What is Lekh Tandon?
{{Infobox person | name = Lekh Tandon | image = Lekh Tandon.jpg | birth_name = Lekh Faqeer Chand Tandon | birth_date = {{birth date|1929|2|13}} | birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[British India]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|15|1929|2|13}} | occupation = actor, director | yearsactive = 1947–2017 | spouse = | children = Nitin tandon, Gayatri tandon| }} '''Lekh Tandon''' (13 February 1929 – 15 October 2017)<ref>[http://sify.com/movies/bollywood/fullstory.php?id=13744571&page=2 Star Birthdays]</ref> was an Indian actor and movie director.<ref>{{cite news |title=I am in love with movies|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990319/ile19152.html |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=March 19, 1999}}</ref> His best known directorial works were ''[[Professor (1962 movie)|Professor]]'', ''[[Prince (1969 movie)|Prince]]'', ''[[Ek Baar Kaho]]'' and ''[[Agar Tum Na Hote]]''. In the 2000s, he began his acting career with movies such as ''[[Swades]]'', ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'', ''[[Chennai Express]]'', and ''[[Chaarfutiya Chhokare]]''. He shared the 1978 [[Filmfare Best Screenplay Award]] for his movie, ''[[Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaye]]'', with [[Vrajendra Gaur]] and [[Madhusudan Kalekar]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Screenplay Award |url=http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_screenplay.htm |publisher=Filmfare Award Official Listings, [[Indiatimes]] |access-date=April 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080308/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_screenplay.htm |archive-date=April 29, 2014 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0849195}} * [http://www.lekhtandon.com/home.html Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918125259/http://www.lekhtandon.com/home.html |date=2010-09-18 }} {{actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tandon, Lekh}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Indian movie directors]] [[Category:Indian movie actors]] [[Category:Indian television directors