Amrit Sagar is a director, producer and writer who works in the Hindi movie industry (Bollywood). He produced and directed his first feature film 1971 in 2007, which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.

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Personal life

He is the grandson of filmmaker Ramanand Sagar and son of producer Moti Sagar.

He studied film-making at California College of Arts where he won the Wood Malcom award for writing.

Career

Sagar started his career by directing the hit TV show Hatim for Star Plus He produced, directed , and created, Hotel Kingston Star One, Prithviraj Chauhan Star Plus Jai Shri Krishna Colors Meera NDTV Imagine, Shakuntala Star One, Akbar Birbal Big Magic, Dekh Video Dekh DVD Colors TV, Dharam Veer NDTV Imagine

He produced and directed the 2013 comedy Rabba Main Kya Karoon. He Produced his first Marathi movie Mitwaa in 2015.

Filmography

• 1971 (2007)
• Rabba Main Kya Karoon (2013)
• Mitwaa (2015) (Marathi)

Television

• Hatim (Star Plus)
• Hotel Kingston (Star One)
• Prithviraj Chauhan (Star Plus)
• Jai Shri Krishna (Colors)
• Meera (NDTV Imagine)
• Shakuntala (Star One)
• Akbar Birbal (Big Magic)
• Dekh Video Dekh DVD (Colors TV)
• Dharam Veer (NDTV Imagine)

Recognition

• At 55th National Film Awards he won Best Feature Film in Hindi for 1971
• Best TV show (4 times) at Indian Television Academy Awards and Indian Telly Awards.

References

Sources

• "I want to make a film in every genre: Amrit Sagar". dna.
• "A look back at the National Film Award for Bollywood's Best Feature Film winners". PINKVILLA.
• "Indian television dot com's Interview with Sagar Arts' Amrit Sagar". indiantelevision.org.in. 3 January 2004.
• "Swwapnil Joshi photos – Nanubhai Jaisinghani, Sanjay Davra, Meenakshi Sagar, Swapna Waghmare, Prasad Bhende, Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Kulkarni, Amrit Sagar – Muhurat of Swapna Waghmare's Marathi movie 'Mitwaa' at Marimba Bar and Lounge in Mumbai". gomolo.com.
• Amrit Sagar at IMDb
• "National Awards:1971 best feature film". IBNLive. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015.
• "55th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007" Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
• "I want to make a film in every genre: Amrit Sagar". dna.
• "A look back at the National Film Award for Bollywood's Best Feature Film winners". PINKVILLA.
• "Indian television dot com's Interview with Sagar Arts' Amrit Sagar". indiantelevision.org.in. 3 January 2004.
• "Swwapnil Joshi photos – Nanubhai Jaisinghani, Sanjay Davra, Meenakshi Sagar, Swapna Waghmare, Prasad Bhende, Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Kulkarni, Amrit Sagar – Muhurat of Swapna Waghmare's Marathi movie 'Mitwaa' at Marimba Bar and Lounge in Mumbai". gomolo.com.