J. Om Prakash

His adopted daughter Pinky is married to Rakesh Roshan, making him Hrithik Roshan's maternal grand father. He belongs to the famous Khan-Roshan family.
Director J. Om Prakash managed to include into his 1980 film "Aasha" the first screen appearance of his grandson - future Hindi film superstar Hrithik Roshan, then aged only 6 - by shooting him in a music interlude without the boy's knowledge.
J .Om Prakash's wife and director Mohan Kumar's wife are real life sisters.
Also known as J. Om Prakash Juneja.
He has directed Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna and Jeetendra but never worked with Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha.

I had the privilege to cast him in Aap Ki Kasam, Akraman, Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka and Akhir Kyun. Rajesh and I had an association for so many years. Kaka was the first choice for Apnapan and Arpan but due to date issues had to opt for Jeetendra. He was a very warm-hearted person and a great actor. I think he was an asset and rather pride of any filmmaker he worked with. He was my favorite super-star and remains the most versatile too.
My father was a humble school-teacher from Lahore who rose to be an educationist. His advice to me, "No matter what you do in life, always remain a student who is eager for more knowledge. Never think that you know everything!" always held me in good stead.
[on Rajesh Khanna] I am one of those who selected him at the United Producers Filmfare Talent Contest in 1965. He gave a wonderful speech and the instant reaction was "lets select him". It was a long performance that revealed the tremendous potential needed, especially for an emotional actor and it moved the hearts of the panel members. Later for the role in Aap Ki Kasam I convinced Kaka that even though it had negative shades only he could do justice to this role

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