# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/manmohan-desai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:11:51.713Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/manmohan-desai"
name: "Manmohan Desai"
slug: "manmohan-desai"
description: "Manmohan Desai was an Indian film producer and director. He was one of the most successful filmmakers of the 70s and 80s. Desai was an influential and sought-after film director of Bollywood and a pioneer of making Masala films. His most successful films are Amar Akbar Anthony, Dharam Veer, Chacha Bhatija, Parvarish, Suhaag, Naseeb, Coolie and Mard."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Man_Mohan_Desai.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1937-02-26"
deathDate: "1994-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.962586666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0220828/"
    handle:    "nm0220828"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "منموهان ديساي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "منموهان ديساى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মনমোহন দেশাই"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manmohan Desai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "منموهان دسای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "मनमोहन देसाई"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manmohan Desai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manmohan Desai"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Manmohan Desai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6750648"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139210"
    title: "Manmohan Desai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump