By Jagmohan Singh Barhok
On His Birth Anniversary
बदलने लगा रंग हालात का
के है आज वादा मुलाकात का
किसी को पता ना चले बात का
के है आज वादा मुलाकात का”
Raj Kumar Kohli is a well known veteran Producer-director who is known for making multi-starrers like ‘Naagin’, ‘Jaani Dushman’, ‘Raj Tilak’ , ‘Naukar Biwi Ka ‘& ‘Insaniyat Ke Dushman’ to name only some. His earlier film ‘Lootera’ (1965) featuring his wife Nishi, Dara Singh Prithviraj Kapoor & Jeevan was a hit stunt film with some lovely songs rendered by Lata Mangeshkar like – “Mujhe Dekhiye Main Koi Dastan Hu” & “Kisi Ko Pata Na Chale Baat Ka” under the music score Laxmikant Pyarelal with lyrics penned by Anand Bakshi.
“Qatar” (1997), produced & directed by him, featured his son Arman Kohli, Rambha , Sunil Shetty Sunny Deol & Sonali Bendre.
Kohli who married actress Nishi in 1960s has a son named Arman Kohli & a daughter Gogi Kohli .He is also credited with casting stars like Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, Jitendra, Shatrughan Sinha actress Reena Rai & Anita Raj at regular intervals.
He also produced few Punjabi films including “Pind Di Kurhi”(1963) featuring Ravinder Kapoor, Nishi, Khairati & Wasti and “Main Jatti Punjab Di” (1964) Starring Nishi, Jeevan, Manmohan Krishna, Manmohan Krishna and Achla Sachdev. In “Jeene Nahi Doonga”(1984) Kohli included Punjabi cine stars – Mehar Mittl & Daljit Kaur in the cast. Nishi also featured in the film under reference.
