Today, February 13, 2023, is the 78th birth anniversary of Bollywood's famous actor Vinod Mehra. He was born on February 13, 1945 in Amritsar, Punjab. At the age of just 45, he had said goodbye to the world. Vinod Mehra started his career in the 60s, although the film career was very short, he made a distinct identity even in such a short career. He remained in headlines for his personal life more than his professional life. Vinod had done a total of 4 marriages. So let's talk about some special things related to his life on the occasion of his birthday today. He died on 30 October 1990 due to a heart attack.
Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Indian films. He started out as a child actor in the late 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.
Vinod Mehra was born at Amritsar in a Punjabi family. His father's name was Parameshwaridas Mehra and mother's name Kamala Mehra. Family shifted its base to Bombay from Amritsar after independence as Parameshwaridas had business interest in Bombay. He had an elder sister named Sharda who appeared in several films before Mehra started his career in 1970s. Mehra completed his schooling in Sacred Heart Boys High School Santacruz and later earned a Bachelor's degree from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Even though he was a celebrity in his own right, Vinod Mehra is remembered as a talented actor who, like great performers like Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and Sanjeev Kumar, sometimes underplayed his roles. In honour of Vinod Mehra's 74th birthday on February 13, I would like to highlight the significant contribution he made to the Hindi film industry in the 1970s and 1980s.
Vinod had performed in movies as a child actor in the late 1950s (he played Kishore Kumar's young self in the 1958 movie Raagini), but his first part as a hero came in the 1971 movie Ek Thhi Reeta (opposite Tanuja). The movie was a success. Lal Patthar, which starred the young Vinod as Shekhar, was released in 1971 as well.
Raaj Kumar, Hema Malini, and Rakhee appeared in the movie. Although Raaj Kumar and Hema Malini played significant roles, this young, quiet actor stood out significantly in this odd movie. Who can forget, after all, the scene in which he plays the piano and sings "Geet gaata hun main, gungunaata hun main"? (in the voice of Kishore Da). He captured many hearts! It was his very first year as an adult working in the field.
Vinod had the fantastic privilege to play the adult Nandu in this timeless movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore. When Nandu meets Sharmila Tagore (Pushpa) as an adult after a lengthy separation, he takes her into his home as his mother out of love for her that he has always felt since he was a youngster.
Shakti Samanta has beautifully and delicately captured the bond between the two. Mothers and children share an unspoken love. Before Pushpa, a dancing girl, enters his life as a foster mother, Nandu had to endure the brutality of his stepmother as a small child. This movie demonstrated Vinod Mehra's comfort level in a role that required him to communicate more via his eyes than through language. He held his own so effectively in the scenes he had with the superstar
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