Joy Mukherjee was an Indian cinema actor and director who lived from February 24, 1939 until March 9, 2012. He was dubbed the "heart throb of the 1960s and 1970s." Joy Mukherjee was the son of Sashadhar and Sati Devi Mukherjee. His father was a well-known producer and co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. Subodh Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar, and Kishore Kumar were his uncles. Joy Mukherjee attended Dehra Dun's Col. Brown Cambridge School and St. Xavier College. His wife's name is Neelam, and they have two boys named Monjoy and Sujoy, as well as a daughter named Simran.
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