R.I.P. Hrishikesh Mukherjee
One of Bollywood’s finest directors of the last millennium, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, is no more. He breathed his last on August 27, 2006 at 1630 hours after battling a prolonged illness. He was 84. Hrishida, as he was fondly called, won the Dadasaheb Phalke award and the Padma Vibhushan. In his illustrious career Hrishida directed 40 movies, which to name a few included some great hits such as Anand starring Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, and Jaya Bhaduri, Chupke Chupke with Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, and Jaya Bhaduri, Golmaal starring old friend Utpal Dutt and Amol Palekar, and Khubsoorat with the effervescent Rekha. The first movie Hrishida directed was Musafir (1957) with Dilip Kumar in the lead, and his last Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate in 1998. The Bollywood fraternity and movie fans will miss you Hrishida!