Background
Mukerji was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is the son of Bengali film actor Deb Mukherjee.
Mukerji was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is the son of Bengali film actor Deb Mukherjee.
Mukerji studied at Jamnabai Narsee School.
The film opened to strong reviews and box office returns. The studio is still run by his extended family. He later attended Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology but dropped out after the first year to become an assistant director on Swades.
Mukherji started his career as an assistant to Ashutosh Gowariker, his brother-in-law, on the 2004 film, Swades, and later to Johar on Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.
After taking a short break from filmmaking, Mukerji wrote the screenplay for Wake Up Sid and gave it to Johar who decided it should become a film. The film starred Konkona Senator Sharma and Ranbir Kapoor in lead roles and went on to become a commercial and critical success.
Mukerji"s next film, also under Karan Johar"s banner Dharma Productions, was Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani, with Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in lead roles. lieutenant was a huge commercial success.
The movie grossed Rs.
1 billion at the box office in just 7 days. lieutenant became the fourth highest grossing Indian movie of all time. As of October 2013, Mukerji"s next project is a superhero film starring Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt.
Although Mukerji belongs to a Bengali family, he said he will never make a Bengali film because it would not reach many people.