Joy Mukherjee (24 February 1939 – 9 March 2012) was an Indian actor and director. He was titled as the 'heart throb of the 1960s and 1970s'.

Family background

Joy Mukherjee was the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His uncles were director Subodh Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and

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. Joy Mukherjee was educated in Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehra Dun and St. Xavier College. His wife's name is Neelam and they had two sons Monjoy (also known as Toy), Sujoy (also known as Boy) and a daughter Simran.

Career

Joy debuted opposite Sadhana in the film '' Love in Simla'' (1960), directed by R. K. Nayyar. He then starred with Asha Parekh for several hits like ''Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon'', ''Love in Tokyo,'' ''Ziddi and Hum Hindustani''. Some of his films like ''Aao Pyar Karen'' and ''Shagird'' (opposite Saira Bano), ''Ek Musafir Ek Haseena'' with Sadhna, ''Ishaara'' with Vyjayantimala and ''Jee Chahta Hai'' with Rajashree were superhit movies. Most of his movies had hit music. By the late 1960s, acting roles began drying up, so he began directing and producing. He produced and directed '' Humsaya'' although this films did not do 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 silver screen. He later directed

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in ''

Chailla Babu ''Chhailla Babu'' (Alternate name: Chhaila Babu) ( English language: Cool Guy) is a 1977 Bollywood suspense thriller film. It was written and produced by Shomu Mukherjee and directed by Joy Mukherjee. Rajesh Khanna plays the title role of ''Chh ...

'' in 1977 which was a major box office success. This film's success solved his insolvency problems which arose due to production of '' Love In Bombay''. Later in 1985,

even gave him opportunity as a villain in the film '' Insaaf Main Karoonga'', which became the last successful film of actor Joy Mukherjee.

Financial troubles

'' Love in Bombay'' brought deep financial troubles for Joy Mukherjee but late director-actor's wife Neelam, who is releasing the movie 40 years later, says that despite losing everything, the film remained very close to him. "This film was my husband's Waterloo. He lost everything he had in this film. He sunk in lot of his own money, major properties. There were 37 cases of insolvency against him. But he cleared everything and had a clean slate and started afresh. This film was very dear to him despite it bringing so much problems to him," Mrs Mukherjee said. The 1973 film, was the third part of the "Love in" series which started with Joy debuting with the blockbuster hit '' Love in Simla'' in 1960 and the golden jubilee hit '' Love in Tokyo'' in 1966. His insolvency issues got resolved when he directed his sole successful directorial venture ''

'' in 1977.

Death

Joy Mukherjee died on 9 March 2012 in Mumbai's Leelavati Hospital, exactly two weeks after his 73rd birthday, where he had been on a ventilator. He had a prolonged illness.

Filmography

References

External links

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Sixties star Joy Mukherjee passes away, Avijit Ghosh

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