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{{short description|Indian film actor, director and producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Joy Mukherjee
| image = Joy Mukherjee.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|02|24|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|03|09|1939|02|24|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_place = [[Jhansi]], [[United Provinces (1937-1950)|United Provinces]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]])
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| spouse = Neelam Mukherjee
| children = 3
| father = [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]]
| family = [[Mukherjee-Samarth family]] and [[Ganguly family]]
| years_active = 1960–2012
| height = 6 ft 2 in
| occupation = {{hlist|Film actor|director|producer }}
}}

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

==Family background==
{{main|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. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120304/jsp/7days/story_15209338.jsp |title=Two weddings, and one story |access-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916205831/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1120304/jsp/7days/story_15209338.jsp |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
Joy debuted opposite [[Sadhana Shivdasani|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 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/24dinesh.htm |title=Joy Mukherjee profile |access-date=13 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100823230506/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/24dinesh.htm |archive-date=23 August 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He produced and directed ''[[Humsaya (1968 film)|Humsaya]]'' although this films did not do 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.

He later directed [[Rajesh Khanna]] in ''[[Chailla Babu]]'' in 1977 which was a major box office success. This film's success solved his insolvency problems which arose due to production of ''Love In Bombay''. Later in 1985, [[Rajesh Khanna]] even gave him opportunity as a villain in the film ''[[Insaaf Main Karoonga]]'', which became the last successful film of actor Joy Mukherjee.

== Financial troubles ==
''[[Love in Bombay]]'' brought deep financial troubles for Joy Mukherjee but late director-actor's wife Neelam, who is releasing the movie 40 years later, says that despite losing everything, the film remained very close to him. "This film was my husband's Waterloo. He lost everything he had in this film. He sunk in lot of his own money, major properties. There were 37 cases of insolvency against him. But he cleared everything and had a clean slate and started afresh. This film was very dear to him despite it bringing so much problems to him," Mrs Mukherjee said. The 1973 film, was the third part of the "Love in" series which started with Joy debuting with the blockbuster hit ''[[Love in Simla]]'' in 1960 and the golden jubilee hit ''[[Love in Tokyo]]'' in 1966. His insolvency issues got resolved when he directed his sole successful directorial venture ''[[Chailla Babu]]'' in 1977.

==Death==

Joy Mukherjee died on 9 March 2012 in Mumbai's Leelavati Hospital, exactly two weeks after his 73rd birthday, where he had been on a ventilator. He had a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/actor-joy-mukherjee-dies-at-73/921777/|title=Actor Joy Mukherjee dies at 73|publisher=Indian Express|access-date=29 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220003844/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/actor-joy-mukherjee-dies-at-73/921777|archive-date=20 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==

{| class="sortable wikitable collapsible"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960
|''[[Love in Simla]]''||Dev Kumar Mehra||Debut With [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]]
|-
|''[[Hum Hindustani]]''||Satyendra Nath||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1962
|''[[Ummeed (1962 film)|Umeed]]''||Shankar||
|-
|''[[Ek Musafir Ek Hasina]]''||Ajay||
|-
|1963||''[[Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon]]''||Mohan||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1964
|''[[Aao Pyaar Karen (1964 film)|Aao Pyaar Karen]]''||Kesha||
|-
|''[[Ji Chahta Hai]]''||Parwana||
|-
|''[[Ishaara (1964 film)|Ishaara]]''||Vijay||
|-
|''[[Ziddi (1964 film)|Ziddi]]''||Ashok||
|-
|''[[Door Ki Awaz]]''||Prakash||
|-
|1965||''[[Bahu Beti]]''||Shekhar||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1966
|''[[Love in Tokyo]]''||Ashok||
|-
|''[[Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai]]''||Sanjay Malhotra||
|-
|''[[Saaz Aur Awaaz]]''||Rajesh||
|-
|1967||''[[Shagird]]''||Ramesh||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1968
|''[[Ek Kali Muskai|Ek Kali Muskayee]]''||Dr. Dilip||
|-
|''[[Humsaya]]''||Shyam / Lin Tan (Double Role)||Directed & Produced By Himself
|-
|''[[Dil Aur Mohabbat]]''||Rajesh Choudhary||
|-
|1969||''[[Dupatta]]'' ||Himself|| Punjabi Film
|-
|rowspan="5"|1970
|''[[Aag Aur Daag]]''||Raja||
|-
|''[[Ehsan (1970 film)|Ehsan]]''||Raja Prasad||
|-
|''[[Inspector (1970 film)|Inspector]]''|||Inspector Rajesh / Agent 707||
|-
|''[[Moojrim]]''|||Gopal||
|-
|''[[Puraskar]]''|||Rakesh||
|-
|1971||''[[Kahin Aar Kahin Paar]]''||CID Agent||
|-
|1972||''[[Ek Bar Mooskura Do]]''||Dr. Ashok||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1977
|''[[Haiwan]]''||Major Anil Verma||
|-
|''[[Chhailla Babu]]''||
!scope="row"|Directed
|-
|rowspan="2"|1985
|''[[Phoolan Devi (film)|Phoolan Devi]]''||Bada Thakur||Bengali Film; Also Released in [[Hindi]] as "Kahani Phoolvati Ki"
|-
|''[[Insaaf Main Karoonga|Insaaf Main Karoongaa]]''||Shamsher Singh||
|-
|2013||''[[Love in Bombay]]''||Badal||Directed & Produced By Himself. Film was originally made in 1971 but released in 2013.
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Pramod Chakravorty]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name| id=0611535| name=Joy Mukherjee}}
* [http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Addictions/entry/sixties-star-joy-mukherjee-passes-away Sixties star Joy Mukherjee passes away, Avijit Ghosh]
* [http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/love-in-bombay-was-joy-mukherjees-waterloo-says-wife-613148]

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