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Saawan Kumar Tak (1936-2022) was an Indian filmmaker, scriptwriter, producer, and songwriter. He labored primarily within the Hindi movie trade and is finest identified for guiding the superhit movies similar to Saajan Bina Suhagan, Souten, Souten Ki Beti, Sanam Bewafa, and Bewaffa Se Waffa. He was credited for guiding over nineteen movies in Bollywood. On 25 August 2022, he died after struggling a coronary heart assault at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.

Saawan Kumar Tak throughout the promotion of the movie Sanam Bewaffa

Wiki/Biography

Saawan Kumar Tak was born on Sunday, 9 August 1936 (age 86 years; on the time of loss of life) in Jaipur, Jaipur State, British India. His zodiac signal was Leo.

Bodily Look

Top (approx.): 5′ 6″

Hair Color: Salt and Pepper

Eye Color: Black

Household

Mother and father & Siblings

Sawan Kumar Tak has three sisters and one brother.

Spouse & Youngsters

He was married to Usha Khanna, and she or he is a music director within the Bollywood movie trade.

The ex-wife of Saawan Kumar Tak, Usha Khanna

The couple received separated after a number of years of marriage and had no kids.

Relation with Meena Kumari

In keeping with Saawan Kumar, he was in love with veteran Indian actress Meena Kumari when he was within the early days of his profession within the Bollywood movie trade. He was then in his early twenties. In an interview with a media home, he disclosed that he carefully skilled the life tragedies of Meena Kumari in her final days of life. He stated,

Roses and good-looking males couldn’t take away her tragedies.”

In the identical dialogue, Saawan Kumar added that he had grown hooked up to her. He stated that when, she took him to her bed room and advised mimic tales of her life, and he couldn’t cease laughing all night time. He stated,

However I had grown hooked up to her. One night time she took me to her bed room. She had the picture of a tragedy queen however was in actual fact a fantastic mimic. I couldn’t cease laughing on the tales she narrated. She then unfold rose petals on her mattress and went to sleep. I sat on the carpet and slept resting my head on the mattress. Once I got here out of the room subsequent morning, Khursheed Apa requested me satirically, “Did you sleep properly?”

Saawan Kumar continued by saying that Meena Kumari was affected by cirrhosis of the liver, and he nursed her by taking the blood vomiting in his hand, wiping her face, and placing her to sleep. Meena Kumari was additionally noticing all his love and care, and as soon as, she advised Saawan Kumar that he was like a God to her. Meena Kumari stated,

You’re the first individual in whom I’ve seen God.  You gather the blood I vomit in your arms. Not as soon as do you present displeasure. No person has ever executed this for me.”

Sawan Kumar Tak, then an aspiring director, provided emotional succour to Meena, whereas she went to the extent of promoting her bungalow to finance his movie

In keeping with some media sources, Meena Kumari and her husband received separated in 1960 and divorced in 1964 as a result of some males in her life together with the filmmaker Saawan Kumar Tak. He was one among these males who drifted Meena Kumari towards them throughout her late thirties. She received drawn to him when he was in his early twenties, and she or he was in her late thirties.

Saawan Kumar Tak with Meena Kumari

Profession

Director

Saawan Kumar Tak was the one who launched the veteran Indian actors Sanjeev Kumar and Mehmood Junior aka Naeem Sayyed within the Indian movie trade. As soon as, he noticed the efficiency of Sanjeev Kumar in a theatre and promised him that he would launch him in his first movie. In 1967, he directed his first movie Naunihal, which starred Sanjeev Kumar within the lead function. In the identical yr, this movie received a number of awards and accolades from the Maharashtra authorities. Saawan Kumar was the one who gave the identify Sanjeev Kumar to the actor Harihar Jethalal Jariwala. He then launched the movie Gomti Ke Kinare in 1972 which was began in 1968. The movie featured the veteran actresses Meena Kumari and Mumtaz. The songs of the movie have been composed by music director, R D Burman. The lengthy delay within the launch of the movie was because of the premature loss of life of Meena Kumari. This was her final movie and was launched after her loss of life.

Sawan Kumar, Agha and Meena Kumari on the units of Gomti Ke Kinare

In 1983, he directed the movie Souten, whcih was a platinum jubilee hit on the field workplace. The movie was picturised by Saawan Kumar in Mauritius starring Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim, and Padmini Kolhapure.

Musician

He used to put in writing and compose songs for his movies. In his movie Souten, the well-known music “Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai” was composed by him. He’s identified for composing well-known Hindi songs similar to “Barkha Rani Zara Jamke Barso” for the 1973 movie ‘Sabak,’ which starred veteran actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Dhillon within the lead roles. Later, he wrote the favored songs “Hum Bhool Gaye” from the movie Souten Ki Beti and “Yeh Dil Bewafa Se Wafa” from the movie Bewaffa Se Waffa and the legendary Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar lent her voice to those songs. Within the 2000s, he was acclaimed for composing songs for the superhit movies Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai and Dev. He was an in depth good friend of Indian actor Salman Khan and labored with him within the movies – ‘Sanam Bewafa’ in 1991 and ‘Chand Ka Tukda’ in 1994.

An outdated image of Saawan Kumar Tak with Salman Khan and Sridevi

Awards

In 1967, his movie Naunihal was honoured with the Presidential award by the Authorities of Maharashtra.

Loss of life

Saawan Kumar Tak died on 25 August 2022 on the age of 86 Years in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India as a result of extended sickness. Quickly after his loss of life, his PRO Mantu Singh introduced in a media interview that Saawan Kumar Tak was affected by a coronary heart drawback for 2 days. Mantu Singh stated,

Sawan ji was 86 years outdated. He was not married. He was having coronary heart drawback for 2 days. After which he was admitted to Kokilaben Ambani Hospital. He died of a coronary heart assault round 4 pm at the moment.”

Details/Trivia

• In keeping with Saawan Kumar Tak, he shifted to Mumbai from Jaipur, Rajasthan in 1967 with the need to turn into an actor within the Bollywood movie trade. Nonetheless, he was rejected by two or three movie studios in Mumbai and was disenchanted with the identical. This motivated him to shift to a different facet of the leisure trade and determined to work as a producer. He then requested his sister to lend Rs. 25,000 to him in order that he might produce his personal movie, however she refused him to lend the cash. Thereafter, he was helped by his brother-in-law, who organized some cash for him to begin his profession in Bollywood.
  

  Saawan Kumar Tak within the early years of his profession