Yesteryear’s director Rono Mukerji breathed his last today (28th May) in Bombay due to cardiac arrest. He was 83. He was the father of actor Samrat Mukerji, actress Sharbani Mukerji and Siddharth Mukerji, and the uncle of actresses Kajol and Rani Mukerji. Rono Mukerji was cremated today at the Santacruz Hindu crematorium in Bombay.
He had directed Tu Hi Meri Zindagi (1965) and Haiwan (1977; directed jointly with Ram Mukerji).