Filmmaker Gulshan Rai dead
Monday, 11 October , 2004, 22:27
Mumbai: Noted film maker Gulshan Rai died here on Monday after a prolonged illness.

He was 80 and is survived by a son and a daughter.

Born and educated in Lahore, Gulshan Rai came to Mumbai in 1947 and within a short span of two years, become a film distributor.

As a distributor, Rai was successful and released more than 180 films in Mumbai, 40 of which have celebrated silver jubilees.

He obtained more than 15 films on world right basis and almost 50 films for overseas distribution.

Besides Mumbai, he opened distribution offices in West Bengal, Punjab and Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

In the seventies, Rai started his own production banner Trimurti Films Pvt Ltd and his very first film ‘Johny Mera Naam’ was a box office hit, breaking all previous records.

His other productions were ‘Joshila’, ‘Deewar,’ ‘Trishul,’ ‘Yudh,’ ‘Tridev,’ ‘Vishwatma,’ ‘Mohra,’ ‘Pyar Ishq aur Mohabbat’ and ‘Asambhav.’

(source: http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13587405)

May God rest his soul in peace.