Joy Mukherjee

Joy Mukherjee ( _bn. জয় মুখার্জী) is an Indian film actor.

Biography

Family Background

"Main article": "Mukherjee-Samarth family (film)"

Joy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmistan Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar. His brothers are Deb Mukherjee and Shomu Mukherjee who was married to actress Tanuja. Their daughters are actresses Kajol and Tanisha. His niece is Rani Mukerji.

Career

Joy was paired up with Sadhana in the film "Love in Simla" (1960) directed by R.K. Nayyar. After this he paired up with Asha Parekh for several hits like "Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon" and "Ziddi". In the late 60’s roles for Joy started drying up as stars such as Dharmendra, Jeetendra and Rajesh Khanna grew in popularity. [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/24dinesh.htm]

Joy then produced and directed "Humsaaya" but the movie did not do well and his subsequent films as producer or director did not do too well. Despite a late success with home production "Ek Baar Muskura Do" (1972) with brother Deb Mukherjee and later to be sister-in-law Tanuja, Joy faded from the film scene. His last success came with him directing "Chailla Babu", a film starring Zeenat Aman and Rajesh Khanna.

Filmography

* "Haiwan" (1977)
* "Ek Bar Mooskura Do" (1972)
* "Kahin Aar Kahin Paar" (1971)
* "Aag Aur Daag" (1970)
* "Ehsan" (1970)
* "Inspector" (1970) ... Inspector Rajesh/Agent 707
* "Moojrim" (1970) ... Gopal
* "Puraskar" (1970) ... Rakesh
* "Dupatta" (1969)
* "Dil Aur Mohabbat" (1968) ... Ramesh Choudhry
* "Ek Kali Muskai" (1968)
* "Humsaya" (1968)
* "Shagird" (1967) ... Rajesh
* "Love in Tokyo" (1966) ... Ashok
* "Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai" (1966) ... Sanjay Malhotra
* "Bahu Beti" (1965) ... Shekhar
* "Aao Pyaar Karen" (1964)
* "Door Ki Awaaz" (1964)
* "Ishara" (1964)
* "Ji Chahta Hai" (1964)
* "Ziddi" (1964) ... Ashok
* "Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon" (1963) ... Mohan
* "Ek Musafir Ek Hasina" (1962)
* "Ummeed" (1962)
* "Hum Hindustani" (1960) ... Satyendra Nath
* "Love in Simla" (1960) .. Dev Kumar Mehra

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