Veteran
Bollywood
writer-filmmaker
OP
Dutta
died
in
Mumbai
following
a
bout
pneumonia
at
the
Kokilaben
Hospital
in
suburban
Andheri.
The
end
came
last
night
around
9.30
pm.
According
to
Dr
Ram
Narain,
COO,
Kokilaben
Hospital,
Dutta
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
on
February
7
and
he
succumbed
to
complications
of
pneumonia
yesterday.
The
filmmaker,
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
JP
Dutta
with
films
like
Ghulami
(1985),
Hathyar
(1989),
Border
(1997),
Refugee
(2000),
LOC
Kargil
(2003)
and
his
last
film
as
a
writer
was
Umrao
Jaan
(2006).
However,
Bollywood
has
already
lost
two
big
personalities
like
director
Raj
Kanwar
and
musician
Anthony
Gonsalves.
Now,
the
death
of
OP
Dutta
is
a
third
big
loss
to
the
film
industry.
His
cremation
is
expected
to
take
place
today
at
Shivaji
Park
in
Mumbai.
We,
at
OneIndia,
express
our
heartfelt
condolences
to
OP
Dutta's
family
and
friends.