Johnny Bakshi (2 January 1932 – 5 September 2020) was an Indian film director and producer.

Career

Bakshi is known for his contribution to the Indian film industry, mainly as a producer. He has produced several popular movies in Bollywood like the 1974 movie

Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain ''Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain'' ( Miles) is a 1974 Bollywood crime thriller film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, and starring Kabir Bedi, Prema Narayan and Gulshan Arora in lead roles. The rights of this film are now owned by Glamour Eyes Films. The dir ...

, Vishwasghat which released in 1977, 1984's Raavan, Mera Dost Mera Dushman in 1984, Bhairavi in 1996 and Himesh Reshammiya starrer

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in 2010. As a director, he released the 1994 movie ''

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'' starring

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and the 1984 film '' Ravaan''.

Death

In early September 2020, Bakshi was admitted to a hospital in

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after he complained of breathlessness. Here, he was diagnosed with

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

and tested positive to

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. On 5 September 2020, Bakshi suffered a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

and died at the scene, at the age of 88.

References

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