Manmohan Desai Birth Anniversary: Bollywood director Manmohan Desai, who gave big hits like Coolie, Mard and Amar Akbar Anthony, was born on 26 February to Gujarati filmmaker Kiku Bhai Desai. Manmohan Desai has a big role in making a big star like Amitabh Bachchan a big star. In such a situation, on the occasion of his birth anniversary, let us know some unheard things related to him.
The director who made stars had faced financial crisis
Manmohan’s father passed away when he was just 4 years old. At that time his father Kiku Bhai was producing two films. These films stopped after his death. This affected Manmohan’s family due to which all their house and jewelery were sold. Manmohan’s childhood was spent in financial crisis. He had to live in his father’s small office during his childhood.
The path to becoming a big director was not easy
The first film made under the direction of Manmohan was released in 1960. The name of the film was Chhaliya. Despite the presence of stars like Raj Kapoor and Nutan in the film, the film proved to be a flop at the box office. However, after 4 years, Manmohan’s film Rajkumar came, which made him a prince. This multi-starrer film with stars like Prithviraj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor proved to be a big hit. After this Manmohan never looked back.
These directors were special for Amitabh Bachchan
If we talk about Amitabh Bachchan’s career, then Manmohan Desai’s films are definitely discussed. Manmohan Desai cast Amitabh Bachchan in films like Parvarish, Amar Akbar Anthony, Naseeb, Suhaag, Mard, Ganga Jamna Saraswati, Desh Premi and Coolie, Toofan. All these films proved to be blockbusters. Due to this, Amitabh’s name started being popular in Bollywood. Manmohan has given a total of 8 big films with Amitabh.
The year 1977 was special
The year 1977 was special for Manmohan Desai. This year Manmohan gave a total of 4 blockbuster films with many big superstars. The first name among these films is Amar Akbar Anthony starring Vinod Khanna, Rishi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, which is among the top 5 highest grossing films of that year. In the same year he gave two big hits like Chacha-Bhatija and Dharamveer. He cast Dharmendra in both these films. Dharam Veer was a special film for Jitendra, Pran and Jeevan also. At the same time, Manmohan Desai had Dharmendra work in two different types of films and his work was liked in both the films.
Apart from this, the big budget film of that time Parvarish was also released in the same year. Apart from Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Khanna, it featured stars like Shammi Kapoor, Kader Khan and Amjad Khan. This film also created a stir in Bollywood as soon as it was released.
Death of Manmohan Desai
Manmohan Desai died in the year 1994. According to reports, his death was due to falling from the balcony. However, the mystery of his death under mysterious circumstances still remains.
