He later established Filmistan Studio with Rai Bahadur Chunilal, Ashok Kumar and Gyan Mukherjee in 1943. In the 1950s, he started his independent studio, Filmalaya, which became quite popular.

His mother Satidevi Mukherjee was the only sister of Ashok Kumar, Anup Kumar and Kishore Kumar. Also Read: Ayan Mukerji’s ...