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Ramanand Sagar is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 29 december 1917 at Lahore (Pakistan)
Ramanand Sagar (29 December 1917 – 12 December 2005) (born Chandramauli Chopra) was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the extremely popular Ramayan television series, a 78-part TV adaptation of the ancient Hindu epic of the same name, starring Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita.
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Ramanand Sagar
Birth name Chandramauli Chopra
Nationality Inde
Birth 29 december 1917 at Lahore (Pakistan)
Death 12 december 2005 (at 87 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Creator of Sagar Films
Awards Padma Shri, Filmfare Awards
Nationality Inde
Birth 29 december 1917 at Lahore (Pakistan)
Death 12 december 2005 (at 87 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Creator of Sagar Films
Awards Padma Shri, Filmfare Awards
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Salma (1985)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Raj Babbar, Salma Agha, Shoma Anand, Farooq Sheikh, Pradeep Kumar, Sujit Dhungana
Rating64%
The story revolves around Lucknow-based Nawabzaada Aslam (Raj Babbar) lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his dad, Bakar and mom. He writes poem under the pen name of Raj Lakhnavi and is a close friend of Iqbal. One day he meets and falls in love with Salma Banarasi (Salma Agha), a banarasi-based courtesan. When his parents arranged his marriage with his foreign-returned cousin Mumtaz (Shoma Anand), he informs them that he loves salma and incurs their displeasure so much so that his dad shoots him, and he gets hospitalized. When he recovers fully he is shocked to find that salma has not only accepted Iqbal as her lover, but has also taken lot of money and jewelry from his mother. He takes to alcohol in a bing way and swears to exact vengeance against salma by getting married to mumtaz and forcing salma to sing and dance at his wedding.
Romance (1983)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Romance
Actors Kumar Gaurav, Poonam Dhillon, Shammi Kapoor, Sushma Seth, Saeed Jaffrey, Tom Alter
Rating64%
British based Mr. and Mrs. Roy are thrilled when their son announces that he is going to marry a Caucasian woman. Soon they are blessed when a daughter, Sonia, is born. Tragically, their son passes away, leaving them heartbroken.
Baghavat (1982)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan, Urmila Bhatt, Viju Khote
Rating63%
Prem Bandhan (1979)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Romance
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Rekha, Moushumi Chatterjee, Jankidas, Javed Khan Amrohi, Javed Khan
Rating67%
Adivasi Mahua lives a poor lifestyle in a fishing village along with her widowed dad. One day the local Poojary comes across a seemingly menacing looking male, feeds him, and asks Mahua's dad to look after him. This male has no memory and they name him Kishan. Shortly thereafter Mahua and Kishan fall in love and get married. After about 2 months Kishan goes to the city and does not return home. A frantic Mahua and her dad go to the Police as well as to the city to search for him albeit in vain and return home. Mahua continues to worry about Kishan and sets out on her own to try to locate him. She meets with a doctor who informs her that he recalls treating a male fitting Kishan's description and gives her his Bombay address. Mahua travels to Bombay and locates Kishan's house. This is where she will find out that Kishan now calls himself Mohan Khanna, who is very wealthy, lives in a mansion but who now refuses to recognize her, and is about to get formally engaged to equally wealthy Meena Mehra.
Charas (1976)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Ajit Khan, Aruna Irani, Asrani
Rating63%
Ramniklal was a NRI living in Uganda with his son Vijay (Dharmendra) and daughter Radha (Aruna Irani). They are planning to move back to India because of a civil war in the country. The night they were about to move, their home is attacked by rebels and set on fire. Vijay jumps in the fire to save his sister. He carries a woman out, but she turns out to be the housemaid in his sister's clothes (Radha asked the maid to choose the clothes she liked before she left and the maid asked her for the clothes she was wearing). Vijay's father dies from the trauma of losing his daughter. Vijay too believes that Champa burned with the house, but when no body is found he feels that there is something fishy. Nevertheless, he leaves for India alone as the country is embroiled in civil war.
Jalte Badan (1973)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Kiran Kumar, Kumkum, Padma Khanna, Raza Murad, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri), Sujit Dhungana
Rating58%
Lalkaar (1972)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Kumkum, Nasir Husain, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri)
Rating64%
Two battle hardened brothers, one in the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) and the other in the Royal Indian Army get ready to face and fight the stubborn Japanese invaders in Burma during World War II while falling in love with the same girl (Mala Sinha). India is in a state of war with Japan and former Colonel Kapoor's sons, Rajan and Ram are both with the Indian Armed Forces. While Rajan is a Wing Commander with the Indian Air Force, Ram is a Major with the Indian Army. Rajan is in love with a doctor named Usha Choudhury, and both plan to get married. Then Usha meets with Ram, who unknowingly falls head over heels in love with her. Before anything can be finalized, Rajan is asked to bomb a secret Japanese airport located in a mountainous valley. While carrying out his duties, he finds out that his mission has been compromised, unable to return, his plane is shot down and he is believed to be dead. The Indian Army wants to destroy this secret airport and sends a crack Commando unit under Major Ram, who sets out to carry out this task. What Ram does not know is that this mission has also been compromised and he and his men are all set to walk into a carefully planned trap by the Japanese - who will ensure that no one survives to tell this story.
Geet (1970)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Action
Actors Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Mala Sinha, Nasir Husain, Kumkum, Sujit Dhungana, Nazir Hussain
Rating68%
Kamla (Mala Sinha) was a successful stage performer and lives with her widowed father Dindayal (Nasir Hussain) in Delhi. She works under the company owned by Kunver Shamsher Singh (Sujit Kumar) who wants to marry her but couldn't express his feelings. After a heavy schedule she wants to take break and goes to Kulu. There she becomes interested in local cattle herder Sarju (Rajendra Kumar) after listening to his song. They spent time together and Kamla gradually becomes fascinated by him. Before she starts back, Sarju finally proposes her and she gladly accepts. But question arises regarding their different back grounds and at last Kamla agrees to come and stay with him in Kulu. She returns to Delhi to finish her committed shows.
Ankhen (1968)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Mala Sinha, Dharmendra, Mehmood Ali, Kumkum, Sujit Dhungana, Lalita Pawar
Rating71%
Shortly after independence India faces terrorists attacks in Assam, resulting in many deaths and casualties. A group of concerned citizens, who are not connected with the government, decide to do something to stop this carnage. While Salim is already at work in Beirut, his cover is blown and he is shot dead. Now Sunil Mehra must travel to Beirut and take over. Once there, he meets a former flame, Meenakshi Mehta, and a female admirer by the name of Zenab.
Arzoo (1965)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sadhana Shivdasani, Sadhana, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Feroz Khan, Nazir Hussain, Achala Sachdev
Rating73%
Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) is a skiing champion. He meets Usha (Sadhana) on his holidays at Jammu and Kashmir with the fake name Sarju. Then they both fall in love. One day, Usha tells Gopal that she does not like the disabled. According to her instead of living a life of disabled, it is better to die.
Zindagi (1964)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Drama
Actors Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Vyjayanthimala, Raaj Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Anant Balwant Dhumal, Nirupa Roy
Rating64%
Beena works as a stage actress and lives a poor lifestyle with her widowed mother. One day while returning home she is molested by Bankhe and two other men, but Rajan comes to her rescue. He escorts her home and soon both of them fall in love with each other. Rajan's dad, Rai Bahadur Gangasaran, is wealthy and does not approve of Beena at all. But when Rajan threatens to leave him, he changes his mind and permits them to get married. After the marriage they settle down to a harmonious life and soon Beena becomes pregnant. One night while driving, Rajan gets a flat tire, he leaves Beena in the car in order to get help. When he returns Beena has disappeared. She returns home the next day, and everyone is relieved to have her back. A few days later they get the news that Gopal, the Manager of the Theatre that Beena used to work with, has been arrested and charged with killing a man named Ratanlal. Gangasaran is on the jury and would like Gopal to get a fair trial. The police find out that a woman was present with Gopal at the night of the murder, but Gopal refuses to divulge her name. As a result of this refusal, he is found guilty. When the sentence is about to be passed, Beena suddenly appears in Court and testifies that she was with Gopal the night of the murder. Gopal is set free, but Beena is shunned by Rajan and Gangasaran and not only driven out of the house, but also from the town.
Ghunghat (1960)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Actors Bharat Bhushan, Bina Rai, Asha Parekh, Pradeep Kumar, Agha, Leela Chitnis
Rating66%
Scriptwriter
Hum Tere Aashiq Hain (1979)
Genres Drama
Actors Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Om Shivpuri, Sujit Dhungana
Rating61%
Charas (1976)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Amjad Khan, Ajit Khan, Aruna Irani, Asrani
Rating63%
Ramniklal was a NRI living in Uganda with his son Vijay (Dharmendra) and daughter Radha (Aruna Irani). They are planning to move back to India because of a civil war in the country. The night they were about to move, their home is attacked by rebels and set on fire. Vijay jumps in the fire to save his sister. He carries a woman out, but she turns out to be the housemaid in his sister's clothes (Radha asked the maid to choose the clothes she liked before she left and the maid asked her for the clothes she was wearing). Vijay's father dies from the trauma of losing his daughter. Vijay too believes that Champa burned with the house, but when no body is found he feels that there is something fishy. Nevertheless, he leaves for India alone as the country is embroiled in civil war.
Jalte Badan (1973)
Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Kiran Kumar, Kumkum, Padma Khanna, Raza Murad, Tun tun (Uma Devi Khatri), Sujit Dhungana
Rating58%