Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer in Hindi films and belongs to the distinguished Mukherjee clan of Bollywood. He was
Ashok Kumar and
Kishore Kumar`s brother-in-law and was married to their only sister, Sati Rani. Sashadhar Mukherjee played a vital role in getting
Ashok Kumar into films. Sashadhar Mukherjee is the father of Rono Mukherjee, Joy Mukherjee, Shomu Mukherjee, Deb Mukherjee, Shibani Maulik and Subir Mukherjee.
Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer for
Bombay Talkies. In 1943 Sashadhar Mukherjee along with Rai Bahadur Chunilal,
Ashok Kumar and Gyan Mukherjee formed a partnership and established the studio Filmistan in Goregaon.
In the 1950s Sashadhar formed his own production house and named it Filmalaya in Andheri, near Amboli. Sashadhar Mukherjee also supervised an acting school and trained actresses like
Asha Parekh and
Sadhana and helped them to enter into films.
Nasir Hussain, the director was involved with Sashadhar Mukherjee`s productions along with R. K. Nayyar and Gyan Mukherjee. Music director
O. P. Nayyar was also associated with his solo productions. Sashadhar Mukherjee launched his son Joy Mukherjee in the film Love in Simla. He also produced films like Ek Musafir Ek Hasina to further his son`s career. His last production was
Dilip Kumar`s Leader.