Joy mukherjee actor biography

Indian film actor, director and producer

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

Family background

Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family

Joy Mukherjee was the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios.

Joy mukherjee actor biography

His uncles were director Subodh Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Joy Mukherjee was educated in Col. Brown Cambridge School in Dehradun and St. Xavier College.

He married Neelam and they had two sons and a daughter.^[1]

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 S