Shashadhar Mukherjee

Sashadhar Mukherjee
Born	29 September 1909 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died	3 November 1990 (aged 81)
Occupation	Film producer
Notable work	Dil Deke Dekho (1959), Love in Simla (1960)
Spouse(s)	Sati Devi
Children	6, including Joy Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, and Shomu Mukherjee
Family	Mukherjee-Samarth family

Sashadhar Mukherjee (29 September 1909 – 3 November 1990) was a producer in Hindi films. He started his career with Bombay Talkies in 1930s, and later established Filmistan Studio with Rai Bahadur Chunilal, Ashok Kumar and Gyan Mukherjee in 1943. In the 1950s he went on to start his independent studio, Filmalaya. He is noted for films like Dil Deke Dekho (1959), Love in Simla (1960), Ek Musafir Ek Hasina (1962) and Leader (1964). He is part of the distinguished Mukherjee clan of Bollywood.

He won the Filmfare Award for Best Film for Jagriti (1954), and later was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, by Government of India in 1967.

He was born on 29 September 1909 in Jhansi. Sashadhar was the brother-in-law of Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar, being married to their only sister, Sati Rani. He was also instrumental in getting Ashok Kumar into films. His children are Rono Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, Shomu Mukherjee, Shibani Maulik/nee Mukherjee, and Subir Mukherjee. Shomu married actress Tanuja and together they had two children: Kajol and Tanisha. Sashadhar's grand niece is actress Rani Mukerji, whose grandfather Ravidramohan Mukherjee was Sashadhar's older brother. Sashadhar had two more brothers, film director Subodh Mukherjee and film producer Prabodh Mukherjee. His grandson, son of Deb Mukherjee, is film director Ayan Mukherjee, who directed Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani (2013).

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