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Veteran movie shaper and erstwhile president of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), Pahlaj Nihalani, has passed distant today, connected June 4, 2026. He was admitted to the Nanavati Hospital successful Mumbai. He was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis and had been suffering for the past 4 months.While IANS has confirmed the demise of the producer, according to the writer Vickey Lalwani, helium was nether the attraction of Dr Jayant Barve. The precocious filmmaker had been moved betwixt respective hospitals for the attraction implicit the past 30 days.The writer had a speech with the producer's woman yesterday, and she was hopeful that Pahlaj Nihalani volition instrumentality location soon.
Who was Pahlaj Nihalani?
Pahlaj Nihalani served arsenic the Association of Pictures and TV Programme Producers for astir 3 decades until helium resigned successful 2009.
He was ousted arsenic the CBFC main connected August 11, 2017, and soon Prasoon Joshi was appointed to the position.The archetypal movie helium produced was 'Haathkadi' successful the twelvemonth 1982. His 2nd film, 'Aandhi Toofan', successful 1985. His 3rd flick 'Ilzaam', successful 1986, marked the debut of Govinda. Next,
Chunky Pandey
made his debut with the Pahlaj Nihalani-backed movie 'Aag Hi Aag' successful 1987.He has titles similar 'Gunahon Ka Faisla', 'Paap Ki Duniya', and 'Mitti Aur Sona', starring Chunky Pandey and Neelam Kothari to his recognition arsenic a producer.
Pahlaj Nihalani had besides produced movies similar 'Shola Aur Shabnam' and David Dhawan's 'Aankhen'.In the twelvemonth 2008, the shaper made a peculiar quality successful the movie 'Halla Bol'. Then successful January 2015, helium took the bureau of CBFC's chairperson.His past film, 'Rangeela Raja', was released successful the twelvemonth 2019. It was expected to beryllium the comeback movie of Govinda; however, it failed astatine the container office. The movie was a remake of the Rajinikanth starrer 'Netrikan'.
