Mahesh Bhatt (born on 20 September 1948), is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed art parallel films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam and Naam.He was later the writer of numerous commercial films in a range of film genres, from dramas like Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke and comedies like Duplicate, though he was mostly recognised for thrillers like Inteha, Jism, Murder and Woh Lamhe.