Prakash Mehra
Prakash Mehra is a well-known Bollywood director and producer, who prduces movies like Zanjeer and Laawaris. He played a big part in the making of the iconic Amitabh Bachchan. Prakash Mehra was born on 13th July 1939 in Bijnaur, Uttar Pradesh. Starting out as a production controller, he made his way to the upper echelons of the film industry. After three years of ill health, Mehra died due to pneumonia and multiple organ failure on 17th May 2009. In 1968, he directed Shashi Kapoor who played a double role in Haseena Maan Jayegi. Prakash Mehra received lifetime achievement award from the India Motion Picture Directors Association (IMPDA) in 2006. He also received Lifetime Achievement as Producer from Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPA) on September 19, 2008. Prakash Mehra was one of the first Bombay directors who to try venture into Hollywood. In the late eighties he tried a joint venture to make the movie name ?The God Connection? with Frank Yandolino

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Congress worried about Left initiating a third front, says Karat - 09 Apr 2009
Vadakancherry (Kerala), Apr 9 (ANI): Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) General Secretary Prakash Karat on Thursday said that the Congress is worried about Communists initiating the formation of a Third Front. 

90-year-old woman murdered, house burgled in Ghaziabad - 09 Apr 2009
-in-law returned from his morning walk, the police said.    Om Prakash

Tytler case: BJP accuses Congress of manipulating CBI - 09 Apr 2009
the fact,' said BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar.    The CBI filed its

Court notice over Sikkim chief minister's citizenship - 08 Apr 2009
by July 17 on the petition filed by Padam Prakash Sharma, who says Chamling

Truth behind shootout must come out: court - 08 Apr 2009
a magisterial inquiry into the shootout, a division bench of Chief Justice Ajit Prakash

Origin of sound depicted creatively - 08 Apr 2009
that too, in letter and spirit.By Smita Prakash(ANI) 

Campaigning tempo picks up as countdown for parliamentary polls begin - 08 Apr 2009
Prakash Karat stressed on the need for a non-Congress and non-BJP Central Government

Will pictorial warnings on tobacco products get postponed again? - 08 Apr 2009
undermines the health of its 1 billion citizens. According to Dr. Prakash C Gupta

No movies with my dad, please: Sonam Kapoor - 08 Apr 2009
, Anil had been offered a role in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Delhi 6' with Sonam

Special audit ordered for Chandigarh's projects - 07 Apr 2009
Rodrigues and Adviser to the UT Administrator (chief secretary rank) Pradip Mehra over... the projects between the two top UT functionaries, Rodrigues took away Mehra's powers

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