Career
He started his career, assisting Raj Khosla in Milap (1955), Criminal Investigation Department (1956) and Solva Saal (1958), before making his directorial debut with Ek Phool Char Kaante starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman. He died on September 5, 2001, while ungoing a heart bypass surgery at Nanavati Hospital, in Mumbai, at the age of 73.