Bollywood producer-director Raj Kanwar passed away in Singapore on 3 February 2012 following kidney transplant complications. Raj Kanwar directed Bollywood films like Deewana, Laadla, Daag: The Fire, Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega, Andaaz and many other films.
The director had launched actors Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra and Lara Dutta.
After dabbling with theatre in Delhi, Kanwar came to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood. He assisted Sunil Hingorani (Ram Avatar) and Raj Kumar Santoshi (Ghayal), and established a rapport with its stars Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor and Sridevi whom he later directed in his future films.
He made his directorial debut with the Rishi Kapoor-Divya Bharati film Deewana (1992), which also marked Shah Rukh Khan's debut. The film went on to become a huge hit.
The high-strung love triangle co-starring Rishi Kapoor and the late Divya Bharti boasted of some hugely popular Nadeem-Shravan songs like Sochenge tumhe pyaar, Teri umeed tera intezar and Koi na koi chahiye.
His last directorial venture, Sadiyaan, which also launched Shatrughan Sinha's son Luv as an actor however did not do much business.
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