![]() ![]() On March 9th, Joy Mukherjee passed away at the age of 73 (2 days after the death of Music Director Ravi who had composed music for a few of his films). He was fortunate to have a number of hits, many of musically rich too! He also directed a few films like Humsaya, Love in Bombay, Chailla Babu (a box-office hit) and a TV series Umeed. Tall, lanky and good looking, Joy also acted with some of the most beautiful and successful actresses of the time including Sadhana, Asha Parekh, Sharmila Tagore, Tanuja, Saira Banu and Mala Sinha. Love in Simla, his first film and success was followed by movies like Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon, Love in Tokyo, Ziddi, Humsaya, Shagird, etc. One of his brothers, Deb was also an actor and another, Shomu (actress Tanuja’s husband and Kaajol’s father) was a producer/director. ![]() His father was a successful producer and co-founder of Filmalaya Studios and his uncles were director Subodh Mukherjee (on his father's side) and Ashok Kumar and Kishore Kumar (mother's side). Joy Mukherjee belonged to a family very closely associated with the Hindi Film Industry. Blast from the Past – these are a few of my favourite… ![]()
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