Veteran Bollywood writer-filmmaker O. P. Dutta has passed away following a bout of pneumonia at Kokilaben Hospital here in suburban Andheri.
The end came on Thursday night around 9-30 p.m.
According to Dr. Ram Narain, COOof Kokilaben Hospital, Mr. Dutta was admitted to the hospital on February 7 and he succumbed to complications of pneumonia on Thursday.
The film-maker, who was in his late 80s, began his career as a director with ‘Pyaar Ki Jeet' in 1948, followed by ‘Surajmukhi' (1950), ‘Ek Nazar' (1951), ‘Malkin' (1953), ‘Aangan' (1959) and others. Later he turned writer for his son J. P. Dutta with films like ‘Ghulami' (1985), ‘Hathyar' (1989), ‘Border' (1997), ‘Refugee' (2000), ‘LoC Kargil' (2003) and, his last film as a writer, ‘Umrao Jaan' (2006).
