Vinod Mehra

Vinod Mehra is an Indian actor. He was born on February 13, 1945. In the mid-1950s, he began his career as a child actor. In 1971, he began his adult movie career. Actor Vinod Mehra was well-known in Bollywood. From the 1970s until his death at the age of 45 in 1990, he acted in more than 100 movies.

Personal Information

• Real Name: Vinod Mehra
• Profession: Indian Actor, Producer, Director
• Date of Birth: February 13, 1945
• Place of Birth: Amritsar, Punjab, British India
• Date of Death: October 30, 1990
• Place of Death: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Cause of Death: Heart Attack
• Age (on October 30, 1990): 45 Years
• Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
• Nationality: Indian
• Hometown: Amritsar, Punjab, India
• Favourites Singer: Mohammed Rafi
• Marital Status: Married when died

Physical Stats & More

• Height:
  
  • In Centimeters: 175 cm
  • In Meters: 1.75 m
  • In Feet: 5 feet 9 inch
• Weight:
  
  • In Kilograms: 68 kg
  • In Pounds: 150 Ibs
• Eye Colour: Dark brown
• Hair Colour: Black

Family

• Father: Parameshwaridas Mehra
• Mother: Kamla Mehra
• Brother: Not Known
• Sister: Sharda
• Wife:
  
  • Meena Broca (m. 1974; div. 1978)
  • Bindiya Goswami (m. 1980; div. 1984)
  • Kiran (m. 1987)
• Children:
  
  • Soniya Mehra
  • Rohan Mehra

Childhood

Vinod Mehra grew up in a Punjabi family. Vinod had a difficult upbringing because his father, a movie distributor, died while he was only 13 years old. Vinod had to quit school early in order to start working to assist his family because of the financial difficulties the family faced after his father passed away.

Growing up, Vinod Mehra always loved to perform, and he started his career as a kid actor in the late 1950s. He had appearances in films such as Raagni, Lal Batti, and Parineeta as a kid actor. After a few years off the stage, he made a comeback as a leading actor and became well-known in Bollywood in the 1970s. Vinod Mehra had a successful career in the film industry despite experiencing financial and personal difficulties as a child.

Education

Vinod Mehra finished his undergraduate education at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai after attending Sacred Heart Boys High School in Santacruz.

Mehra was well known for his intelligence and wit. He was highly intelligent, well-educated, and deeply interested in literature and the arts. He was multilingual, which helped him in his acting career, and he spoke Punjabi, Hindi, and English fluently.

Family

Vinod Mehra was the son of Parameshwaridas Mehra and Kamala Mehra. Following independence, the family moved from Amritsar to Bombay since Parameshwaridas had a business connection in Bombay. He had a sister, and her name was Sharda. Before Mehra's career took off in the 1970s, Sharda worked in a number of movies.

Career

Mehra debuted as a young actor in the 1958 film Raagini, playing the younger version of Kishore Kumar's character. As a teenage actor, he worked as a supporting character before making his feature debut as an adult in 1971's hit movie Ek Thi Reeta as Tanuja. He reached the finals of the 1965 All India Talent Contest out of over 10,000 contestants.

He made his shift from actor to producer and director with the film Gurudev in the late 1980s, starring Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, and Anil Kapoor. He was 45 when he died due to a heart attack in October 1990. Following his death, several of his delayed films were finally released, including Patthar Ke Phool (1991), Insaniyat (1994), and Aurat Aurat Aurat (1996).

Interesting Information About Vinod Mehra

• Mehra acted in over a hundred films during his roughly 20-year acting career.
• Mohammed Rafi was Vinod Mehra's favorite singer.
• Mehra came close to winning the 1965 All India Talent Contest, but he finished as the runner-up after failing to secure the top spot. The experienced Rajesh Khanna won the position instead of him.
• He suffered a heart attack and passed away at the age of forty-five.
• Yeh Jo Hain Zindagi, a TV series, was produced by Meena Broca, his first wife.
• Soniya Mehra, his daughter, made her acting debut in the Anant Mahadevan-produced "Victoria No. 203" movie.
• His son, Rohan Vinod Mehra, is a director and actor.
• His sister Sharda was an actress. Later, she worked as a beautician.

Net worth

Vinod Mehra made much of his money as a successful actor. When he was still alive, his estimated net worth was $2 million.

Controversies

Rekha and Mehra were good friends in the mid-1970s. Though it was widely assumed that they were married, Rekha denied ever being married to him in a 2004 TV interview with Simi Garewal, referring to him warmly as a well-wisher instead.

Rekha's biography, The Untold Story, by Yasser Usman, who does mentions that Rekha's rumored husband Vinod Mehra took her to his Bombay home after they were married in Calcutta, and Vinod's mother refused to accept her as her daughter-in-law.

Conclusion

On February 13, 1945, Vinod Mehra was born in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Before beginning his adult film career in 1971, he began his career as a child actor in the middle of the 1950s. He was Known for his roles in Parde Ke Peechey (1971) and Crime and Punishment (1974).

From the 1970s until his death at the age of 45 in 1990, he acted in more than 100 movies. In Bombay, Maharashtra, India, on October 30, 1990, he passed away. The movie Gurudev, which was released three years after his passing, was also produced and directed by him.