| 1 | '''Gyan Mukherjee (1909-57)''' |
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| 4 | Hindi director born in Benares. Graduated as a |
| 5 | scientist; editor of journal Science and Culture. |
| 6 | Joined Bombay Talkies as a supervising |
| 7 | technician. Wrote script for Bandhan (1940) |
| 8 | and collaborated with Abbas on script of Naya |
| 9 | Sansar (1941). Directed Ashok Kumar at |
| 10 | Bombay Talkies (Jhoola, Kismet) and |
| 11 | Filmistan, creating a new image for him with a |
| 12 | big impact on later Hindi film (e.g. on the |
| 13 | image of Dilip Kumar). His Chal Chal Re |
| 14 | Naujawan launched Filmistan. Style drawn |
| 15 | largely from 30s Warner Bros with naturalist |
| 16 | underplaying for greater psychological |
| 17 | complexity (e.g. the seminal Kismet and |
| 18 | Sangram). Guru Dutt dedicated Pyaasa |
| 19 | (1957) to him. |
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| 22 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1941: Jhoola; 1943: |
| 23 | Kismet; 1944: Chal Chal Re Naujawan; |
| 24 | 1950: Sangram; 1953: Shamsheer; 1955: |
| 25 | Sardar; 1956: Shatranj; 1959: Madhu. |
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