P. L. Santoshi
Indian lyricist, film director, and screenwriter (1916–1978)
Pyare Lal Srivastav, better known as Pyare Lal Santoshi or P. L. Santoshi, was an Indian film director, producer, lyricist and screenwriter. Santoshi rose to prominence as a director with Hum Ek Hain (1946) and Shehnai (1947). During the 1950s, he directed popular musical comedies such as Sargam (1950), Cham Chama Cham (1952) and Sabse Bada Rupaiya (1955). Film historian Sanjit Narwekar credits him alongside Roop K. Shorey and Satyen Bose for their "lasting contribution to the comic genre" during the post-Independence era.
