Veteran filmmaker Harish Shah, best known for producing Rajesh Khanna-Tanuja starrer Mere Jeevan Saathi, died on Tuesday at his residence in Mumbai after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 76.
According to Harish Shah's brother, Vinod Shah, the filmmaker breathed his last at 6 am at his residence in Mumbai.
"He was battling throat cancer for 10 years and passed away in the morning today," Vinod Shah brother of Harish Shah's said. Last rites of the producer were held at Pawan Hans crematorium on Tuesday afternoon. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the funeral was attended only by close family members.
After backing romance drama Meere Jeevan Saathi in 1972, Harish Shah produced movies like Kaala Sona, the 1975 Curry Western featuring Feroz Khan and Parveen Babi, and Ram Tere Kitne Naam, the 1985 drama starring Sanjeev Kumar and Rekha.
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