Veteran actor-writer and director
Mahesh Desai
breathed his last on April 13 in Mumbai. He was 95.
According to reports, he has been bed-ridden since a long time due to a fracture in the hip. His
funeral
took place today at Chandanwadi, Marine Lines.
Mahesh Desai had acted in a number of Gujarati films and several Hindi films. He was also a popular artiste on the Gujarati stage. His real name was Oliver Desai. He had adopted Mahesh Desai as his screen name.
He has Hindi films like ‘Pakshiraj’, ‘Baharon Ke Manzil’, ‘Aakrant’, ‘Sant Tulsidas’, ‘Shiv Bhakta Baba Balak’, ‘Nath’, ‘Gupt Gyan, Kshitij’, ‘Balak Aur Janwar’, ‘Naagin Aur Suhaagan’, ‘Jai Baba Amarnath’ and ‘Insaaf Ki Jung’ and others to his credit.
Mahesh Desai had also written and directed a couple of films.