Gulshan Madhosh Rai (2 March 1924 – 11 October 2004) was an Indian film producer and distributor. He produced successful films in the 1970s and 1980s directed by Vijay Anand,

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and

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and thereafter directed by his son

Rajiv Rai Rajiv Gulshan Rai (born 18 July 1955) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film editor. The son of producer Gulshan Rai, he has directed many films under his father's production company, Trimurti Films, including '' Yudh'' (1985), '' Tr ...

. Rai was born in Lahore in 1924. Following the

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he moved to Mumbai in 1947. He started off his career in the Hindi film industry as a distributor. In 1970, he started his production company ''

Trimurti Films Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian film production house founded by Gulshan Rai in 1970. After Rai's death, his son Rajiv Rai took over as the head of the company. The company's first production was ''Johny Mera Naam'' (1970). The company s ...

'' and the first film produced was

Dev Anand Dev Anand (; born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Indian cinema, Hindi cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest and most succes ...

starrer '' Johny Mera Naam'' (''Johny is my name''), directed by Vijay Anand which was a success. In the 1970s, his Yash Chopra-directed films made

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and launched successful careers for script writers

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. The notable films were ''

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'' (''The Wall'') (1975) and '' Trishul'' (''The Trident'') (1978). In the 1980s he produced

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starrer

Vidhaata Vidhaata ( ''Creator'') is a 1982 Indian action-drama film directed by Subhash Ghai and produced by Gulshan Rai under his own production company Trimurti Films. It stars Dilip Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Padmini Kolhapure, ...

, directed by

later he produced films in the

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directed by his son

. A majority of his films were notable for their music composed by Kalyanji-Anandji & later by

Viju Shah Vijay Shah (born 5 June 1959), popularly known as Viju Shah, is an Indian composer in the Hindi film industry. He is the son of Kalyanji Virji Shah, one-half of the composer duo Kalyanji–Anandji. Shah has composed soundtracks for over 20 Hi ...

. They were Johny Mera Naam,

, '' Tridev'' (''The three gods''), ''

Vishwatma ''Vishwatma'' () is a 1992 Indian Hindi (language), Hindi-language Thriller film, thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by Gulshan Rai. It stars an ensemble cast of Naseeruddin Shah, Sunny Deol, Chunky Pandey, Divya Bharti (in her ma ...

'', ''

Mohra ''Mohra'' () is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Poonam Jhawer, Ra ...

'' (''The Pawn'') and '' Gupt'' (''Secret''). He released more than 180 films in Bombay territory, 40 of which have celebrated silver jubilees. Besides Mumbai, he also opened distribution offices in

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, Punjab, Delhi and

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. However, Trimurti Films suffered failures with Rajiv's movies in 2000s, '' Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (''Love, Amour and Romance'') and ''

Asambhav ''Asambhav'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by Gulshan Rai under the Trimurti Films banner. It was released on 23 July 2004, starring Arjun Rampal, Naseeruddin Shah and Priyanka Ch ...

'' (''Impossible''), both were attempts to launch

Arjun Rampal Arjun Rampal (born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor and model who mainly works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film ''Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat'' (2001) and has since gone on to Arjun Rampal filmography, act in ...

as a hero but flopped and were unable to make Rampal, a successful hero. Rai died in Mumbai on 11 October 2004 after a prolonged illness, aged 80.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rai, Gulshan 1924 births 2004 deaths Rai,Gulshan Film producers from Mumbai Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts

Filmography as Producer

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