Vinod Mehra
Biography
Vinod Mehra (13 February 1945 – 30 October 1990) was an Indian actor in Hindi films. He started as a child actor in the mid-1950s before starting his film career as an adult in 1971. He acted in over 100 films from the 1970s through to his death at the age of 45 in 1990. He was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev which was released 3 years after his death.
Mehra made his debut as a child actor in the 1955 film Adl-e-Jehangir at the age of ten. He continued playing minor roles in films such as Raagini (1958) and Bewaqoof (1960), playing the younger version of the character played by Kishore Kumar.
Some of his prominent films include Nagin, Jaani Dushman, Ghar, Swarg Narak, Kartavya, Saajan Bina Suhagan, Jurmana, Ek Hi Raasta, Ye Kaisa Insaaf Sweekar Kiya Maine and Khud-Daar. He received Filmfare Nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Anurodh (1977), Amar Deep (1979), and Bemisal (1982). He also played the leading role in a Punjabi film Maujaan Dubai Diyaan in 1985.
He turned producer and director with Gurudev in the late 1980s, starring Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, and Anil Kapoor in the lead. He died of a heart attack before completing the film, at the age of 45 in October 1990.
The film was released in 1993 after director Raj Sippy completed the film. Many of his delayed films were released after his death and dedicated to his memory such as Patthar Ke Phool (1991 film), Insaniyat (1994), and Aurat Aurat Aurat (1996).
Vinod Mehra's daughter Soniya Mehra has acted in a couple of films and his son Rohan Mehra made his debut in Nikhil Advani's Baazaar in 2018.
