61
Rank: 24
1914 - 2008
HPI: 36.21
Rank: 25
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 26