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Vinod Mehra
Indian film actor
Vinod Mehra (13 February – 30 October ) was an Indian actor in Hindi films.
Rekha biography Soniya Mehra born is an Indian actress and daughter of actor Vinod Mehra. Siddharth Venugopal Views: Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from October Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use Indian English from February All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from February Articles with hCards. Pavan Acharya.He started out as a child actor in the mid s before starting his film career as an adult in He acted in over films from the s through to his death at the age of 45 in He was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev which was released 3 years after his death.
Career
Mehra made his debut as a child actor in the film Adl-e-Jehangir at the age of ten.
He continued playing minor roles in films such as Raagini () and Bewaqoof (), playing the younger version of the character played by Kishore Kumar.
He started his film career as an adult in with Ek Thi Reeta, a smash hit based on the English play, A Girl Called Rita, along with Tanuja.[1][2] He was one of finalists in the All India Talent Contest organised by United Producers and Filmfare from more than ten thousand contestants.
He lost the contest to Rajesh Khanna and became male runner up of the contest.[3] He was an executive with Goldfield Mercantile Company till the time he became runner up in the contest. He joined the film industry after being spotted by Roop K Shorey at Bombay’s Gaylord restaurant.
This was followed by the film Parde Ke Peechey opposite debutant Yogeeta Bali followed by Elaan (with Rekha), Amar Prem () and Lal Patthar, though it was only Shakti Samanta's Anuraag () with Moushumi Chatterjee, which established him as an actor.
He went on to appear in over films in a career spanning over two decades. He played lead roles in his earlier films. Later he mostly acted in multi-starrers as a secondary lead or played strong supporting roles such as a brother, friend, uncle, father and police officer.
He worked with all top actors like Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. His frequent female co-stars included Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Yogeeta Bali, Shabana Azmi and Bindiya Goswami.
Some of his prominent films include Nagin, Jaani Dushman, Ghar, Swarg Narak, Kartavya, Saajan Bina Suhagan, Jurmana, Ek Hi Raasta, Ye Kaisa InsaafSweekar Kiya Maine and Khud-Daar.
He received Filmfare Nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Anurodh (), Amar Deep (), and Bemisal ().[4] He also played the leading role in a Punjabi film Maujaan Dubai Diyaan in
He turned producer and director with Gurudev in the late s, starring Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in the lead.
He died of a heart attack before completing the film, at the age of 45 in October The film was released in after director Raj Sippy completed the film. Many of his delayed films were released after his death and dedicated to his memory such as Patthar Ke Phool ( film), Insaniyat () and Aurat Aurat Aurat ().
Vinod Mehra's daughter Soniya Mehra has acted in a couple films and son Rohan Mehra made his debut in Nikhil Advani's Baazaar in [5]
Personal life and family
Vinod Mehra was born in Amritsar in in a Punjabi family.
Bindiya goswami Producer and director [ edit ]. He was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev which was released 3 years after his death. Mehra made his debut as a child actor in the film Adl-e-Jehangir at the age of ten. Bindiya Goswami.His father's name was Parameshwaridas Mehra and mother's name Kamala Mehra. Family shifted its base to Bombay from Amritsar after independence as Parameshwaridas had business interest in Bombay. He had an elder sister named Sharda who appeared in several films before Mehra started his career in s. Mehra completed his schooling in Sacred Heart Boys High School Santacruz and later earned a Bachelor's degree from St.
Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Mehra was close to Rekha during the mids. Indeed, they were widely believed to have been married, but in a television interview with Simi Garewal, Rekha denied having ever been married to him, and referred to him affectionately as a well-wisher (but in Rekha's unofficial biography The Untold Story by Yasser Usman, it is mentioned that Vinod Mehra, Rekha's rumoured husband, took her to his house in Bombay, after getting married in Calcutta, and Vinod's mother pushed the actress away when the latter tried to touch her feet)."[6] Mehra's first marriage to Meena Broca was arranged by his mother.
The marriage was reportedly not consummated as Vinod had a heart attack shortly after the marriage.
Soniya mehra daughter vinod mehra biography She was less than two years old when her father died in October Later he mostly acted in multi-starrers as a secondary lead or played strong supporting roles such as a brother, friend, uncle, father and police officer. His father's name was Parameshwaridas Mehra and mother's name Kamala Mehra. This section of a biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification.After he recovered, he eloped with his frequent leading lady of the time, Bindiya Goswami. Meena was left with no choice but to file for divorce. Mehra's relationship with Bindiya unraveled quickly, and she soon left him to marry director J. P. Dutta.[7] In , Mehra married Kiran, daughter of a Kenya-based transport businessman. The marriage lasted until his death two years later and produced two children: a daughter named Soniya (born in ) and a son named Rohan (born posthumously).
Mehra died of a heart attack on 30 October [8] He was only 45 years of age.
Vinod mehra biography rekha He was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev which was released 3 years after his death. Archived from the original on 18 September Mehra made her acting debut in with the release of Victoria No. Unreleased films [ edit ].After Mehra's death, his widow moved to Kenya, to live with her parents and sister. The children were raised in Mombasa and went to the UK for higher education. Both entered the film industry eventually. Soniya made her Hindi film debut in the film Victoria No. , a remake of the classic film of the same name. Rohan made his debut in Nikhil Advani's Baazaar ().[9]
Filmography
Producer and director
Actor
Unreleased films
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