Filmmaker Rajkumar Kohli passed away in Mumbai on Friday at the age of 93. On Friday morning, the filmmaker had a heart attack at 8 and passed away soon after.
Born in 1930 Rajkumar Kohli began his journey in films in the 1960s with the 1963 release Sapni and directed Punjabi film Dulla Bhatti in 1966. He followed it up with moderate successes in Hindi cinema like Lootera (1970) and Kahani Hum Sab Ki (1973). However, 1976 multi-starrer superhit Nagin made him famous overnight. Then in 1979, he followed it up with another multistarrer hit Jaani Dushman, one of India’s first horror hits.
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Kohli married to Nishi, a Punjabi film star whom he worked with in his 1963 Punjabi film Pind Di Kudi. Kohli has two sons – Gogi and Armaan. He directed his younger son Armaan in his final film Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahaani which was released in 2002.
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