# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/prakash-mehra
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:35:05.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/prakash-mehra"
name: "Prakash Mehra"
slug: "prakash-mehra"
description: "Prakash Mehra was a legendary Indian film director and producer known for his work in Hindi films. He was one of the pioneers of masala films, along with Nasir Hussain, and Manmohan Desai. His collaborations with the actor Amitabh Bachchan resulted in several box office blockbusters and classics."
tagline: "Film producer and director (1939–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Film_Producer_Director_Prakash_Mehra.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1939-07-13"
deathDate: "2009-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.05606266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0576488"
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    title: "ಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಮೆಹರಾ"
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    title: "Prakash Mehra"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump