# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/umesh-mehra
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:07:45.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/umesh-mehra"
name: "Umesh Mehra"
slug: "umesh-mehra"
description: "Umesh Mehra is an Indian film director and producer known for his works in Hindi and Bengali cinema. He was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. His notable films include Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1980), Sohni Mahiwal (1984) and Vardi (1989). He directed Akshay Kumar in three films in the Khiladi series: Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) and International Khiladi (1999). He directed many Mithun Chakraborty starrers like Ashanti (1982), Mujrim (1989), Guru (1989) and Yaar Gaddar (1994). In 1998 he directed the veteran actor Dilip Kumar in Qila which was Kumar's last film. Mehra's last film as director was 2002's Yeh Mohabbat Hai."
tagline: "Indian film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Umesh_mehra.webp?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: "1953-08-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.813397333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576494/"
    handle:    "nm0576494"
sources:
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umesh_mehra"
    title: "Umesh mehra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "اميش ميهرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umesh_Mehra"
    title: "Umesh Mehra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "उमेश मेहरा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umesh_Mehra"
    title: "Umesh Mehra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D9%85%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "امیش مہرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7881500"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1041346"
    title: "Umesh Mehra"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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