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Sashadhar Mukherjee Biography, Age, Death, Height, Weight, Family, Caste, Wiki & More

Updated On : September 29, 2017

Short Biography

Sashadhar Mukherjee born on 29th September 1909 in Jhansi, India was a well-known Producer in Bollywood. He is part of the eminent Mukherjee clan of Bollywood.

Sashadhar Mukherjee Complete Bio & Career

Sashadhar was Kishore Kumar and Ashok Kumar’s brother-in-law. He married to their only sister, Sati Rani. He was responsible for getting Ashok Kumar into films. His children are Joy Mukherjee, Rono Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, Shibani Mukherjee, Shomu Mukherjee and Subir Mukherjee.
 
Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer for Bombay Talkies along with Himanshu Rai, he had a successful run until his death. It got shattered later over the issues of its control and was soon closed. He made his debut in 1939 with a film titled ‘Kangan’. After producing three films with last one ‘Jhoola’ in 1941 he took an indefinite break and returned after 14 years in 1955 with a film titled “Munimji” which did fairly well. His biggest hit came in ‘Dil Deke Dekho’ starring Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh in lead roles.
 
He started an acting school which was named Filmalaya Acting School and the by-products of his School were many ace actors including Asha Parekh and Sadhna among many various others.

Honours & Awards

AWARD NAME AWARD CATEGORY RECEIPT YEAR RECEIPT FIELD
Padma Shri Civilian Award 1967 Arts

Health Issues, Illness and Death Info

Sashadhar Mukherjee died on 03-11-1990 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

DEATHDAY 3 November,1990 (Saturday)
DEATH PLACE Mumbai, Maharashtra
DEATH COUNTRY India

Sashadhar Mukherjee Family, Relatives and Other Relations

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Sashadhar Mukherjee Age, Birthday Facts and Birthday Countdown

Sashadhar Mukherjee was 81 years 1 month & 4 days old age.