Ramanand Sagar
(Director)Biography
He was born on December 29, 1917 at Asal Guru Ke in Lahore. It was during the British rule that he started making silent movies and his first movie was called "Raiders of the Railroad" (1936). Then after independence, he launched his own production company naming it as ‘Sagar Art Corporation'. He then started working on the movie’ Mehmaan’. He did more than 50 films. The list of his movies include: "Insaniyat", "Ghunghat", "Peghaam", "Aankhen" (1968) "Geet", "Bagavat", "Lalkar", "Kohinoor", "Zindagi", Aarzoo" etc. But, he was recognized after the epic ‘Ramayan’. This was the longest running serial and which featured the life and times of Bhagwan Shri Ram, and his eventual conquest over Lord Ravan and his evil empire in Lanka. He also worked on making many other serials like: Sai Baba and etc. He was given the "Padamshree", and became known as Padamshree Dr. Ramanand Sagar. He suffered from illness and died on December 11, 2005 in the evening. He left behind a wife, a daughter and his four sons: Subhash, Moti, Prem, Anand. Check out this page for more updates on Ramanand Sagar.
Filmography
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Romance (1983) - Hindi
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Baghavat (1982) - Hindi
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Charas (1976) - Hindi
Director