Lekh Tandon

Lekh Tandon is primarily an Indian director but has played a few roles in films as well. He was born on 13 February 1929 in Lahore (British India). He completed his schooling from Khalsa High School, Lyalpur. His father’s friendship with Prithviraj Kapoor One of the most notable names in the Indian film i >> Read More... proved to be a fortunate thing for Lekh’s career. On a holiday to Bombay, he stayed with Kapoor and toured the studios. This experience with Kapoor inspired him to make his career in the industry. He started as a cameraman under V.N. Reddy and later became an assistant director to Kidar Sharma 'Kidar Sharma', whose birth name is Kidar >> Read More... . The turning point in Lekh’s career came when F.C. Mehra gave him the chance to direct ‘Professor,’ a family comedy starring Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. >> Read More... , which was released in 1962. After giving a super hit debut film as a director, he made back-to-back films for the next thirty-five years.

He is best known for two films apart from ‘Professor,’ the first one being, ‘Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye,’ a typical Bollywood drama film produced by Rajshri in 1977. The film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay in 19878. The second film, ‘Agar Tum Na Hote’ was also a box-office hit owing to a cast ensemble of Rajesh Khanna Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the ch >> Read More... , Rekha, and Raj Babbar Raj Babbar is an actor turned politician. He is re >> Read More... , and of course, a great storyline. In 1966, he directed a biopic on the life of Ambapali (the royal courtesan of Vaishali in ancient India) titled ‘ Amrapali Amrapali is an Indian drama series directed by Rav >> Read More... .’ Though the film flopped at the box-office, it was held responsible for India’s entry into the 39th Academy Awards. Lekh has also directed many television serials which aired on channels like Doordarshan and B4U. His first venture into the television industry was ‘ Phir Wahi Talash Phir Wahi Talash is a Hindi television show which >> Read More... .’ He has also acted in a few films like the Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan or also known as SRK is a prominent >> Read More... starrer ‘ Swades Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Chennai Express Click to look into! >> Read More... .’ For a man beginning his career in the year of India’s independence,

Lekh has proved his devotion to his goals through a lot of struggle. He had to fight his father’s propositions first to make him an engineer and then run a chemist shop. He has recently turned producer and claims that none of his works make him proud.