O. P. Ralhan (21 August 1928 - 20 April 1999) was a Bollywood
producer, director, writer, actor who made several hit movies in
1960s, 1970s and 1980s.Ralhan was born on 21 August 1928 in Sialkot,
Pakistan, into a prosperous Hindu family belonging to the Khatri
caste. He was 19 years old when the partition of India happened. He
and his family were compelled to leave home and hearth and move as
refugees to the territory which remained with India. Here, having lost
all their capital and business, they were compelled to work at small
jobs to earn a living. O.P. happened to find work with film-makers.
Around this time, something else happened which drew him closer to the
film world. Ralhan played small roles in films from early 1950s to the
early 1960s. By this time, his brother-in-law had become a very big
film star, and he told Ralhan to produce a film starring him. Ralhan
managed to get distributors to finance his first film: Gehra Daag
(1963), with Rajendra Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead roles. The film was
moderately successful, but Ralhan now had a foothold in the industry.
Phool aur Phattar, directed by Ralhan himself, with a cast including
Meena Kumari, Shashikala and Dharmendra, which went on to make him
into a super star. The film was quite successful in Hindi & was also
made in Tamil, "Oli Vilakku" starring M.G. Ramachandran, Jaya Lalithaa
& Sowkar Janaki. However, he is best remembered as the Director (and
also its producer) for film: Talash (1969) (Lead actors: Rajendra
Kumar and Sharmila Tagore). The film was, and perhaps still is, quite
enjoyable to watch and had excellent music by composer Sachin Dev
Burman. It was the most expensive movie made of its time. Hulchul, was
a film without any songs a Comedy suspense thriller. Bandhe Haath a
Doppelgänger story starring Mumtaz & Amitabh Bachchan. "Mari Bena"
was Mr Ralhan's venture into Regional films starring Reeta Bhaduri,
Arvind Kirad, Dina Pathak & Mr O. P Ralhan. Paapi was a multi starrer
with an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt, Sanjiv Kumar, Zeenat Aman, Reena
Roy, Prem Chopra, Danny Denzongpa. Pyaas was a film made on Social
subject a Tax free film starring Tanuja, Zeenat Aman, Kawaljeet Singh
& O.P Ralhan.
producer, director, writer, actor who made several hit movies in
1960s, 1970s and 1980s.Ralhan was born on 21 August 1928 in Sialkot,
Pakistan, into a prosperous Hindu family belonging to the Khatri
caste. He was 19 years old when the partition of India happened. He
and his family were compelled to leave home and hearth and move as
refugees to the territory which remained with India. Here, having lost
all their capital and business, they were compelled to work at small
jobs to earn a living. O.P. happened to find work with film-makers.
Around this time, something else happened which drew him closer to the
film world. Ralhan played small roles in films from early 1950s to the
early 1960s. By this time, his brother-in-law had become a very big
film star, and he told Ralhan to produce a film starring him. Ralhan
managed to get distributors to finance his first film: Gehra Daag
(1963), with Rajendra Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead roles. The film was
moderately successful, but Ralhan now had a foothold in the industry.
Phool aur Phattar, directed by Ralhan himself, with a cast including
Meena Kumari, Shashikala and Dharmendra, which went on to make him
into a super star. The film was quite successful in Hindi & was also
made in Tamil, "Oli Vilakku" starring M.G. Ramachandran, Jaya Lalithaa
& Sowkar Janaki. However, he is best remembered as the Director (and
also its producer) for film: Talash (1969) (Lead actors: Rajendra
Kumar and Sharmila Tagore). The film was, and perhaps still is, quite
enjoyable to watch and had excellent music by composer Sachin Dev
Burman. It was the most expensive movie made of its time. Hulchul, was
a film without any songs a Comedy suspense thriller. Bandhe Haath a
Doppelgänger story starring Mumtaz & Amitabh Bachchan. "Mari Bena"
was Mr Ralhan's venture into Regional films starring Reeta Bhaduri,
Arvind Kirad, Dina Pathak & Mr O. P Ralhan. Paapi was a multi starrer
with an ensemble cast of Sunil Dutt, Sanjiv Kumar, Zeenat Aman, Reena
Roy, Prem Chopra, Danny Denzongpa. Pyaas was a film made on Social
subject a Tax free film starring Tanuja, Zeenat Aman, Kawaljeet Singh
& O.P Ralhan.
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