The Mukherjees
The Mukherjee family are a Bengali Brahmin family that was said to be headed by Sashadhar Mukherjee, described as the founder of Filmalaya studios. His five sons, Rono Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, Shomu Mukherjee and Shubir Mukherjee followed him into the industry. Rono was the director and composer of a single movie. He is also the father of actress Sharbani Mukherjee. Joy and Deb were actors. Shomu became a director and producer. Shubir is also a producer.
Sashadhar's younger brother, Subodh Mukherjee, was a director. He died on 21 May 2005. He is survived by his wife Kamala, sons Subhash and Sanjay and daughter Gitanjali.
Sashadhar's elder brother is Ravindramohan Mukherjee. His son Ram Mukherjee is the father of Rani Mukerji. Ram is a film director and was one of the founders of Filmalaya Studios.
Sashadhar was married to Ashok Kumar’s sister Satirani Ganguly.
Filmalaya Studios is currently owned by Shomu Mukherjee (Kajol's father), Ram Mukherjee (Rani's father), Rono Mukherjee (Sharbani's father) and Shubir Mukherjee.
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