Filmmaker and Rani Mukerji’s father Ram Mukherjee passes away

One of the founders of Filmalaya Studios, Ram Mukherjee was best known for helming films like Hum Hindustani and Leader. He also produced daughter Rani Mukerji's first Bollywood film Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat.

rani Mukherjee, Ram Mukherjee, Ram Mukherjee dead, Ram Mukherjee death, Ram Mukherjee age, Ram Mukherjee dies, Ram Mukherjee RIP, Ram Mukherjee passes, Ram Mukerji, Ram Mukerji dead, Ram Mukerji death, Ram Mukerji age, Ram Mukerji dies, Ram Mukerji RIP, Ram Mukerji passes

Ram Mukerji produced Rani Mukerji’s debut film Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat.

Veteran filmmaker-screenwriter Ram Mukherjee, father of Bollywood star Rani Mukerji, passed away on Sunday. He was 84.According to sources, Ram was not keeping well for sometime and died at 5 am today.

Sharing the news of her husband’s demise, Krishna Mukherjee said, “His blood pressure dropped suddenly and he was admitted to Breach Candy hospital where doctors declared him dead at 5 am. He was doing fine earlier and this was sudden.”

His body will be cremated at 2 pm.

Ram Mukherjee worked in both Hindi and Bengali cinema. He was one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios in Mumbai. He was most known for helming films like Hum Hindustani (1960), which starred Sunil Dutt, Joy Mukherjee and Asha Parekh in lead roles, and the Dilip Kumar-Vyjayanthimala starrer Leader (1964). Mukherjee also produced Rani’s debut Hindi film Raja Ki Aayegi Baarat in 1997. He also directed and produced the actor’s Bengali debut movie Biyer Phool (1996), which also starred Prosenjit Chatterjee.

More details are awaited.

Click here to follow Screen Digital on YouTube and stay updated with the latest from the world of cinema.

65 and counting: Why assessing toll of Kishtwar cloudburst is proving difficult

India2 hr ago

At least 65 people have died and many are still missing after a cloudburst hit the Mata Machail yatra route in Kishtwar. J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has left for the affected village and the Air Force is on standby for rescue operations. The biggest challenge is finding the bodies, which have been swept away by the flash floods.

View all shorts

More Entertainment

Entertainment Weapons: Indian directors are more terrified of making meaningful horror movies than you are of watching them