Education
Lekh"s father F. C. Tandon had studied with Prithviraj Kapoor at Khalsa High School, (Lyallpur, Punjab, British India), and had been friends.
Lekh"s father F. C. Tandon had studied with Prithviraj Kapoor at Khalsa High School, (Lyallpur, Punjab, British India), and had been friends.
Recently he has acted in movies such as Rang De Basanti, Chennai Express and Chaarfutiya Chhokare. Prithviraj Kapoor inspired Lekh to work in Bollywood. Around same time, Lekh"s brother Yograj was working as assistant director and secretary to Prithviraj Kapoor.
Lekh started as Assistant Director in Hindi movie industry in 1950s and became a director of several hit movies.
Then he moved onto nascent television scene and started directing television Serials. His first offering was Phir Wahi Talash on Indian National television Channel Doordarshan.
Lekh is also credited with discovering Shahrukh Khan by casting him his television serial Dil Dariya.