O P Dutta passes away

writer-filmmaker OP Dutta died here following a bout of pneumonia at the Kokilaben Hospital in suburban Andheri.

The end came last night around 9.30 pm, according to Dr Ram Narain.

Dutta was admitted to the hospital on February 7 and he succumbed to complications of pneumonia last night.

The filmmaker, who was in his late 80s, began his career as a director with ‘Pyaar Ki Jeet’ in 1948.

He followed it up with films like ‘Surajmukhi’ (1950), ‘Ek Nazar’ (1951), ‘Malkin’ (1953), ‘Aangan’ (1959) and others.

Dutta later turned writer for his son J P Dutta with films like ‘Ghulami’ (1985), ‘Hathyar’ (1989), ‘Border’ (1997), ‘Refugee’ (2000), ‘LOC Kargil’ (2003). His last film as a writer was the remake of ‘Umrao Jaan’ in 2006.

Abhishek Bachchan, who worked with him in ‘Umrao Jaan’, expressed grief over his demise.
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