It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Rishi Kapoor.
[2][3] He wrote several other box office hits like Judaai (1997), Kalicharan (1976), Daag: The Fire (1999) and Tere Naam (2003).
[4][5] His film Andaaz was the screen debuts of Lara Dutta and Priyanka Chopra.
His other films were also notable for being the directorial debuts of Subhash Ghai and K. Vishwanath, production debut of Rakesh Roshan as well as first lead roles for Jaya Prada, Khushboo, Padmini Kolhapure and Anil Kapoor.
On 23 December 2007, he died due to a lung infection in Mumbai and is survived by his wife and daughters.