Ramanand Sagar
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| Ramanand Sagar | |
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| Born | Chandramauli Chopra 29 December 1917 Lahore, Punjab, British India (now Pakistan) |
| Died | 12 December 2005 (aged 87) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Other names | Ramanand Chopra Ramanand Bedi Ramanand Kashmiri |
| Occupation | Film Producer, Director, Writer |
| Spouse | Leelavati |
Ramanand Sagar (29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) (born Chandramauli Chopra)[1] was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the extremely popular Ramayan television series, a phenomenally popular 78-part TV epic adaptation of the ancient Hindu epic of the same name, starring Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita. [2]
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[edit] Early life
Ramanand Sagar was born at Asal Guru Ke near Lahore. His great-grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, migrated from Peshawar to Kashmir. Ramanand was adopted by his childless maternal grandmother and although his original name was "Chandramauli" it was changed to "Ramanand" by his adopted family.[3] Sagar worked as a peon, truck cleaner, soap vendor, gold smith apprentice etc. during the day and studied for his degree at night.
Gold Medalist in Sanskrit and Persian from University of Punjab in 1942 he was also editor of newspaper "Daily Milap". He wrote many short-stories, novels, poems, plays, etc. under various names like "Ramanand Chopra", "Ramanand Bedi" and "Ramanand Kashmiri".[3] In 1942 when he caught Tuberculosis he wrote a subjective column “Diary of a T.B. patient” about his fight with TB. The column was published in series in a magazine "Adab-e-Mashriq" in Lahore.[3]
[edit] Career
In 1932, Sagar started his film career as a clapper boy in a silent film Raiders of the Rail Road.[4] He then shifted to Bombay in 1949 after India's partition.
Along with various other films that Sagar himself directed, he also wrote the story and screenplay for Raj Kapoor's superhit film Barsaat. He founded the film and television production company known as Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.) a.k.a. Sagar Arts in 1950. He produced and directed many successful films. He won the 1960 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for Paigham which was directed by S. S. Vasan and starred Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Raaj Kumar in lead roles. In 1968 he won the Filmfare Best Director Award for Ankhen. Ankhen was a spy-thriller starring Dharmendra and Mala Sinha. The film was declared "Block Buster" and was amongst the Top 10 Hindi films of 1960s. [5]
In 1985 Sagar turned towards television. His Sagar Arts began producing serials based on Hindu mythology. His most popular Ramayan aired its first episode on January 25, 1987. The series became instantly popular amongst the Indian masses[6] and won numerous national and international awards and felicitations.[7] His next mythological tele-serials Krishna and Luv Kush also received good responses. Apart from mythology, he also made fantasy dramas like Vikram Aur Betaal and Alif Laila.
Based on his experiences of Indo-Pak partition, Sagar published a Hindi-Urdu book "Aur Insaan Mar Gaya" (English: And Humanity Died) in 1948.[8]
[edit] Awards
[edit] Won
- 1960 - Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for Paigham
- 1969 - Filmfare Best Director Award for Aankhen
[edit] Nominated
- 1966 - Filmfare Award for Best Story for Arzoo
- 1966 - Filmfare Award for Best Director for Arzoo
- 1969 - Filmfare Award for Best Story for Aankhen
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Film / TV Serial | Roles | Notes |
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| 2005 | Sai Baba | TV Series | Director | |
| 1994 | Alif Laila | TV Series | Director | Original telecast on DD National Repeat telecast on SAB TV |
| 1993 | Krishna | TV Series | Director | |
| 1989 | Luv Kush | TV Series | Director | |
| 1988 | Vikram Aur Betaal | TV Series | Director Producer |
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| 1987 | Ramayan | TV Series | Director Producer Writer |
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| 1985 | Salma | Film | Director Producer |
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| 1983 | Romance | Film | Director Producer |
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| 1982 | Bhagawat | Film | Director Producer |
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| 1980 | Hema Hemeelu | Film | Co-Producer | Telugu film |
| 1979 | Hum Tere Ashiq Hain | Film | Dialogue writer Screenplay writer |
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| 1979 | Prem Bandhan | Film | Director | |
| 1976 | Charas | Film | Director Producer Writer |
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| 1973 | Jalte Badan | Film | Director Producer Writer |
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| 1972 | Lalkaar | Film | Director Producer Writer |
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| 1970 | Geet | Film | Director Producer |
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| 1968 | Aankhen | Film | Director Producer Writer |
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| 1965 | Arzoo | Film | Director Producer Writer |
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| 1964 | Zindagi | Film | Director Producer |
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| 1964 | Rajkumar | Film | Dialogue writer Screenplay writer |
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| 1960 | Ghunghat | Film | Director | |
| 1959 | Paigham | Film | Dialogue writer | |
| 1958 | Raj Tilak | Film | Writer Dialogue writer |
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| 1956 | Mem Sahib | Film | Dialogue writer | |
| 1954 | Bazooband | Film | Director | |
| 1952 | Sangdil | Film | Dialogue writer Screenplay writer |
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| 1953 | Mehmaan | Film | Director | |
| 1950 | Jan Pahchan | Film | Dialogue writer Screenplay writer |
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| 1949 | Barsaat | Film | Writer Dialogue writer Screenplay writer |
[edit] References
- ^ "Ramanand Sagar". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755997/bio. Retrieved 29 Dec 2011.
- ^ "Ramanand Sagar (Indian filmmaker)". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1115746/Ramanand-Sagar. Retrieved 30 Dec 2011.
- ^ a b c "Early Life". Sagartv.com. http://www.sagartv.com/time-line.htm. Retrieved 29 Dec 2011.
- ^ "Film Making". Sagartv.com. http://www.sagartv.com/film-making.htm. Retrieved 29 Dec 2011.
- ^ "Top Earners 1960-1969". Boxofficeindia.com. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=123&catName=MTk2MC0xOTY5. Retrieved 30 Dec 2011.
- ^ Lutgendorf, Philip (1991). The Life of a Text: Performing the Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-520-06690-1.
- ^ "Ramayan - Block Buster in the History of Indian Television". http://www.sagartv.com/ramayan.htm. Retrieved 30 Dec 2011.
- ^ Ishtiaq Ahmed (Tuesday, 20 Dec 2005). "Ramanand Sagar — when humanity nearly died". Daily Times. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005\12\20\story_20-12-2005_pg3_2. Retrieved 30 Dec 2011.
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