Umesh Mehra is an Indian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

and producer. He was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. His notable films include '' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980), '' Sohni Mahiwal'' (1984) and Vardi (1989). He directed

Akshay Kumar Akshay Hari Om Bhatia (born Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia; 9 September 1967), known professionally as Akshay Kumar (), is an Indian actor and film producer working in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as "Khiladi Kumar", through his career span ...

in three films in the ''Khiladi'' series: '' Sabse Bada Khiladi'' (1995) '' Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi'' (1996) and '' International Khiladi'' (1999). He directed many

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, film producer, screenwriter, entrepreneur and politician who predominantly works in Hindi cinema, Hindi and Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. In a career spa ...

starrers like '' Ashanti'' (1982), '' Mujrim'' (1989), ''

Guru Guru ( ; International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ''guru'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian religions, Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: tr ...

'' (1989) and '' Yaar Gaddar'' (1994). In 1998 he directed the veteran actor

Dilip Kumar Dilip Kumar (born Muhammad Yusuf Khan; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021) was an Indian actor and film producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated Hindi cinema from the 1950s throughout t ...

in ''

Qila Qila ({{langx, ar, قلعة), alternatively transliterated as Kilā, is an Arabic word meaning a fort or castle. The term is also used in various Indo-Iranian languages. Qila often occurs in place-names. India ;Forts * Aligarh Qila * Rohtas Qila ...

'' which was Kumar's last film. Mehra's last film as director was 2002's '' Yeh Mohabbat Hai''. He is the son of Bollywood producer F.C. Mehra.

Selected filmography

*'' Yeh Mohabbat Hai'' (2002) *''

Asoka Ashoka, also known as Asoka or Aśoka ( ; , ; – 232 BCE), and popularly known as Ashoka the Great, was Emperor of Magadha from until his death in 232 BCE, and the third ruler from the Mauryan dynasty. His empire covered a large p ...

'' (2001) actor…as

Chandragupta Maurya Chandragupta Maurya (Sanskrit: elp:IPA/Sanskrit, t̪͡ɕɐn̪d̪ɾɐgupt̪ɐ mɐʊɾjɐ (reigned 320 BCE – c. 298 BCE) was the founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire, based in Magadha (present-day Bihar) in the Indian ...

*'' International Khiladi'' (1999) *''

'' (1998) *'' Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi'' (1996) *'' Sabse Bada Khiladi'' (1995) *'' Yaar Gaddar'' (1994) *'' Aashiq Awara'' (1993) *'' Shikari: The Hunter'' (1991) *'' Mujrim'' (1989) *'' Vardi'' (1989) *''

'' (1989) *'' Kasam'' (1988) *'' Jaal'' (1986) *'' Avinash'' (1986) *'' Teri Baahon Mein'' (1984) *'' Sohni Mahiwal'' (1984) *'' Ashanti'' (1982) *'' Alibaba Aur 40 Chor'' (1980) *''

Hamare Tumhare ''Hamare Tumhare'' is a 1979 Hindi movie, produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Umesh Mehra. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Raakhee, Amjad Khan, Prem Krishen, David, Mehmood, Asrani, Anil Kapoor (In his film debut), Lucky Ali, and Amri ...

'' (1979)

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