This filmmaker mortgaged wife's jewellery to make Amitabh Bachchan 'Angry Young Man' of Bollywood with Zanzeer, told him "I made you a star when nobody cared ab…

Prakash Mehra risked everything to make Zanjeer, mortgaging jewellery and backing struggling Amitabh Bachchan. The film ...
India TV

A monk’s son, who became Amitabh Bachchan’s godfather, who is he?

While the social media may be obsessed with star kids and nepotism debates, often time, filmmakers, writer and actors have entered the entertainment industry from very humble backgrounds and made a ...
Variety

Bollywood’s Prakash Mehra dies

Bollywood filmmaker Prakash Mehra, who made an unknown Amitabh Bachchan a star with pics such as “Zanjeer,” died May 17 in a Mumbai hospital of pneumonia. He was 69. Until “Zanjeer,” Bachchan’s career ...
Digital Spy

Prakash Mehra passes away

Prakash Mehra has passed away at the age of 69 after a prolonged illness. Mehra, who was admitted to a Mumbai hospital earlier this month, died yesterday from pneumonia and multiple organ failure. The ...
Mumbai Mirror

Prakash Mehra's son, Puneet, opens up on dad's parting with Amitabh Bachchan & rivalry with Manmohan Desai

Prakash Mehra's son Puneet Prakash Mehra says it all to ETimes in this Big Interview- why his father stopped making films with Amitabh Bachchan, what was his rivalry with Manmohan Desai, how Zanjeer ...
Digital Spy

Bachchan pays tribute to Mehra

Amitabh Bachchan has paid tribute to former mentor Prakash Mehra following his death on Sunday. Bachchan, who was given his first big break by Mehra in 1973 hit Zanjeer, worked with the director on a ...
Koimoi

“Amitabh Bachchan Cried, People Said Who Is This Tall Idiot,” When Prakash Mehra Recalled How Zanjeer Shocked All [Including Raj Kapoor]

Prakash Mehra Once Recalled How Amitabh Bachchan Was Scared With Zanjeer’s Initial Reaction! (Photo Credit –YouTube) Amitabh Bachchan is currently the ‘Shehenshah’ of Indian Cinema but once upon a ...