Filmmaker Lekh Tandon passes away

Entertainment, Pollywood

Mumbai: Filmmaker Lekh Tandon passed away yesterday due to multiple health issues at his residence in suburban Powai here. He was 88.

Tandon, who directed films like 'Amrapali' (1966) and 'Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye' (1977), breathed his last last evening.

"He was not keeping well for sometime and was bed-ridden from the last five to six months. He had multiple health issues due to which he passed away around 5.30 PM," filmmaker Ashoke Pandit told PTI.