Kajol’s father passes away

Posted By: Daliya Ghose On Thursday, 10th April 2008,21:04

Kajol’s father Shomu Mukherjee's death is a shocking news for the Hindi film industry. He died on Thursday morning following a massive cardiac arrest. He left behind wife Tanuja and two daughters Kajol and Tanisha. He was 65.

Shomu Mukherjee was keeping unwell for quite sometime and very often admitted to hospital. Recently, he returned from hospital after undergoing heart surgery.  Long back he had separated from his wife Tanuja and was leading a single life at his Santa Cruz residence.

Shomu Mukherjee was a reputed filmmaker who owned the Filmalaya studio. He was the son of Sasadhar Mukherjee and youngest among his other two sons, Joy Mukherjee and Deb Mukherjee. Joy and Deb moved towards acting while Shomu got into direction and producing films. He produced and directed films like Chaliya Babu, Patthar Ke Insaan, Lover Boy and Nanha Shikhari. Sangdhil Sanam in 1994 was the last film that he directed. The funeral will take place today at 2 PM at Mumbai's Santa Cruz crematorium. He passed away just one day before the release of his son-in-law, Ajay Devgan’s directional debut U, Me Aur Hum. According to the family sources, the film will release as per the schedule but they have dropped the plan of holding a special premiere.