Veteran film director Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away in Kolkata yesterday. He was 97. Mukherjee was the maker of cult Bengali classics like ‘Agniswar’, ‘Mouchak’ and ‘Nishipadma’ — all starring matinee idol Uttam Kumar — in the early 70s. Shakti Samanta’s ‘Amar Prem’, starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, was inspired by ‘Nishipadma’. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has condoled Mukherjee’s death.
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