Rajkumar Kohli

Rajkumar Kohli (born 14 September 1930) is an Indian film director.[1] He was famous for directing several popular Bollywood films such as the 1966 Dulla Bhatti an the 1970s Lootera starring Dara Singh and Nishi (Nishi later married Kohli). Other notable films included films with ensemble cast such as Nagin (1976), Jaani Dushman (1979) and Raaj Tilak (1984). His films frequently featured actors like Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha and actresses Reena Roy and Anita Raj.[2]

In the early 1990s, Kohli introduced his son Armaan Kohli in the multi-starrer action film Virodhi (1992). He directed his son again in Aulad Ke Dushman (1993) and Qahar (1997). After a hiatus, he returned in 2002 and relaunched his son in another film in the style of his classic 1970s films Nagin and Jaani Dushman titled Jaani Dushman: Ek Anokhi Kahani. However, upon release it was a box office disaster and was heavily criticised. As well as copying his own 1970s films, the film copied scenes from The Matrix, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Mission: Impossible 2 and The Mummy. Rajkumar Kohli has not directed any film since then.