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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Gulshan Rai<br />
| image = Gulshan_Rai.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|3|2}} <br />
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|10|11|1924|3|2}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| other_names = <br />
| known_for = <br />
| occupation = Film producer, Film distributor <br />
| family = [[Rajiv Rai]] (son)<br />
}}<br />
'''Gulshan Madhosh Rai''' (2 March 1924 – 11 October 2004) was an Indian film producer and distributor. He produced successful films in the 1970s and 1980s directed by [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]], [[Yash Chopra]] and [[Subhash Ghai]] and thereafter directed by his son [[Rajiv Rai]].<br />
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Rai was born in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]]) in 1924. Following the [[partition of India]] he moved to Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) in 1947. He started off his career in the [[Hindi film industry]] as a distributor. In 1970, he started his production company ''[[Trimurti Films]]'' and the first film produced was [[Dev Anand]] starrer ''[[Johny Mera Naam]]'' (''Johny is my name'') , directed by Vijay Anand which was a success.<br />
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In the 1970s, his Yash Chopra-directed films made [[Amitabh Bachchan]] a [[superstar]] and launched successful careers for script writers [[Salim–Javed]]. The notable films were ''[[Deewaar]]'' (''The Wall'') (1975) and ''[[Trishul (film)|Trishul]]'' (''The Trident'') (1978).<br />
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In the 1980s he produced [[Dilip Kumar]] starrer [[Vidhaata]], directed by [[Subhash Ghai]] later he produced films in the [[action genre]] directed by his son [[Rajiv Rai]]. A majority of his films were notable for their music composed by [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] & later by [[Viju Shah]]. They were [[Johny Mera Naam]], [[Vidhaata]], ''[[Tridev]]'' (''The three gods''), ''[[Vishwatma]]'', ''[[Mohra]]'' (''The Pawn'') and ''[[Gupt]]'' (''Secret'').<br />
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He released more than 180 films in [[Bombay]] territory, 40 of which have celebrated silver jubilees. Besides Mumbai, he also opened distribution offices in [[West Bengal]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[Delhi]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]].<br />
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However, Trimurti Films suffered failures with Rajiv's movies in 2000s, ''[[Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat]]'' (''Love, Amour and Romance'') and ''[[Asambhav]]'' (''Impossible''), both were attempts to launch [[Arjun Rampal]] as a hero but flopped and were unable to make Rampal, a successful hero.<br />
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Rai died in [[Mumbai]] on 11 October 2004 after a prolonged illness, aged 80.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/rai/20041011.htm|title=Filmmaker Gulshan Rai dead|archive-date=12 October 2004|access-date=22 July 2018}}</ref> He was a recipient of [[Padma Shri]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.bookmyshow.com/person/gulshan-rai/IEIN017247|title = Gulshan Rai - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos}}</ref><ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography as Producer==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!Year<br />
!Title<br />
!Director<br />
|- <br />
| 1970<br />
| [[Johny Mera Naam]]<br />
| [[Vijay Anand (filmmaker)|Vijay Anand]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1973<br />
| [[Joshila]]<br />
| [[Yash Chopra]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1975<br />
| [[Deewaar]]<br />
| [[Yash Chopra]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1977<br />
| [[Dream Girl (1977 film)|Dream Girl]]<br />
| [[Pramod Chakravorty]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1978<br />
| [[Trishul (film)|Trishul]]<br />
| [[Yash Chopra]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1982<br />
| [[Vidhaata]]<br />
| [[Subhash Ghai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1985<br />
| [[Yudh (film)|Yudh]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1989<br />
| [[Tridev]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1992<br />
| [[Vishwatma]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1994<br />
| [[Mohra]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 1997<br />
| [[Gupt: The Hidden Truth]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 2001<br />
| [[Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|- <br />
| 2004<br />
| [[Asambhav]]<br />
| [[Rajiv Rai]]<br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indians]]<br />
* [[Cinema of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0706794}}<br />
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Sports}}<br />
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