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Lekh Tandon is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 13 february 1929 at Lahore (Pakistan)

Lekh Tandon

Lekh Tandon
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Nationality Inde
Birth 13 february 1929 at Lahore (Pakistan)
Death 15 october 2017 (at 88 years)
Awards Filmfare Awards

Lekh Tandon (born 13 February 1929) has directed numerous Bollywood movies and Indian TV Serials. Recently he has acted in movies such as Rang De Basanti and Chennai Express. He is brother of Urdu playwright Yograj Tandon.

Biography

Lekh's father F. C. Tandon had studied with Prithviraj Kapoor at Khalsa High School, (Lyallpur, Punjab, British India), and had been friends. Prithviraj Kapoor inspired Lekh to work in Bollywood. Around same time, Lekh's brother Yograj was working as assistant director and secretary to Prithviraj Kapoor.

Lekh started as Assistant Director in Hindi movie industry in 1950s and became a director of several hit movies. Then he moved onto nascent TV scene and started directing TV Serials. His first offering was Phir Wahi Talash on Indian National TV Channel Doordarshan. Lekh is also credited with discovering Shahrukh Khan by casting him his TV serial Dil Dariya.

Usually with

Madan Puri
Madan Puri
(4 films)
Abrar Alvi
Abrar Alvi
(4 films)
Bhanu Athaiya
Bhanu Athaiya
(3 films)
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery
(2 films)
Rajendra Nath
Rajendra Nath
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lekh Tandon (16 films)

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Actor

Chaarfutiya Chhokare
Chaarfutiya Chhokare (2014)
, 1h59
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Soha Ali Khan, Harsh Mayar, Seema Biswas, Zakir Hussain, Mukesh Tiwari, Lekh Tandon
Roles Kailash babu
Rating57% 2.8786052.8786052.8786052.8786052.878605
The plot revolves around Neha Malini (Soha), who is an NRI girl returning to India in order to start a school in a village in north Bihar. Starting off optimistic and happy about her endeavor, she is unaware of the hardships, obstructions and risks awaiting her in this small, serene village.
Chennai Express
Chennai Express (2013)
, 2h21
Directed by Rohit Shetty
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Sathyaraj, Aachi Manorama, Nikitin Dheer, Priyaman
Roles Rahul's grandfather
Rating61% 3.0509553.0509553.0509553.0509553.050955
Rahul Mithaiwala (Shahrukh Khan) is a forty-year-old bachelor living in Mumbai. His parents died in a car accident when he was eight years old, so his grandparents raised him. His grandfather (Lekh Tandon) owns a chain of confectionery shops where Rahul has been a dedicated worker helping his grandfather. Two of Rahul's friends convince to finally take a vacation and travel with them to Goa. Rahul's grandfather dies on the day of the 100th birthday celebration. His grandmother tells Rahul that his grandfather wanted his ashes to be divided into two parts—one of each to be immersed in the Ganges and Rameswaram. She asks Rahul to take the ashes to Rameswaram and disperse them. While he accepts her request, Rahul and his friends plan to dump the ashes at Goa but his grandmother wants to see him off, forcing Rahul to travel by train. He books a single ticket on the Chennai Express, planning to quickly exit and meet his friends along the way. However, as he tries to leave the train, he notices a young woman running to board it. He helps her and then four large men board the moving train, missing his chance to debark.
Halla Bol
Halla Bol (2008)
, 2h30
Directed by Rajkumar Santoshi
Genres Drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Pankaj Kapur, Darshan Jariwala, Sanjay Mishra, Anupam Shyam Saikia
Roles Himself (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.9982552.9982552.9982552.9982552.998255
Ashfaque (Ajay Devgn) is a small town boy aspiring to be a film star in the Hindi film industry. He joins a street theatre group run by a reformed dacoit Sidhu (Pankaj Kapoor), who uses street theatre as a medium to bring about an awakening in the masses. Ashfaque struggles to give a creative vent to the actor in him in order to realise his dreams. Ashfaque's determined struggle pays off and he gets a break in films. He gets a new screen name – Sameer Khan. With the passage of time, he moves up the success ladder in a very short time.
Rang De Basanti
Rang De Basanti (2006)
, 2h37
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Aamir Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi, Soha Ali Khan, Waheeda Rehman, R. Madhavan
Roles DJ's Grandfather
Rating80% 4.048254.048254.048254.048254.04825
A young, struggling British filmmaker Sue McKinley (Alice Patten) comes across the diary of her grandfather, Mr. McKinley (Steven Mackintosh), who served as a jailer in the Imperial Police during the Indian independence movement. Through the diary, she learns about the story of five freedom fighters who were active in the movement: Chandrasekhar Azad, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru, Ashfaqulla Khan, and Ram Prasad Bismil. McKinley, in his diary, states that he had met two type of people in his life: the first one... who died without uttering a sound and the second kind ... who died with lots of anguish.. crying over their deaths... McKinley reveals that it was then that he met with the third kind.
Paheli
Paheli (2005)
, 2h20
Directed by Amol Palekar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Anupam Kher, Palak Jain, Amitabh Bachchan, Suniel Shetty
Roles Wise Man 1
Rating63% 3.199373.199373.199373.199373.19937
The movie is narrated by two puppets, voiced by Naseeruddin Shah and his real-life wife Ratna Pathak Shah.
Swades
Swades (2004)
, 3h30
Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Lekh Tandon, Rajesh Vivek, Makarand Deshpande, Daya Shankar Pandey
Roles Dadaji
Rating81% 4.09844.09844.09844.09844.0984
Mohan Bhargava (Shah Rukh Khan) is a non-resident Indian working as a project manager at NASA. He had been a student at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school. After the death of his parents and 12 years in the US, he decides to return to his hometown, Delhi, in India to find his nanny, Kaveri Amma (Kishori Ballal), with whom he has lost touch. After visiting the old-age home where Kaveri Amma resided, he finds out through her friend that Kaveri Amma was taken to a village Charanpur.

Director

Ek Baar Kaho
Ek Baar Kaho (1980)

Directed by Lekh Tandon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Navin Nischol, Shabana Azmi, Madan Puri, Rajendra Nath, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffery, Anil Kapoor
Rating67% 3.3504153.3504153.3504153.3504153.350415
Ravi Varma (Navin Nischol) loses his parents in childhood and wife Rajni in an accident. He keeps himself immersed in business. His family physician advises him to take a holiday for rest. He happens to meet Aarti Mathur(Shabana Azmi) and both are attracted to each other. Ravi is unable to express his love and attraction for Aarti. On the other hand, Aarti is unsure of Ravi's intentions and his feelings for her. Soon Aarti's marriage is arranged. Ravi must decide to speak out his feelings or observe silence to let Aarti's marriage as arranged. Further turn of events and his relation with Aarti is shown in the remaining part of the film.
Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye
Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977)

Directed by Lekh Tandon
Actors Madan Puri, Talluri Rameshwari, Iftekhar, Leela Mishra, Sundar, Utpal Dutt
Rating79% 3.992233.992233.992233.992233.99223
Seth Harikrishan, the industrialist had as his heir, his only grandson Prem. The grandfather's only desire was to see the bride of his grandson. When he fell seriously ill, his friend and doctor Farid prevailed upon Prem to bring his girl friend Rita, whom he wanted to marry. But as luck would have it Rita had gone away to Srinagar to participate in a fashion show and she could not return as due to snowfall all roads were blocked and air service was suspended.
Prince
Prince (1969)

Directed by Lekh Tandon
Genres Drama
Actors Vyjayanthimala, Shammi Kapoor, Ajit Khan, Rajendra Nath, Helen Khan, Leela Chitnis
Rating70% 3.513163.513163.513163.513163.51316
Rajkumar Shamsher Singh is the only son of the local Maharaja, and has been brought up as a brat, and now he is an irresponsible, alcoholic, and womanizing adult, who wants everyone to bow down before him and his princely rank. One priest refuses to do so, and Shamsher pummels him mercilessly, in vain though. Frustrated, he asks the priest what he should do with his mundane life, and the priest tells him that he should repent, sacrifice all his palatial pleasures, and live the life of a simple and ordinary man, and hence learn the true meaning of life, for at least six months. Shamsher agrees to do so, and arranges an accident with his car, which plummets down a mountain, explodes and is blown to smithereens. Everyone in the palace believes that Shamsher is dead. He goes to a nearby village, and a blind woman there mistakes him for her long-lost son and starts calling him Sajjan Singh. Shamsher decides to play along as Sajjan.
Jhuk Gaya Aasman
Jhuk Gaya Aasman (1968)

Directed by Lekh Tandon
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Saira Banu, Rajendra Nath, Prem Chopra, David Abraham, Gajanan Jagirdar
Rating67% 3.3789953.3789953.3789953.3789953.378995
Sanjay is a poor man making his living as a tourist guide in Darjeeling. He meets Priya Khanna, who has come from Calcutta. The duo fall in love. Everything is hunky dory for them, until Priya receives the news of her father's arrest. The duo decide to put their dreams on the hold until Priya's father is exonerated. Priya leaves, while Sanjay returns, hopeful & joyous. However, he dies in a car accident and is escorted by an angel for the retribution of his sins.