O. P. Ralhan
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O. P. Ralhan was a Bollywood producer, director, writer, actor who made several hit movies in 1960's, 70's and 80's. Among his notable achievements are giving breaks to struggling actors and also introducing new actors in his films. He gave Dharmendra his first golden jubilee blockbuster with Phool Aur Patthar (1966) and made him a star. Zeenat Aman was first introduced in Bollywood by O. P. Ralhan in his 1971 film Hulchul, although some people have a misconception that Dev Anand brought her with Hare Rama Hare Krishna. He also introduced Kabir Bedi in Hulchul. He cast Amitabh Bachchan in Bandhe Haath (1973) when he was not yet a known name. Due credit must be given to O. P. Ralhan for his achievements.
Mr. Ralhan's sister was married to actor Rajendra Kumar.
After playing small roles from early 50s to early 60's, he
managed to get distributors finance his first film: GEHRA
DAAG (1963), with Rajendra Kumar and Mala Sinha in lead roles.
He was also it's director. The film was quite sucessful.
However, he is best remembered as the Director (and also it's
producer) for film: TALASH (1969) (Lead actros: 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.
Sudhir Feb 8, 2014