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Chandramauli Chopra (/tʃhɑːndrɑːmɑːuli ˈtʃhoʊprɑː/ Chan-druh-mao-li Ch-aupra; 29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) known professionally as Ramanand Sagar, was an Indian filmmaker, editor, playwright, poet and an author. He is best known for making the television show Ramayan (1987-1988).

Ramanand Sagar
Born	Chandramauli Chopra (1917-12-29)29 December 1917 Lahore, Punjab, British India
Died	12 December 2005(2005-12-12) (aged 87) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Pen name	Ramanand Bedi Ramanand Kashmiri Ramanand Chopra
Occupation	Filmmaker editor playwright poet author
Years active	1949-2005
Notable works	Ramayan Krishna Aankhen Arzoo Paigham Barsaat
Notable awards	Padma Shri (2000)
Spouse	Leelavati Sagar
Children	5

Early life

Sagar was born at Asal Guru near Lahore. His great-grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, migrated from Lahore to Kashmir. Ramanand was adopted by his maternal grandmother, who had no sons, at which point his name was changed from 'Chandramouli Chopra' to 'Ramanand Sagar'.[1] After Sagar's biological mother died, his father remarried and had further children with her, including Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who is thus Sagar's half-brother. Sagar worked as a peon, truck cleaner, soap vendor, goldsmith apprentice etc. during the day and studied for his degree at night.

He was a gold medalist in Sanskrit and Persian from the University of Punjab in 1942. He was also editor of newspaper Daily Milap. He wrote many short stories, novels, poems, plays, etc. under names like "Ramanand Chopra", "Ramanand Bedi" and "Ramanand Kashmiri".[1] In 1942 when he caught tuberculosis he wrote a subjective column, "Diary of a T.B. patient", about his fight. The column was published in series in the magazine Adab-e-Mashriq in Lahore.[1]

Career

In 1932, Sagar started his film career as a clapper boy in a silent film, Raiders of the Rail Road.[2] He then shifted to Bombay in 1949 after India's partition.

In the 1940s, Sagar started out as an assistant stage manager in Prithvi Theatres of Prithviraj Kapoor. He also directed a few plays under the fatherly guidance of Kapoor.[3][4]

Along with other films that Sagar himself directed, he wrote the story and screenplay for Raj Kapoor's superhit Barsaat. He founded the film and television production company known as Sagar Films (Pvt. Ltd.) a.k.a. Sagar Arts in 1950. He produced and directed Bazooband and Mehmaan which were not successful.

He won the 1960 Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for Paigham which was directed by S. S. Vasan and starred Dilip Kumar, Vyjayanthimala and Raaj Kumar.

His successful directorial ventures included Ghunghat and Arzoo, which became blockbusters in the years 1960 and 1965 respectively. In 1964 he directed the classic Zindagi starring Rajendra Kumar, Vyjanthimala, Prithviraj Kapoor and Raaj Kumar. In 1968 he won the Filmfare Best Director Award for Ankhen. Ankhen was a spy-thriller starring Dharmendra and Mala Sinha. It was amongst the top 10 Hindi films of 1968.[5] His films in the early 1970s were not successful like Geet and Laalkar. In 1976, he directed Charas starring Dharmendra and Hema Malini which was among the top five grossers of that year. In 1979, his directorial venture Prem Bandhan starring Rajesh Khanna, Rekha and Moushmi Chatterjee was successful commercially, becoming the sixth highest-grossing film of that year. In 1982, he directed Bhagavat starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Reena Roy which turned out to be a huge hit.

In 1985 he directed 'Salma' which was unsuccessful at the box office and though the music of the film romance was popular, the film did not perform well at box office.

In 1985 Sagar turned towards television with Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyaan which was directed by Moti Sagar and produced by Ramanand Sagar. Then his Sagar Arts began producing serials based on Indian history. His directorial venture Ramayan aired its first episode on 25 January 1987.[6][7] His next tele-serials were Krishna and Luv Kush which were both produced and directed by him. He also later directed Sai Baba. Sagar also made fantasy serials like Vikram Aur Betaal and Alif Laila.

The Ramayan series was initially conceptualized to run for 52 episodes of 45 minutes each. Owing to popular demand it had to be extended thrice, eventually ending after 78 episodes.

Sagar made a Luv Kush episode after receiving a call from PMO.[8]

Based on his experiences of the Indo-Pak partition, Sagar published the Hindi-Urdu book Aur Insaan Mar Gaya (transl. And The Human Died) in 1948.

The government of India honoured Sagar with the Padma Shri in 2000. Sagar died on 12 December 2005 aged 88 at his home in Mumbai after a series of health problems.

In December 2019, his son Prem Sagar launched a book on his life, An Epic Life: Ramanand Sagar, From Barsaat to Ramayan. This book is a biography of Ramanand Sagar depicting his life struggles and his journey from a clerk to one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.[9][10]

Personal life

He was married to Leelavati, with whom he had five children, four sons (Anand Sagar, Prem Sagar, Moti Sagar and Subhash Sagar) and a daughter (Sarita Sagar).[11]

Awards

In 2000, Sagar was honoured with Padma Shri by the Government of India.[12]

Won

• 1960 – Filmfare Best Dialogue Award for Paigham
• 1969 – Filmfare Best Director Award for Aankhen

Nominated

• 1966 – Filmfare Award for Best Story for Arzoo
• 1966 – Filmfare Award for Best Director for Arzoo
• 1969 – Filmfare Award for Best Story for Aankhen

Filmography

Year	Title	Film / TV serial	Roles	Notes
1986-1987	Dada Dadi Ki Kahaniyan	TV series	Director
1987-88	Ramayan	TV series	Director Producer Writer
1988-89	Luv Kush	TV series	Director
1993	Alif Laila	TV Series	Director
1993	Krishna	TV series	Director
1997	Jai Maha Lakshmi	TV Serial	Director
1998	Jai Ganga Maiya	TV Serial	Director
2005	Sai Baba	TV series	Director
1985-86	Vikram Aur Betaal	TV series	Director Producer
1985	Salma	Film	Director Producer
1983	Romance	Film	Director Producer
1982	Baagawat	Film	Director Producer
1981	Armaan	Film	Producer
1979	Hum Tere Ashiq Hain	Film	Dialogue writer Screenplay writer
1979	Prem Bandhan	Film	Director
1976	Charas	Film	Director Producer Writer
1973	Jalte Badan	Film	Director Producer Writer
1972	Lalkaar	Film	Director Producer Writer
1970	Geet	Film	Director Producer
1968	Aankhen	Film	Director Producer Writer
1965	Arzoo	Film	Director Producer Writer
1964	Zindagi	Film	Director Producer
1964	Rajkumar	Film	Dialogue writer Screenplay writer
1960	Ghunghat	Film	Director
1959	Paigham	Film	Dialogue writer
1958	Raj Tilak	Film	Writer Dialogue writer
1956	Mem Sahib	Film	Dialogue writer
1954	Bazooband	Film	Director
1952	Sangdil	Film	Dialogue writer Screenplay writer
1953	Mehmaan	Film	Director
1950	Jan Pahchan	Film	Dialogue writer Screenplay writer
1949	Barsaat	Film	Writer Dialogue writer Screenplay writer

References

External links

• Ramanand Sagar at IMDb

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[de] Ramanand Sagar

Ramanand Sagar (eigentlich Ramanand Shankardas Chopra[1]; * 29. Dezember 1917 in Lahore, Punjab; † 12. Dezember 2005 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) war ein indischer Autor, Filmregisseur und -produzent des Hindi-Films.

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