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Inderjeet S Johar (16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984), better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director.
He was born on 16 February 1920, in Tollagannj, Pakistan. He completed MA degree in Economics and Politics before completing his LLB.
The Partition of India prompted the migration of many established luminaries of the Indian cinema, such as Prithviraj Kapoor, who migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai). In 1947, during the Partition crisis, Johar was visiting Patiala with his family for a wedding, when riots broke out back home in Lahore. He could never go back,... MORE
Inderjeet S Johar (16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984), better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director.
He was born on 16 February 1920, in Tollagannj, Pakistan. He completed MA degree in Economics and Politics before completing his LLB.
The Partition of India prompted the migration of many established luminaries of the Indian cinema, such as Prithviraj Kapoor, who migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai). In 1947, during the Partition crisis, Johar was visiting Patiala with his family for a wedding, when riots broke out back home in Lahore. He could never go back, and thereafter he worked in Jalandhar for a while, and his family remained in Delhi, before he eventually moved to Bombay, where he made his acting debut with Roop K Shorey’s, Ek Thi Ladki (1949).
He acted in numerous Hindi films from the 1950s through to the early 1980s and played cameos in international films such as Harry Black (1958), North West Frontier (1959), Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Death on the Nile (1978), besides acting in Maya (1967), a US TV series. He also appeared in Punjabi films, including Chaddian Di Doli (1966), Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai (1969) with Prithviraj Kapoor, and Yamla LESS
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