Click above for more stills A few weeks ago, Shakti Samanta passed away. Then Feroz Khan. Now Prakash Mehra. The golden era is coming to an end. Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra regaled us with some memorable films. They were arch rivals, working with the same actor -- Amitabh Bachchan. Having grown up on their films, besides interacting with them subsequently [as a journalist], both Man-ji [as Mkd was affectionately called] and Prakash-ji made films for the masses, the aam junta. Prakash-ji was a simpleton, who dared to call a spade a spade. I would often meet him at his office at Sumeet [his studio in Juhu]. I would often bump into him while going for a preview screening. He would either be seated inside or taking his evening walks outside his office. Prakash-ji kept himself updated with the film industry happenings, even when he stopped making films. He was saddened by the fate of Jaadugar in particular and also dejected that...
- 5/19/2009
- by Taran Adarsh
- BollywoodHungama
Click above for more stills A few weeks ago, Shakti Samanta passed away. Then Feroz Khan. Now Prakash Mehra. The golden era is coming to an end. Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra regaled us with some memorable films. They were arch rivals, working with the same actor -- Amitabh Bachchan. Having grown up on their films, besides interacting with them subsequently [as a journalist], both Man-ji [as Mkd was affectionately called] and Prakash-ji made films for the masses, the aam junta. Prakash-ji was a simpleton, who dared to call a spade a spade. I would often meet him at his office at Sumeet [his studio in Juhu]. I would often bump into him while going for a preview screening. He would either be seated inside or taking his evening walks outside his office. Prakash-ji kept himself updated with the film industry happenings, even when he stopped making films. He was saddened by the fate of Jaadugar in particular and also dejected that...
- 5/19/2009
- by Taran Adarsh
- BollywoodHungama
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