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Filmmaker · India

Gyan Mukherjee

Died in 1956

Gyan Mukherjee was born on 30 September 1909 in Benares. A science graduate, he edited the journal Science and Culture, began at New Theatres in Calcutta and joined Bombay Talkies as a supervising technician, then as a screenwriter and director. In 1943, he followed Sashadhar Mukherjee and Ashok Kumar to found Filmistan. Guru Dutt, who had trained under him, dedicated one of his films to him. He died in Calcutta on 13 November 1956.

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