'''Prakash Mehra (b. 1939)'''


Hindi director and producer born in Bijnaur,
UP. Assistant to Dhirubhai Desai at Vishnu
Cinetone (1958-9). Worked as a lyricist in the
60s, then director. Made Bachchan’s first major
hit, Zanjeer and launched the star’s image as a
lumpen-vigilante hero, an orphaned (Zanjeer)
or illegitimate (Muqaddar Ka Sikandar)
outsider. Also made some of Bachchan’s bestknown
buddy films, usually co-starring Vinod
Khanna (Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Hera Pheri).


'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1968: Hasina Maan
Jayegi; 1971: Mela; 1972: Aan Baan;
Samadhi; 1973: Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara;
Zanjeer; 1974: Haath Ki Safai; 1976: Hera
Pheri; Khalifa; 1978: Aakhri Daku;
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar; 1980: Desh Drohi;
Jwalamukhi; 1981: Lawaris; 1982: Namak
Halal; 1984: Sharabi; 1987: Muqaddar Ka
Faisla; 1988: Mohabbat Ke Dushman; 1989:
Jadugar; 1992: Zindagi Ek Jua.

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