Veteran filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani passed away today at his residence in Mumbai at the age of 76, reports News 9. Producer Shashi Ranjan confirmed to the publication that he was not well for quite some time. “Pahlaj ji was not keeping well. He was taken home from Nanavati Hospital, where he breathed his last,” Ranjan told the publication.
Veteran filmmaker Pahlaj Nihalani passes away at the age of 76
Nihalani was known for producing several mainstream Hindi films in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of these include, handcuffs (1982), Izaam (1986), fire only fire (1987), world of sin (1988), judgment of crimes (1990), shola and shabnam (1992), eyes (1993), style (1994) etc. are the ones for which he is best known shola and shabnam And eyesBoth are directed by David Dhawan and starring Govinda.
Later, he also produced some other films confusion (2001), The Hunt: The Hunt Begins (2003), hello mumbai (2016), julie 2 (2017), Rangeela Raja (2019), Adi is his last film clumsy is backWhich released in 2023.
Nihalani is also known for serving as the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) from January 2015 to August 2017. During this phase, he was constantly in the news for various decisions taken as the head of the board.
