Golden Era of Bollywood: MANMOHAN DESAI-The Miracle Man Of Bollywood

Manmohan Desai(26 Feb 1937-1 Mar 1994)-The Uncrowned King Of Bollywood in the &70s and 80s.On one occasion, in 1977, three of his fast-paced extravaganzas were released over a 52-day span, and all of them became runaway successes. One of them, Amar, Akbar, Anthony.He was one of India's most successful film directors and producers, was known as the 'Miracle man of Bollywood'
He was a Producer Director of the masses,he was often criticised for his absurd themes and story lines - blind people in his films suddenly regain sight and twins separated at birth are reunited under bizarre circumstances.He along with Amitabh Bachchan gave Hits after hits. Such was their magic that film distributors snapped up Desai's films for astronomical sums the day they were offered for sale.
He was a son of a moderately w ell known producer and director of entertaining stunt films. After school Desai attended St Xavier's College, in Bombay, but left before graduating for a career in films.
He started his career in 1960 with the film Chhalia starring Raj Kapoor,he wanted to become a great showman like him.His next film, Bluff Master, was a commercial disaster but he went on to direct a series of reasonably successful films like the amusing Budtameez and Kismat, a racy spy thriller.His big break came in 1970 with Sucha Jootha, a thriller with good music and one which effectively used a double-role routine with Rajesh Khanna playing the main part.
He became a great Showman only after the release of Amar Akbar Anthony followed by Naseeb,Suhaag,Coolie and Mard.
Out of the 20 films that Desai directed in his career span of 29 years (1960–1989), as many as 13 films were stupendous hits. His success ratio was 65 percent in an industry where flops abound. His favourite playback singer was Mohd Rafi. In most of his movie, Mohd Rafi was used to sing songs.
Towards the end of his career, Desai's previously successful stories and style began to lose favour with audiences. He met his tragic end on March 1st 1994. He fell from the balcony of his flat when it collapsed. It remains unclear if this was accident or suicide.
A Tribute To Manmohan Desai