Umesh Mehra

{{Short description|Indian film director}}

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| occupation = Director, screenwriter

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Umesh Mehra is an Indian film director and producer. He was prominent in the 1980s and 1990s. His notable films include Alibaba Aur 40 Chor (1980), Sohni Mahiwal (1984) and Vardi (1989). He directed Akshay Kumar in three films in the Khiladi series: Sabse Bada Khiladi (1995) Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996) and International Khiladi (1999). He directed many Mithun Chakraborty starrers like Ashanti (1982), Mujrim (1989), Guru (1989) and Yaar Gaddar (1994).{{cite news|title=Eagle films|access-date=17 December 2010|work=www.eaglefilmsindia.com|url=http://www.eaglefilmsindia.com/profile_umeshmehra.htm|archive-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222034626/http://www.eaglefilmsindia.com/profile_umeshmehra.htm|url-status=dead}} In 1998 he directed the veteran actor Dilip Kumar in Qila which was Kumar's last film. Mehra's last film as director was 2002's Yeh Mohabbat Hai.

He is the son of Bollywood producer F.C. Mehra.{{cite news|title=Producer Mehra died of cardiac failure|access-date=15 December 2010|newspaper=One India|date=31 July 2008|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2008/mehra-died-cardiac-failure-310708.html|archive-date=24 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115755/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2008/mehra-died-cardiac-failure-310708.html|url-status=dead}}