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Prakash Mehra ranks among the popular directors in the Hindi film industry. The movies that he has directed have won wide acclaim and praise for their plot and other characteristics. Most of the movies of Prakash Mehra have also won huge success in the box office.

Prakash Mehra was born in year 1939 in the small town of Bijnaur in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. He started his film career in the later part of the 1950s as a production controller. His director directorial debut was in the year 1968 in the film Haseena Maan Jayegi. The film had moderate response in the box office. Prakash Mehra directed his first hit movie named Mela. The movie was made in the year 1971. The film starred Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan. Another very popular movie that was directed by him was Zanjeer. This movie was a milestone in the career of famous star Amitabh Bachchan.



In addition to these, there are also other hit movies in the credit of Prakash Mehra. Most of the films starred Amitabh Bachchan as the lead actor. There were action films as well as drama and romantic films. Some of the popular films of Bollywood that Prakash Mehra has directed are:

• Hera Pheri
• Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
• Lawaris
• Namak Halaal
• Sharaabi
• Jaadugar
• Haath Ki Safai
• Dalaal

All these films have won huge success in the box office. There were also some more films like Zindagi Ek Jua and Bal Brahmachari which were moderately successful in the industry. Bal Brahmachari was the last film that was directed by Prakash Mehra. It launched the acting career of Puru Raajkumar, the son of veteran actor Raaj Kumar.

Prakash Mehra has won plenty of praise and acclaim for his skills in direction and film making. He was awarded the lifetime achievement award from the India Motion Picture Producer & Directors Association in the year 2006 for his excellent contribution to Bollywood.

Prakash Mehra was also one of the few directors who tried to venture into Hollywood. He tried to make a joint venture with Hollywood companies for the movie The God Connection.

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