His last film as a director Ganga Jamuna Saraswati and the films he produced with his son Ketan Desai directing, Allah Rakha (1986), Toofan (1989) and Anmol (1993) failed at the box office.The Hindi film industry aka Bollywood has a significant influence on the lives of people in India. Towards the end of his career, Desai's previously successful stories and style began to lose favour with audiences. Manmohan Desai once said that Mohd Rafi's voice is God's voice. His biggest hits of Mohd Rafi song was Pardah Hai Pardah from Amar Akbar Anthony and John Jani Janardhan from Naseeb. He also used Kishore for Amitabh in Amar Akbar Anthony. He used Mohd Rafi's voice on Amitabh Bachchan in films like Suhaag and Naseeb. In Roti and Aa Gale Lag Ja, Kishore Kumar's voice was used for the hero. He preferred Mahendra Kapoor for Biswajit in Kismat. In Chhaliya, Mukesh sang the songs of leading man, Raj Kapoor. He used an assortment of male singers in his films. His success ratio was 65 percent in an industry where flops abound. Out of the 20 films that Desai directed in his career span of 29 years (1960вЂ“1989), as many as 13 films were stupendous hits. In later years Manmohan Desai worked with music composer Anu Malik. LaxmikantвЂ“Pyarelal and Manmohan Desai have worked for nine films, most of them produced and directed by Manmohan Desai, includingД¬oolie 1983.

Early in his career he worked with composers Rahul Dev Burman, Kalyanji Anandji, later with Laxmikant Pyarelal for many films. Manmohan Desai worked with writers such as SalimвЂ“Javed, Prayag Raaj, K.K.Shukla, and Kader Khan, and lyricists such as Anand Bakshi, Sahir Ludhianvi, Qamar Jalalabadi, Gulshan Bawra, and Shailendra. The first two were with Amitabh, and the latter two were with Dharmendra. All four of his films released that year were huge hits: Parvarish, Amar Akbar Anthony, Chacha Bhatija and Dharam Veer.

Randhir Kapoor in Chacha Bhatija (1977) after Rampur Ka Lakshman (1972).ДЄpart from Bachchan, Manmohan Desai worked with such leading male stars as Raj Kapoor in the 1960 film Chhalia, Shammi Kapoor in 'Bluffmaster' (1963) and 'Budtameez' (1966), Rajesh Khanna in Sachaa Jhutha (1970) and Roti (1974), Randhir Kapoor in Raampur Ka Lakshman (1972), Shashi Kapoor in Aa Gale Lag Jaa, Dharmendra in Dharam Veer (1977).

Shammi Kapoor in Parvarish (1977) as a father figure after Bluffmaster (1963) and Budtameez (1966) and a cameo role in Desh Premee as Shamsher Singh.

Shashi Kapoor in Suhaag after Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973).

Shatrughan Sinha in Naseeb after Bhai Ho To Aisa, Shararat and Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973) and Rampur Ka Lakshman (1972).

Jeetendra in Dharam Veer (1977) after Bhai Ho To Aisa.

He often worked with the same actors in several different films: Of these, only Yash Chopra went on to make hits beyond the 1980s. He was one of the directors who had a special working relationship with Amitabh Bachchan, the others being Yash Chopra, Prakash Mehra, Ramesh Sippy, and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. He worked with Amitabh on Amar Akbar Anthony, Parvarish, Suhaag, Naseeb, Desh Premee, Coolie, Mard and Ganga Jamuna Saraswati all but the last were box office successes. He had a string of hits with Amitabh Bachchan in the 70s and early 80s which helped cement Bachchan's status as a superstar of Indian cinema. A common theme in his films were the lost and found plot where family members would be separated and reunited. His movies defined a new genre called masala films. Manmohan Desai was known for his family-centered, action-song-and-dance films which catered to the tastes of the Indian masses and through which he achieved great success. Rumours of him committing suicide have not been confirmed. Very little is known about his death except that he was suffering from chronic back pain. On 1 March 1994, as per news Manmohan Desai fell from the balcony in Girgaon as the rail he was leaning on collapsed and died.

Ketan is married to Kanchan Kapoor, daughter of Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali. He had one son Ketan Desai who is still involved in the film industry. He was engaged to actress Nanda from 1992 until the time of his death in 1994. Subhash later went on to produce Bluff Master, Dharam Veer, and Desh Premee with Manmohan as the director. Manmohan Desai's elder brother, Subhash Desai, became a producer in the 1950s and gave Manmohan his first break in the Hindi film Chhalia (1960).

His productions, mainly stunt films, included Circus Queen, Golden Gang, and Sheikh Challi. His father, Kikubhai Desai, was an Indian film producer and owner of Paramount Studios (later Filmalaya) from 1931 to 1941.

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