Om Prakash was a well-known character actor and producer in Hindi cinema. He shared screens with superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore and Dilip Kumar. Om Prakash’s role in Amitabh Bachchan’s Sharabi and Chupke Chupke was appreciated by the audience and critics. Bestowed with an illustrious career in the film industry, do you know that he was once a radio jockey and was offered his first role at a wedding event? Yes, you read that right.
Om Prakash is a famous actor who has gained fame in the film industry through his brilliant character roles in Hindi cinema. His comic timing often left the best comedians in awe. He started learning classical music at the age of 12. Apart from music, he was interested in theatre and films. Before embarking on his journey in the film industry, the actor used to work for All India Radio for a monthly salary of Rs 25. He was known as Fateh Din, a name for his radio personality. His programs made him popular across Punjab. As per the media reports, Om Prakash once attended his friend’s wedding, when filmmaker Dalsukh Pancholi asked to see him at his Lahore office.
Om Prakash got his first break in Dalsukh Pancholi’s movie Daasi. It was directed by Hiren Bose and was released in 1944. Om Prakash’s debut was followed by many hit and superhit films including Azaad, Miss Mary, Howrah Bridge, Dus Lakh, Padosan, Sadhu Aur Shaitaan and Dil Daulat Duniya. He has acted in over 300 films during his film career. He also produced the film Jahan Ara, which starred Bharat Bhushan, Shashikala, Prithviraj Kapoor and Mala Sinha. It was directed by Vinod Kumar and was released in 1964.
Apart from his acting prowess, Om Prakash also garnered headlines for his marriage. As per the media reports, he met a fan while working on the radio. Belonging from a Sikh family, the girl used to visit the actor at the studio, from where their love started to blossom. Disagreement from the couple’s family, their love never converted to marriage.
According to a report in ABP News, one day Om Prakash was standing at a paan shop when a woman there asked him to marry her daughter. As soon as he heard the woman’s request, Om Prakash agreed to marry the girl named Prabha Chibber.
Om Prakash died due to successive heart attacks followed by a coma on February 21, 1998.
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