Bollywood film producer Nitin Manmohan, best known for backing Salman Khan-starrer ‘Ready’, died at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai on December 29.
Manmohan, 60, had been admitted to the hospital because of deteriorating health. He had been on the ventilator for the past 15 days.
He was known for producing some of the most iconic Bollywood hits in the 1990s and 2000s, including the Juhi Chawla-starrer ‘Bol Radha Bol’.
Other films that were part of the late producer’s repertoire included ‘Deewangi’, ‘Sab Kushal Mangal’, ‘Laadla’, ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’, ‘Army’, ‘Shool’, ‘Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega’, ‘Dus’, ‘Chal Mere Bhai’, ‘Maha-Sangram’, ‘Insaaf’, ‘Adharm’, ‘Baaghi’, ‘Eena Meena Deeka’, ‘Tathastu’, ‘Tango Charlie’, ‘Gali Gali Chor Hai’, ‘Dil Maange More’ and ‘Nayee Padosan’.
Aside from production Manmohan was also a director and story-writer.
His brother Hemant Panchamiya is a film exhibitor in Mumbai.
He is survived by his wife Dolly and his two children, Soham and Prachi.