Ramanand Sagar

Ramanand Sagar is an Indian filmmaker, director, and writer who has made numerous hit films in Bollywood and enthralled the audiences over few decades. But he became a household name by directing the famous TV serial ‘ Ramayan ‘Ramayan’ was an Indian epic theme based on Valmik >> Read More... ’ which had Arun Govil Arun Govil was born on 12 January 1958 in Ramnagar >> Read More... and Deepika in the cast. This TV serial was telecast on Doordarshan and could keep the viewers intact for hours on Sunday afternoon every week. The serial was appreciated even in non-Hindi speaking areas. 

Ramanand was born in Lahore (Pakistan) on 29 December 1917. He came to Mumbai after Partition and worked as assistant manager in Prithvi Theatres of Prithviraj Kapoor One of the most notable names in the Indian film i >> Read More... . Earlier, during the era of silent movies, he was based in Punjab and worked as a clapper boy too. After meeting Kapoor, he directed a few plays for the theater company. He shot to fame as a tory-writer with Raj Kapoor’s Barsaat that had Nargis in the cast, and the film was a hit. He then worked in a couple of movies likes ‘ Raj Kumar Actor RajKumar came to limelight as he resembled S >> Read More... ’, ‘Palgham’,’Rajput’ for which he wrote the screenplay and dialogues. 

The film ‘Paigham’ fetched Ramanand best dialogue writer award from Filmfare; the movie had Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of Decemb >> Read More... , Vyjayanthimala and Raaj Kumar Raaj Kumar was a Bollywood actor. He worked as sub >> Read More... in lead roles. In ‘Rajput’ (1958), he again wrote the screenplay and the film featured notable actors like Gemini Ganesan Born in 1920, Gemini Ganesan, originally known as >> Read More... , Pran, Padmini, and Vyjayanthimala. The film was a remake of Tamil film Vanjikottai Valiban. Even ' Rajkumar Bio coming soon... >> Read More... ' was a biggest blockbuster movie that had Sadhana and Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor: - 'Elvis Presley' of India. >> Read More... . In 1969, he directed his first movie'Ghunghat' for Gemini Studios that was produced by S.S. Vasan. The film was declared a hit and had Asha Parekh Asha Parekh was born in October 1942 to a middle-c >> Read More... . Pradeep Kumar Pradeep Kumar was an actor who is well known for h >> Read More... and Bharat Bhushan Bharat Bhushan born in Meerut city of Uttar Prades >> Read More... in the lead cast. S. S. Vasan gave him another chance to direct a movie ‘ Zindagi Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (1964) which had star cast like Rajendra Kumar Born on 20 July 1929, Rajendra Kumar is a Bollywoo >> Read More... , Vyjayanthimala, Raaj Kumar. But it was with ‘Arzoo’(1965), ‘ Aankhen Aankhen was an Indian television serial broadcaste >> Read More... ’(1968) and ‘’Geet’(1970), he established himself as a successful filmmaker. He directed all these movies under Sagar Art Productions, and every film was a milestone in Ramanand Sagar’s career. He repeated same magic at the box office with film ‘Charas’ (1976) that featured Dharmendra and Hema Malini Hema Malini is perhaps the only dream girl of the >> Read More... . 

Ramanand Sagar will be remembered for songs in films like ‘Arzoo,' ‘Geet’ and ‘Aankhen’. He received the best director award from Filmfare for his directorial ability in 'Aankhen'. He repeated actors like  Sadhana, Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar and Hema Malini in many movies as he found them as the lucky mascot. After Charas, his magic spell in box-office seemed to have vanished away as he directed many off-beat stories that proved a disaster for his career. Later after switching to TV(with Ramayan), he made a few more successful TV series such as ‘ Sai Baba Sai Baba is a Tamil television series. The show is >> Read More... ’, ‘ Krishna Story coming soon.. >> Read More... ’, ‘ Luv Kush ‘Luv Kush’ (formerly called Uttar Ramayan) is a Hi >> Read More... ’, ‘ Vikram Aur Betaal Vikram-Aur-Betaal was a 1985 Hindi, mythological a >> Read More... ’ and ‘ Alif Laila Alif Laila was a famous adventurous television ser >> Read More... ’. 
Ramanand proved lucky for Doordarshan and resumed his magic on the small screen. He passed away on 12 December 2005 in Mumbai. He is the recipient of Padma Shri in 2000 by Government of India.

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