O. P. Ralhan

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O. P. Ralhan
Born21 August 1928
Sialkot, Punjab, British India
Died20 April 1999(1999-04-20) (aged 70)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Writer, producer, director and actor
Known forFilm: Phool Aur Patthar
RelativesRajendra Kumar (brother-in-law)

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.[1]

Biography

Om Prakash (O. P.) Ralhan was born on 21 August 1928 in

Hindu Arora family. 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. [2]

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:

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.

Among Ralhan's notable achievements are giving breaks to struggling actors and also introducing new actors in his films.

Hare Rama Hare Krishna.[5] Ralhan also introduced Kabir Bedi in Hulchul.[3] He cast Amitabh Bachchan in Bandhe Haath (1973) at a time when he was not yet a well known name.[3]

O.P Ralhan's wife, Manorama, was the sister of actor Rajendra Kumar. Ralhan had no sons. His grandson Armaan (son of his daughter Rupalli) has taken his grandfathers last name 'Ralhan' to continue the legacy of his grandfather in Bollywood.[6]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "O.p. Ralhan: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday | eTimes". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  2. ^ "Ralhan Productions,production house,Indian film". ralhanproductions.com.
  3. ^ a b c Pandya, Sonal (20 April 2017). "Interview with Armaan Ralhan". Cinestaan.[dead link]
  4. ^ Jha, Subhash K. (21 August 2020). "Dharmendra remembers OP Ralhan, reveals why he took off his shirt in 'Phool Aur Patthar'". National Herald.
  5. ^ Vijaykar, Rajiv (10 December 2010). "That Touch of Class". Indian Express.
  6. ^ Kulkarni, Shubham (20 April 2019). "On O.P. Ralhan's 20th death anniversary, daughter Rupalli vows to complete his dream project!".

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