One finds it difficult to believe that the person who spoke about life so beautifully and intensely is no more in Bollywood today. Much time has passed since he churned out those masterpieces, yet the image of life he portrayed then is still very much part of the minds of cinemagoers. May god rest his soul in peace and spread out his kind of cinema more - guddi, mili, anand, khubasoorat and many more to name here...These are the stories that leave behind two-three generations of audiences fulfilled and their lives made so full of warmth and compassion!
I am Hrishikesh Mukherjee's youngest grand-daughter and I live in the US. My dad went to he funeral, but I did not, as I was so close to him that I could not bare to be there with so many people around. We have been reading the internet and talking to relatives, but I just wanted to say that your article made me feel very good. You summed up my grandfather so well-especially his love for simplicity. Thank you for your heartfelt thoughts.
i pay my last tributes to the director who understood the essence of human relations and middle class life in india. today johars, chopras, etc. make movies that vaguely match even with the elite class (even the Birlals, Tatas, Infosys guy or wipro guys don't live such a life). they should take a leaf from his life and understand what really touches the middle class... it certainly isn't the flashy clothes... if tht were it... someone like me who is 25 yrs old won't have admired movies like golmaal, chupe chupe, bawarchi, etc. u got to believe that those days of looking out for people like u and me have gone... i just cherish this moment that i m aware of a cinema which is in fact commercial but made for the right audience and worth every penny u pay and not just a balony with infinite stars doing nothing... bravo hrishida...
