Mansoor Khan
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Mansoor Khan, son of the illustrious film maker Nasir Hussain, made his directorial debut with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) which also launched Aamir Khan. The film, a soft Romeo-Juliet romantic, was a huge success. Coming towards the end of a decade dominated by action-oriented films, Mansoor Khan's directorial debut paved the way back for the musical romantic genre in Bollywood. The film made many careers: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik, Anand-Milind.
He followed this success four years later with Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander (1992), a bolt-from-the-sky, past-paced teenage drama, so unconventional that The Illustrated Weekly of India carried a cover-story terming it as a break-through in Indian Cinema. One newspaper aptly described the film as "Sex, Lies and Bicycle Race".
Mansoor Khan's last two films, 'Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995) and Josh (1999), were not successful. Both movies, the first an almost identical screenplay to Kramer Vs Kramer and the other a beautiful adaptation of West Side Story were outside productions with Mansoor just being a director.
An engineering graduate, Mansoor Khan's films have a soft human touch to them. A common thread running through all his films, apart from the long titles that is, is the theme of father-son relationship. Mansoor also has a good ear for music, and in the tradition of his father, the music in his films has always been highly appreciated.
With 4 films in 18 years, and nothing else on the cards in the foreseeable future (Happy Diwali is probably shelved), Mansoor Khan is one story-teller who could have said so much more.
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