Ramanand Sagar
Ramanand Sagar (actually Ramanand Shankardas Chopra ; born December 29, 1917 in Lahore , Punjab , † December 12, 2005 in Mumbai , Maharashtra ) was an Indian writer, director and producer of Hindi films .
Life
Ramanand Sagar had his first contact with film in 1936 when he assisted HS Thakur on his Hindi film Raiders of the Rail Road . From 1936 to 1942 he worked as a journalist for the newspapers "Daily Milap" and "Daily Pratap". In 1942 he graduated in Sanskrit. In the 1940s he published more than 30 short stories under the names "Ramanand Chopra" and "Ramanand Bedi" until he decided to use the name "Ramanand Sagar". When India was partitioned in 1947, he moved to Bombay . He processed the atrocities he experienced in his novel Aur Insaan Mar Gaya (1948). Parts of his play Gaura were performed in 1951 by Prithviraj Kapoor in his Prithvi Theater under the title Kalakaar .
He had his breakthrough in the film business in 1949 as a writer for Raj Kapoor's Barsaat . From 1953 he directed himself under the banner of his own production company Sagar Art Corporation. Sagar was primarily a dialogue writer, but also wrote screenplays, including for SS Vasan's Hindi films Insaniyat (1955), Raj Tilak (1958) and Paigham (1959). In the early 1960s he was director of the films Ghunghat - for which Bina Rai received a Filmfare Award for best actress - and Zindagi for Vasan's film company Gemini Pictures . His most successful times as a filmmaker were in the 1960s and 70s. Of particular importance from his late work is the television series Ramayan , which he developed and ran from 1986 to 1988 in 91 parts of 30 minutes each on Doordarshan .
Ramanand Sagar received a Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue for Paigham , and his Aankhen (1968) received an award for Best Director . 2001 Sagar was honored with the Padma Shri .
Literary works (selection)
- 1942: Diary of a TB Patient
- 1943: Jawar Bhata
- 1944: Aine
- 1944: Jab Pahle Roz Barf Giri
- 1945: Mera Hamdam Mere Dost
- 1948: Aur Insaan Mar Gaya
- 1949: Phool Aur Edge
Filmography
Director
- 1953: Mehmaan
- 1954: Bazooband
- 1960: Ghunghat
- 1964: Zindagi
- 1965: Arzoo
- 1968: Aankhen
- 1970: Geet
- 1972: Lalkaar
- 1973: Jalte Badan
- 1976: Charas
- 1978: Prem Bandhan
- 1982: Baghavat
- 1983: Romance
- 1985: Salma
- 1986–88: Ramayan (TV series)
- 1989: Krishna (TV series)
Script or dialogues
- 1949: Barsaat
- 1950: Jaan Pehchan
- 1952: Sangdil
- 1955: Insaniyat
- 1956: Mem Sahib
- 1958: Raj Tilak
- 1959: Paigham
- 1964: Rajkumar
- 1965: Arzoo
- 1968: Aankhen
- 1973: Jalte Badan
- 1976: Charas
- 1979: Hum Tere Ashiq Hain
- 1986: Ramayan (TV series)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , 202
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated August 28, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Ramanand Sagar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- obituary
- biography
- Biography at upperstall.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sagar, Ramanand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahore , Punjab |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2005 |
| Place of death | Mumbai , Maharashtra |