Prakash Mehra

Birthday: July 13th, 1939 Date of Death: May 17th, 2009 Place of Birth: Uttar Pradesh, India

Hindi film producer and director. Along with Manmohan Desai, Prakash Mehra was regarded as the pioneer of "Masala" film genre. His collaboration with the actor Amitabh Bachchan resulted in several box office blockbusters and classics, due to which Mehra was considered among the 'Golden Directors' of his time.