Harnam Singh Rawail

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Harnam Singh Rawail (often as HS Rawail ; born August 21, 1921 in Lyallpur , British India , † September 17, 2004 in Mumbai , Maharashtra ) was an Indian film director , producer and screenwriter of Hindi / Urdu films .

Life

Harnam Singh Rawail came to Bombay as a teenager to work in the film business, which he did not succeed in the long term. He was homeless; lived on the street and grounds of Madhav Baug Temple.

He left Bombay around 1936 and traveled to Calcutta . In the local Bengali film industry he got work as assistant to Kidar Sharma , who worked for New Theaters as a dialogue writer for Hindi version films. Rawail made his first own script in 1937 for the film Banke Sipahi , a version of the Three Musketeers story. In the following years he established himself as a screenwriter in the adventure film genre and was allowed to direct himself for the first time in 1940. In 1948 he was the first producer of a film in Calcutta. The following year, Rawail returned to Bombay.

In 1955 he founded the production company Roshni Pics, and in 1960 Rahul Theaters. He processed his experiences from his youth in Bombay in the autobiographical film Pocketmaar (1956). He made romance films and comedies, including Shararat (1959) with Kishore Kumar in the lead role. Among his most successful films include the historicizing Urdu -Musical Mere Mehboob (1963), the Thuggee -Melodram Sangharsh (1968) by Mahasweta Devi's novel Laila Aasmaner Aaina and love romance Laila Majnu (1976).

His last film Deedar-e-Yaar (1982) was based on a script by his son, the director Rahul Rawail , and was one of the biggest flops in Hindi film of the 1980s. After that, Rawail retired to the role of producer for his son's films.

Filmography (director)

  • 1940: Dorangia Daku
  • 1944: Shukriya
  • 1945: Zid
  • 1948: Jhoothi ​​Kasmein
  • 1949: Do Baatein
  • 1949: Patanga
  • 1951: Sagaai
  • 1951: Jawani Ki Aag
  • 1952: Saqi
  • 1953: teaching
  • 1953: Shagufa
  • 1954: Mastana
  • 1955: Tirandaz
  • 1956: Pocketmaar
  • 1959: Shararat
  • 1961: Kaanch Ki Gudiya
  • 1961: Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
  • 1963: Mere Mehboob
  • 1968: Sangharsh
  • 1971: Mehboob Ki Mehndi
  • 1976: Laila Majnu
  • 1982: Deedar-e-Yaar

literature

  • Entry on Harnam Singh Rawail in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 198

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personal data
SURNAME Rawail, Harnam Singh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rawail, HS
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Lyallpur , British India
DATE OF DEATH September 17, 2004
Place of death Mumbai