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Umesh Mehra is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 8 june 1953
Umesh Mehra (born August 6, 1953) is an Indian film director and Producer of Bollywood. He is the son of Bollywood producer F.C. Mehra. He was prominent in the 1980s and 90s with many Mithun Chakraborty starrers. He has also directed Akshay Kumar in a couple of movies. Some of his films are Yaar Gaddar, Shikari: The Hunter, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi and International Khiladi.
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Aśoka (2001)
, 2h51Directed by Santosh Sivan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about religion, Sports films, Martial arts films, Musical films, Political films, Films about Buddhism, Bollywood, Films about royalty
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Milind Soman, Rahul Dev, Hrishitaa Bhatt
Roles Emperor Chandragupta Maurya
Rating64%
The film chronicles the early part of the life of Emperor Asoka. It begins with his career as a General in Takshashila (modern-day Punjab) and ends with the bloody conquest of the Kalinga country (modern day Odisha State)
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Yeh Mohabbat Hai (2002)
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Johnny Lever, Rahul Bhat, Parikshit Sahni, Danny Denzongpa, Arbaaz Khan, Mohnish Bahl
Rating52%
Yeh Mohabbat Hai revolves around Chand & Shaheen who are lovers from childhood. But her brother Shaukat (Mohnish Behl) is opposite from them. Chand gathers his team to play a cricket game. Due to his naivety he gets trapped in terrorists links of Abdul Jameel (Arbaaz Khan). Police Inspector Chauthe (Sadashiv Amrapurkar) claims that he has sufficient evidence to convict Chand. Shaheen believes that Chand is innocent and till he doesn't prove his innocence she will not marry him. So with the help of his friends Jaggi, Raj and Gullu, they set out to prove his innocence.
International Khiladi (1999)
, 3hDirected by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Khanna, Rajat Bedi, Vivek Shauq, Gulshan Grover, Mukesh Khanna
Rating48%
News Reporter Payal (Twinkle Khanna) and her camera-man have been assigned the task of interviewing the world's highest ranking criminal don, Devraj (Akshay Kumar), which they accept. In the process, Payal and Devraj fall in love with each other,much to the opposition of Bismillah (Mukesh Khanna), Devraj's guardian on one hand; and Police Inspector Amit (Rajat Bedi), and Payal's brother Ravi (Vivek Shauq) on the other. What results is that Ravi is killed with Devraj being blamed and arrested. Payal tesitifies against him, and Devraj is sentenced to be hanged. When Bismillah finds about this plot, he tracks them down, but Amit kills him to save himself and Payal. But Devraj escapes from custody, and begins to plot vengeance against his enemies, including Payal, as well as the real killer of Ravi. As the story unfolds, it is revealed that Amit was the one who killed Ravi and joined Thakral to frame Devraj for it. But Amit betrays Thakral and kills him. He then takes Payal on a flight where Devraj tracks him down and kills him. The story ends with Payal and Devraj getting married.
Qila (1998)
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama
Actors Dilip Kumar, Rekha, Pramod Moutho, Mukul Dev, Mamta Kulkarni, Smita Jaykar
Rating49%
A cruel and evil landowner Jaganath Singh (Dilip Kumar) is murdered and his twin brother Amarnath Singh (also Dilip Kumar) decides to investigate. He finds the list of suspects is endless. The prime suspects are Jaganath's son Amar (Mukul Dev), Jaganath's abused wife Suman (Smita Jaykar) and a woman named Yamini (Rekha) who claims she was raped by Jaganath. Eventually Jaganath's son Amar confesses to killing his father. He reveals that on the night of his father's death he accidentally shot him while trying to fight him off when Jagannath held Amar and his mother at gunpoint. Soon after the list of suspects grow after it is discovered that Jaganath's had many more enemies who could have killed him including landowner Mangal Singh (Gulshan Grover) and even Jaganath's own brother Amarnath who doesn't seem to have got on well with Jaganath himself in the past.
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996)
, 3h12Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Rekha, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon, Gulshan Grover, Inder Kumar, Dolly Bindra
Rating59%
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi is about the deadly game of survival in a ruthless world of crime and sleaze. A criminal don, Maya (Rekha), hosts illegal wrestling matches in Canada (Toronto) and has the full support of the local Police Commissioner. Ajay Malhotra has relocated to Canada and has started his own orchestra with the help of some of his friends.
Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995)
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Films about families
Actors Akshay Kumar, Mamta Kulkarni, Mohnish Bahl, Gulshan Grover, Avtar Gill, Anjana Mumtaz
Rating59%
Lallu (Akshay Kumar) is an orphan who was separated from his parents and his brother as a child and has been brought up by foster parents. He travels to Bombay to look for a job and starts working as a loyal servant for rich businessman Jamna Das (Avtar Gill). One day he discovers Jamna Das's daughter Sunita (Mamta Kulkarni) drunk in a nightclub and takes her home. Jamna Das realises how loyal Lallu is and how he never took advantage of Sunita in her drunken state decides to get them married. Sunita immediately refuses as she is in love with Amit (Mohnish Behl). When Jamna Das suddenly dies of a heart attack, his will and testament reveals that Sunita must get married to Lallu or she will not be entitled to any of his wealth and estate. Seeing no other option she marries Lallu but decides to have him killed with the help of Amit so that she can inherit all of her father's wealth. Sunita and Amit succeed in their plan to kill Lallu by poisoning him, putting him into a car, and crashing it to make it look like an accident. His death is considered suspicious, and the case is assigned to Inspector Vijay Kumar (also Akshay Kumar), who is a lookalike of the supposedly deceased Lallu.
Yaar Gaddar (1994)
, 2h15Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Saif Ali Khan, Somy Ali, Prem Chopra, Himani Shivpuri, Gulshan Grover
Rating38%
Mithun is an honest police officer of the department and he is in love with Somy Ali. Even though he is a strict person to the outside world, he is lenient with his younger brother Saif at home. Saif Ali Khan, a "happy go lucky" guy falls in love with Shweta. Meantime, a group of five criminals (Prem Chopra, Gulshan Grover,Punit Issar, Amrit Pal and Sheila) plots a bank robbery and Saif is implicated in the robbery putting him on the run from the police. Officially Mithun is assigned the task of arresting Saif at any cost and he makes all efforts to nab Saif, but fails. Another important character is a governor, husband of Sheila. The situation become even worse when the members of the group are killed one by one. Mithun is now determined to catch Saif dead or alive. Meanwhile, Mithun also reveals that his girlfriend Somy Ali is a bar dancer who works in the bar owned by the same criminals. On the other hand, Saif also tries to collect evidence to prove his innocence to his brother, but gets in a bigger problem as Somy Ali sees him coming out of the house of the criminal who was killed.
Aashik Aawara (1993)
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Saif Ali Khan, Mamta Kulkarni, Mohnish Bahl, Sharmila Tagore, Saeed Jaffrey, Kader Khan
Rating48%
Kedarnath is a wealthy man with many enemies. One day, a taxi-driver, Dilip Singh, saves his life, but is killed instead. Kedarnath is grateful and is willing to look after Dilip Singh's widow and son. But his enemies find out about this, and substitute a woman named Sheela and her son, Vikram, instead. The real widow is killed by them, and her son, Jimmy, is looked after by a kind-hearted poor Con-man, Jaggu, and his son, Gulu, who make their living stealing and begging. Years later, Jimmy and Gulu have grown up but are still stealing. Jimmy, on the run from hoods, ends up in Delhi, impersonating Rakesh Rajpal, and meets with Jyoti and falls in love with her. Jyoti introduces him to her dad, none other than Kedarnath. It is here that the drama unfolds, bringing back past memories and crimes.
Shikari: The Hunter (1991)
, 2h20Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Naseeruddin Shah, Varsha Usgaonkar, Amrish Puri, Achyut Potdar, Gulshan Grover
Rating56%
Shikari: The Hunter is an action film starring Mithun Chakraborty and Naseeruddin Shah in lead roles. The film was shot in Russia and it was jointly directed by Indian director Umesh Mehra and Russian director Latif Faiziyev
Guru (1989)
, 2h45Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Nutan, Sridevi, Bob Christo, Shakti Kapoor, Yunus Parvez
Rating56%
Mithun Chakraborty's ambition is to become an upright Police officer, but unluckily he is not getting selected. His sole strength is his lady love Sridevi. As Mithun's ambition fails, he turns to alcohol and dacoity and thugism. He finally joins Amrit Pal's lethal gang to take revenge on Police force, which blocked his ambition. Sridevi (in a double role), is Shakti Kapoor's important gang member. One day, Shakti Kapoor gets the confidential message about an under cover cop in his Gang. Who is the undercover agent? forms the Climax.
Mujrim (1989)
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Madhuri Dixit, Nutan, Amrish Puri, Shakti Kapoor, Gulshan Grover
Rating54%
Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty) was jailed at the age of thirteen, when he killed his uncle, who tried to sell his mother Yashoda (Nutan) to a rich and powerful man called Khan (Amrish Puri).
Vardi (1989)
Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Action
Actors Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Vinod Mehra, Kader Khan
Rating45%
Avinash (1986)
, 2h25Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Parveen Babi, Poonam Dhillon, Prem Chopra, Bindiya Goswami, Tom Alter
Rating63%
Avinash is an action thriller, featuring Mithun Chakraborty, Parveen Babi, Poonam Dhillon, Prem Chopra, Kalpana Iyer, Tom Alter, Anil Dhawan, Avtar Gill and Sujit Kumar.
Jaal (1986)
, 2h10Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Ila Arun, Rekha, Vinod Mehra, Moon Moon Sen
Rating52%
Jaal is an action thriller, featuring Mithun Chakraborty, Moon Moon Sen, Mandakini, Vinod Mehra, Ranjeet, Sharat Saxena and Tanuja.
Sohni Mahiwal (1984)
, 2h22Directed by Umesh Mehra
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon, Mazhar Khan, Pran Krishan Sikand, Tanuja, Shammi Kapoor
Rating60%
Shahjada Ijjat Beg comes to India with his caravan and settles in a town in Gujrat. Here he falls in love with Sohani, who keeps a shop in metal pots. Ijjat Beg buys pot from her with whatever money he had and they were attracted to each other. Sohni dispensed with her servant and kept Ijjat Beg instead. This gave them more opportunity to meet. This was a scandal in the town and Sohni was perforce married to Rehaman who was slightly off his head. Sohni continued her meeting Ijjat Beg who went out fishing. When the atmosphere became to hot for them they jointly took a water grave for their love