Ramesh Saigal

Ramesh Saigal was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor in Hindi language films.[1]

Ramesh Saigal
Born
Ramesh Saigal
NationalityIndian
OccupationFilm director
Known forRailway Platform, Shola Aur Shabnam and Ishq Par Zor Nahin

Professional life

His major work includes Railway Platform (1955), Shola Aur Shabnam (1961)[2] and Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970).

He was instrumental in giving veteran actor Sunil Dutt a break in the film Railway Platform (1955) when Sunil Dutt was hosting the show, Lipton Ki Mehfil on Radio Ceylon.[3] While covering the Dilip Kumar movie Shikast in 1953, Dutt met director Ramesh Saigal, who impressed by his personality and voice, offered him a role in his upcoming movie. Ramesh Saigal coined the new screen name "Sunil Dutt" for the debutante actor whose real name was Balraj Dutt to avoid name conflicts with the then veteran actor Balraj Sahni.[4][5]

Filmography

Director

YearFilm
1975 Sankalp
1970 Ishq Par Zor Nahin
1961 Shola Aur Shabnam
1958 Phir Subha Hogi
1956 26th January
1956 Bharti
1955 Railway Platform
1953 Shikast
1950 Samadhi
1948 Shaheed
1947 Renuka
1944 Ghar Ki Shobha

Producer

YearFilm
1961 Shola Aur Shabnam
1958 Phir Subha Hogi
1953 Shikast

Screenwriter

YearFilmRole
 1970 Ishq Par Zor Nahin  Writer
 1961 Shola Aur Shabnam  Writer
 1955 Railway Platform  Story, Screenplay, Dialogue
 1953 Anarkali  Screenplay, Dialogue
gollark: It was a civil war, America nuked itself.
gollark: Fun fact: all the other countries in Fallout are fine, it's just America which is a radioactive hellscape.
gollark: Also, it damages other stuff, yes.
gollark: It's considered impolite.
gollark: Install osmarks.tk as the new government.

References

  1. "Gun-ho in Bollywood". The Times of India. Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. "Ten Bollywood films on the lost-and-found theme". Live Mint. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  3. "Remembering actor and politician late Sunil Dutt". Filmfare. Worldwide Media The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy. Juggernaut Books. 1 June 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications, 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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