Today marks the 100 birthday of legendary actor Premnath Malhotra, popularly known as Prem Nath, who passed away in 1992. Nath was part of more than 100 films, and was known for his character roles. During the filming of Aurat.

During the filming of Aurat (1953), he fell in love with actress Bina Rai. They had two children, actors Prem Krishen and Kailash Nath. Some of the blockbuster films he was known for were Teesri Manzil (1966), Johny Mera Naam (1970), Bobby (1973), Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (1974), Dharmatma (1975) and Kalicharan (1976). He was also part of the Punjabi film Sat Sri Akal (1977).

His grandson, director Siddharth P. Malhotra, who has directed Rani Mukherjee’s Hichki (2018), Junaid Khan’s debut Maharaj (2024), and is currently working on Meena Kumari’s biopic, had spoken t

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