P. L. Raj was a Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film choreographer from Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. He choreographed over 1,000 films, and won a Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for Jaag Utha Insan (1984). Other notable works include Milan

Milan (1967 film)

Milan is a 1967 Hindi film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It was a remake of his hit Telugu film Mooga Manasulu and was produced by L. V. Prasad. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Nutan, Jamuna , Pran and Deven Varma. The award-winning and very popular music was given by Laxmikant Pyarelal...

(1967). Though Raj began his career in Bollywood in early 50s the first major break saw him directing Dev Anand in Love Marriage. Raj also choreographed dances for various films including Shagird

Shagird

The soundtrack of the film contains 6 songs. The music is composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, with lyrics authored by Majrooh Sultanpuri.*Song "Dil Wil Pyar Wyar" topped the Binaca Geetmala 1968 annual list.-External links:*...

, Teesri Manzil

Teesri Manzil

Teesri Manzil is a Bollywood thriller directed by Vijay Anand and produced by Nasir Hussain. It starred his regular actors Shammi Kapoor and Asha Parekh. Nazima, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Iftekhar, Helen, K. N. Singh and Salim Khan were part of the supporting cast...

, Junglee

Junglee

Junglee is a 1961 Indian movie produced and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. Junglee means "Wild" or "ill mannered" in Urdu & Hindi. The music is by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Shashikala and Asit Sen...

, Gumnaam

Gumnaam

Gumnaam is a 1965 Indian horror thriller film directed by Raja Nawathe, starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood. The film became a box office hit...

, Sholay

Sholay

Sholay is a 1975 Indian action-adventure film produced by G.P. Sippy and directed by his son Ramesh Sippy. It is considered among the greatest films in the history of Indian cinema. Released on 15 August 1975, it stars Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri and...

, Ek Duje Ke Liye, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Don

Don

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, Sagar

Sagar

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and Sargam. Raj had won Dadasaheb Phalke award for technical excellence in 2001. He has worked in Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Punjabi movies.

He died in 2002, aged 68 in Bombay. His son Leslie Lewis

Leslie Lewis

Leslie Lewis is an Indian composer, perhaps best known for his work in Colonial Cousins, a duo composed of Lewis and Hariharan.In 2003 Lewis stated that he felt the public associated him too much with remixes and for that reason he had begun to avoid remixes and instead concentrate on his original...

 is a popular composer and a member of the duo Colonial Cousins

Colonial Cousins

Colonial Cousins is a band formed by Indian duo composed of singer Hariharan and singer-composer Leslie Lewis. They also have a largely successful career as solo artists as well. Their unique brand of music fused Indian and Western musical genres instantly won the hearts of young and old alike...

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