19 Facts About Om Prakash

Om Prakash was born in Jammu as Om Prakash Chibber and went on to become a well known character actor of Hindi Cinema.

Om Prakash produced Jahanaara starring Bharat Bhushan, Shashikala, Prithviraj Kapoor and Mala Sinha in the title role of Jahanaara.

Om Prakash played the leading man in films like Dus Lakh, Annadata, Charandas and Sadhu aur Shaitan.

Om Prakash started taking lessons in classical music when he was just twelve and was recognised as a master in no time.

Om Prakash joined All India Radio in 1937 on a monthly salary of Rs 25.

Om Prakash was known as "Fateh Din", a radio personality and his programmes made him popular all over Punjab.

Om Prakash was regaling people at a wedding one day when the well-known filmmaker Dalsukh Pancholi spotted him and asked to see him in his Lahore office.

Om Prakash was paid only Rs 80, but the film earned him the kind of recognition that would give him a means of livelihood for a lifetime.

Om Prakash followed his good work in Daasi and with Pancholi's Dhamki and Aayee Bahar.

Baldev Raj Chopra noticed his talent when he was a film journalist and critic; he urged Om Prakash to carry on with his acting career.

Om Prakash was sure Om Prakash had the talent to prove himself a versatile actor.

Om Prakash got his first break as a villain in a film called Lakhpati.

Om Prakash had developed a style of his own, a style which was going to take him places and earn him a big name in the world of film entertainment for the next forty years.

Om Prakash was good in almost every character he played.

Om Prakash played an assortment of characters with the same ease and had some of the best directors vying for him every time they had a role which they felt only he could play.

Om Prakash was a versatile actor with 307 films to his credit.

Om Prakash had a special rapport with Amitabh Bachchan and both worked in many successful films from Zanjeer to Sharaabi.

Om Prakash produced many films including Sanjog, Jahan Ara and Gateway of India.

Om Prakash suffered a massive heart attack in his home and was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai where he suffered another heart attack and went into a coma from which he never recovered.