Writer-director B R Ishara

In another set back to the film industry, the news of the passing away of writer-director BR Ishara has brought everyone and everything to a standstill. He was recently diagnosed with Tuberculosis and was undergoing treatment at Criticare hospital in Juhu. Ishara, known to be the first director to have started the tradition of shooting in bungalows, shot into prominence with his first film <em>Chetna</em> that starred Rehana Sultan – whom he later married – and Anil Dhawan. The film was completed in just twenty five days.