By Jagmohan Singh Barhok
B.S .Shad’s well known writer, producer & director passed away yesterday. He had been ill for some time & was living at his village.
Shad produced & directed “Kora Badan” (1974) starring Sunil Dutt, Mala Sinha & Dev Kumar. He also produced many Punjabi films including ‘Kulli Yaar Di’ (1969), ‘Mitra Pyare Nu’ (1975), & ‘Giddha’ (1978). He also acted in “Kulli Yaar Di”.
Shad was a known Punjabi novelist. He also made few Hindi films like- ‘Nishan’ (1983) starring Rajesh Khanna, Rekha & Jeetendra, “Himmat Aur Mahnat” (1987) with Jeetendra & Sridevi “Kasam Vardi Ki” (1989) featuring Jeetendra, Bhanupriya & Chunky Pandey, “Insaaf Ki Devi” (1992) starring Rekha
Jeetendra & Shakti Kapoor & “Pehla Pehla Pyaar” (1994) starring Rishi Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Tabu & Kader khan, directed by Manmohan Singh.
His “Smuggler” (1996) cast many Punjabi actors like Guggu Gill, Ravinder Mann & Upasana Singh besides Dharmendra , Ayub Khan, Reena Roy, Eva Grover & Mukesh Khanna.
I visited him at his Off Yari Road Mumbai flat thrice. He also took me to watch a trial show of one of his films (underproduction) in early 1990s at Jalandhar. Shad was all praise for newcomer (then) Tabu.
