Vinod Mehra

Vinod Mehra was born on 13 February 1945 in Amritsar, India. Vinod Mehra was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s. Vinod Mehra was also the producer and director of the film Gurudev which was released posthumously after his death at the age of 45 in 1990.


Vinod Mehra made his debut in the 1958 film Raagni as a child artist playing the younger version of the character played by Kishore Kumar. Vinod started his adult film career with the film "Parday Ke Peechhay" opposite debutant Yogeeta Bali followed by Elaan(Rekha), Ek Thi Rita(Tanuja), Amar Prem(1972) and Lal Patthar.

Vinod worked with many actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra etc. His frequent female co-stars included Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee,Yogita Bali,Shabana Azmi and Bindiya Goswami. Some of his prominent films were Amar Prem, Nagin, Jaani Dushman, Khud-Daar. He received Filmfare Nominations as Best Supporting Actor for Anurodh (1977), Amardeep (1979), and Bemisal(1982).

Many of Vinod's delayed films were released after his death and dedicated to his memory. Some films for which he had not completed filming were delayed and re-written not to involve his character such as Insaniyat (1994) and Aurat Aurat Aurat (1996). Vinod Mehra died of a heart attack at the age of 45 on 30 October 1990.