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Manmohan Desai (26 February 1937 – 1 March 1994) was an Indian film producer and director. He was one of the most successful filmmakers of the 70s and 80s. [4] Desai was an influential and sought-after film director of Bollywood and a pioneer of making Masala films along with Prakash Mehra and Nasir Hussain .
Manmohan Desai was married to Jeevanprabha Gandhi, who was the writer of films directed by Manmohan including films like Sachaa Jhutha (1970), Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973), Roti (1974), Dharam Veer (1977), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), and Coolie (1983). She also wrote scripts for films like Uthaman (1976) directed by Rajendra Prasad and Ram Robert Raheem (1980) directed by Vijaya Nirmala. Manmohan lost his wife in April 1979.
Manmohan Desai was born on 26 February 1937 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Naseeb (1981), Kismat (1969) and Mard (1985). He died on 1 March 1994 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
Mar 1, 2024 · LEGENDARY filmmaker Manmohan Desai was at the forefront of popularising the masala entertainer in Bollywood, which is a genre that incorporates everything from comedy to romance, drama, deep emotion and action, all in one film. He was, at one time, the undisputed king of the box office and had a dream partnership with Hindi cinema’s biggest star, Amitabh Bachchan. Born on February 26, 1937, the producer-director passed away on March 1, 1994, aged 57.
May 27, 2022 · Superstar Amitabh Bachchan is in Coolie (1983), pacing through one of the many stylised fight sequences he shot for Manmohan Desai and other Bombay filmmakers. 2 The locales rarely mattered – it could be a seedy tavern, a vast desert, a slum alley, an underground car park or a revolving restaurant atop a Bombay skyscraper.
Feb 28, 2022 · If Manmohan Desai had lived he would have been a ripe young 84 on February 26, still revved-up about movies and life, in that order. Still refusing to be still even for a minute.
Mar 4, 1994 · MANMOHAN DESAI, one of India's most successful film directors and producers, was known as the 'Miracle man of Bollywood', or Bombay, capital of the Indian film industry. Desai was the uncrowned ...
Born on February 26, 1937, one of Indian cinema’s prime movers, filmmaker Manmohan Desai, popularly referred to as 'Manji' had created some of the most iconic films that audiences will cherish for generations to come. Desai mostly came up with movies of mix-genre familiarly called ‘masala films’. Desai’s father Kikku Desai directed a film in 1930 and was the proprietor of Paramount Studios. Coming from a cinema household, Desai had an inclination in movie-making and got his first ...
May 2, 2024 · Prasar Bharati Archives presents 'Portrait of The Director' - definitive study of the life and work of India s greatest filmmaker.Featuring - Manmohan Desai ...
Filmmaker and producer Manmohan DESAI (1937, India) was arguably one of the most successful Indian filmmakers in the 1970s and 80s, and made more than 20 films, including Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) and Naseeb (1981). He is considered one of most influential Bollywood film directors and a pioneer of masala filmmaking. He died in 1994. […]
