Ramanand Sagar
Ramanand Sagar (actually Ramanand Shankardas Chopra, born December 29, 1917 in Lahore, Punjab, † December 12, 2005 in Mumbai, Maharashtra ) was an Indian author, film director and producer of Hindi films.
Life
Ramanand Sagar had his first contact with the film in 1936 when he assisted HS Thakur in the Hindi film Raiders of the Railroad. He worked from 1936 to 1942 as a journalist for the newspaper "Daily Milap " and "Daily Pratap ". In 1942, he earned a degree in Sanskrit. He has published in the 1940s under the name " Ramanand Chopra " and " Ramanand Bedi " more than 30 short stories until he committed himself to the name " Ramanand Sagar ". At the partition of India in 1947, he moved to Bombay. The case witnessed atrocities he worked in his novel Aur Insaan Mar Gaya (1948 ). Parts of his play Gaura in 1951 listed from Prithviraj Kapoor in the Prithvi Theatre under the title Kalakaar.
In the film business, he had his breakthrough in 1949 as a writer for Raj Kapoor's Barsaat. From 1953 he led under the banner of his own production company Sagar Art Corporation and even directing. Sagar was mainly dialogue writer, but also wrote screenplays, including for SS Vasans Hindi movies Insaniyat (1955), Raj Tilak (1958) and Paigham (1959). In the early 1960s he was director of the films Ghunghat for Vasans film company Gemini Pictures - for Bina Rai Filmfare Award received for Best Actress - and Zindagi. His most successful period as a filmmaker was the 1960s and 70s. Of particular importance from his late work is also developed by him television series Ramayan, which from 1986 to 1988 in 91 parts running at Doordarshan à 30 minutes.
For Paigham Ramanand Sagar received a Filmfare Award for the best lines, his Aankhen (1968 ) Award for Best Director. 2001 Sagar was honored with the Padma Shri.