Portrait of a director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee

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Portrait of a director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
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There has been a lot of discussion in recent times about the quality of movies being churned out in Bollywood. I had posted a comment on the news item about Fox entering the Indian movie market where I’d stated my thoughts vis-a-vis the quality of movies being made these days and its relation to the money coming into the industry. This spurned a thought in my mind about heavyweight filmmakers of yore. I’m sure today’s directors can learn a trick or two from the veterans and that coupled with the finances at their disposal, there’s no reason why Bollywood shouldn’t attain dizzy heights.

The first name that spontaneously came to my mind while thinking about these directors was Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Maybe …


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