B.K. Adarsh

Indian producer, director, screenwriter, and film distributor, and father of film critic Taran Adarsh. The elder Adarsh was born in Jodhpur on January 6, 1925. He entered the film business as a distributor for films in Bombay (now Mumbai) and in Rajasthan, for the Central Cine Circuit and the Cine Club, respectively. In 1950, he opened his own cinemas in Madhya Pradesh. He began producing and then writing and directing films in the mid-1950s. One of his earliest films, as producer and director, was Fashionable Wife (1959), which starred actress Jaymala, who became Adarsh's wife. Adarsh specialized in religious films. He also worked as a film critic and trade reporter. Adarsh died October 10, 1992.