Cinemaazi remembers Sashadhar Mukherjee on his death anniversary

Born into a family of lawyers in Jhansi, Sashadhar Mukherjee moved to Bombay in 1934.  Disagreeing with his father about his choice of future profession, he left home to try his luck in Bombay. A meeting with Himanshu Rai led to his being employed as an assistant sound engineer in Bombay Talkies Studios. Sashadhar’s brother-in-law, then a lab assistant with Bombay Talkies, was asked to act opposite her. This turned out to be a successful gamble, and the lab assistant, Ashok Kumar, went on to star in many hit movies of Bombay Talkies.