K.L. Bhasin

He was born in Lahore Pakistan in the year 1928 to a Punjabi Khatri family to Suganchand Bhasin (businessman) and Kaushalya Bhasin(house wife). He grew up with a passion for films. He graduated in Arts and chose a career in film distribution. The family owned theaters in Lahore. Just before the partition, the family moved to Delhi in 1946. He tried his luck with other businesses like exporting leather accessories, organizing events but suffered losses. So decided to pursue his passion in movie world and so move to Mumbai in 1977 and joined R.K. Studios as a Business Manager. In the same year he married Jaya and has two daughters, Sonia Bhasin (1979) and Vandana Bhasin (1981). Both are settled in the US. In 1971 he was invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi to meet the then President of India, Dr.V. V. Giri in regards to the distribution of the movie Satyakam (1969). He worked with R.K. Studios from 1977 to 1994 and handled the distribution of Satyam Shivam Sundaram (1978), Prem Rog(1981), Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)and Henna(1991). He was very religious and modern in his ideals at the same time. He died of a heart attack on July 19, 1994 in New Delhi.