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Ramanand Sagar was a veteran Indian movie and TV serial director and producer. He’s the director of the favored TV collection, ‘Ramayan’ (1987).

Wiki/Biography

Ramanand Sagar was born on Saturday, 29 December 1917 (age 87 years on the time of demise), in Asal Guru Ke, Lahore in Punjab, British India (now in Pakistan). His zodiac signal is Capricorn. In 1942, he acquired a gold medal in Sanskrit and a gold medal in Persian from the College of Punjab.

A Childhood Photograph of Ramanand Sagar

Household & Caste

He was a Kashmiri refugee.

Dad and mom & Siblings

His nice grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, a migrant from Peshawar to Kashmir turned the ‘Nagar Shet’ of Kashmiri Chopras. His grandfather, Lala Ganga Ram had his personal enterprise in Srinagar. Ramanand’s father, Lala Dinanath Chopra, used to write down poetry. His youthful brother’s title is Chittaranjan. The favored Bollywood director, Vidhu Vinod Chopra is his stepbrother.

Relationships, Spouse & Kids

He’s married to Leelavati Sagar. He has one daughter, Sarita Sagar and 4 sons, Subhash Sagar, Moti Sagar, Prem Sagar, and Anand Sagar. His grandchildren embrace Meenakshi Sagar, Preeti Sagar, Akash Chopra, Amrit Sagar, Namita Sagar, Shakti Sagar, and Jyoti Sagar. He’s the grandfather of Payal Khanna; ex-wife of the Bollywood director, Aditya Chopra. His granddaughter, Ganga Kadakia is a well-known Indian painter.

Ramanand Sagar With His Spouse

Prem Sagar

Moti Sagar

Profession

On the age of 16, he wrote the poetry titled “Pritam Pratiksha” (The look forward to the beloved) for ‘Shri Pratap Faculty Journal’ Srinagar-Kashmir. Although he was a gold medallist in Sanskrit and Persian, he did a couple of odd jobs at the start of his profession. He labored as a peon, truck cleaner, cleaning soap vendor, and goldsmith apprentice.

An Previous Photograph of Ramanand Sagar

Later, he joined ‘Day by day Milap’ as a newspaper editor. He wrote many brief tales, novels, poems, and performs with completely different names like  “Ramanand Chopra,” “Ramanand Bedi,” and “Ramanand Kashmiri.” He began his profession in Bollywood as a clapper boy within the silent movie, ‘Raiders of the Rail Street’ (1932). After the Partition of India in 1947, he relocated to Mumbai and labored as an assistant supervisor within the Prithvi Theatre. He then wrote the story and screenplay for the Raj Kapoor’s superhit movie ‘Barsaat’ (1949).

An Previous Image of Ramanand Sagar

In 1950, he began his personal movie manufacturing firm, ‘Sagar Artwork Non-public Restricted.’ He directed and produced many Bollywood movies, together with ‘Zindagi’ (1964), ‘Arzoo’ (1965), ‘Aankhen’ (1968), ‘Charas’ (1976), ‘Bhagawat’ (1980), and ‘Salma’ (1985).

Ramanand Sagar on a Movie Set

In 1987, he directed and produced the favored mythological collection ‘Ramayan,’ starring Arun Govil as Ram/Vishnu, Deepika Chikhalia as Sita/Lakshmi, and Sunil Lahri as Lakshman. A few of his different widespread TV serials are ‘Vikram Aur Betaal’ (1986), ‘Luv Kush’ (1988), ‘Krishna’ (1992), and ‘Sai Baba’ (2005).

Ramanand Sagar Depicting the Scene to Ramayan’s Actors

Awards & Honours

Filmfare Award

1960: Finest Dialogue Award for Paigham

1969: Finest Director Award for Aankhen

Padma Shri

2000: Contribution within the subject of Arts

Ramanand Sagar Receiving the Padma Shree Award

Demise

He died on 12 December 2005 at his dwelling, and his final rites have been carried out on the Juhu-Vile Parle Crematorium, Mumbai.

Info/Trivia

• His family and friends name him ‘Papaji’ and in Ramanand’s remembrance, his heirs began a non-profit firm ‘Ramanand Sagar Basis (RSF)’ in Mumbai.

• On the age of 30, he was recognized with tuberculosis and skilled close to to demise expertise.

• In 1948, he wrote the e book, ‘Aur Insaan Mar Gaya’ (English: And Humanity Died).

• Ramanand Sagar was adopted by his maternal grandmother, and he or she modified his title from Chandramouli Chopra to Ramanand Sagar.

• His son, Prem Sagar revealed a e book on his life ‘An Epic Life: Ramanand Sagar, From Barsaat to Ramayan’ in December 2019.

• He was honoured with the Physician of Literature (Sahitya Vachaspati) by Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (Prayag) Allahabad in 1996 and Physician of Literature (D. Lit.) (Honoris Causa by Jammu College) in 1997.

• His widespread mythological collection, ‘Ramayan’ (1987) was retelecasted on Star Plus and Star Utsav in 2000s. In March 2020, it was retelecasted on DD Nationwide throughout Coronavirus lockdown in India.