Joy Mukherjee

Jai Om Yadav Mukherjee
Born	(1939-02-24)24 February 1939 Jhansi, India
Died	March 9, 2012(2012-03-09) (aged 73) Mumbai, India
Residence	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Film actor, director and producer
Years active	1960 – 2012
Spouse(s)	Neelam Mukherjee
Children	Monjoy Mukherjee Sujoy Mukherjee Simran Mukherjee
Parent(s)	Sashadhar Mukherjee Sati Devi
Relatives	Rono Mukherjee (Brother) Deb Mukherjee (Brother) Shomu Mukherjee (Brother) Shubir Mukherjee (Brother) See Mukherjee-Samarth family

Jai Om Yadav Mukherjee (24 February 1939 – 9 March 2012) was an Indian film actor and director.

Family background

Jai Om Yadav 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 Kishore Kumar. 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.^[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 and Ziddi. Some of his films like Door Ki Aawaz, 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.^[2]

He produced and directed Humsaya although neither that film nor his subsequent films as producer or director did 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.

Filmography

See also

• Pramod Chakravorty

References

External links

• Joy Mukherjee on IMDb
• Sixties star Joy Mukherjee passes away, Avijit Ghosh