Romesh Brij Sharma is an Indian film producer, actor and director. Under his banner Romesh Films, he has been actively involved in the production of films and television shows for over 30 years.

Personal life

His son Karan Sharma is also an actor and has worked in Indian and Mauritian films/television shows. His daughter Neema Sharma is married to

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, the son of sarod player Amjad Ali Khan.

Career

One of the most notable movies produced by Romesh Sharma was the 1991 blockbuster film '' Hum'' starring

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. In that movie, he also played a small role of Jumalina Gonsalves' (played by Kimi Katkar) brother. In 1987 he produced Diljalaa starring

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. The film '' Dil Jo Bhi Kahey...'' that he directed featured and

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and Romesh's son Karan Sharma. He became known for his acting role in 1972 American movie ‘Siddhartha’, directed by Conrad Rooks. In that box-office hit movie Simi Garewal and Shashi Kapoor played the lead roles. In the 1980s his company Sharma Limited founded Cloud 9 Studio at Le Goulet, Baie du Tombeau on the north-western coast of Mauritius. Several movies and advertisement clips were made at Cloud 9 Studio by various movie-makers from South Africa, Japan, India and Mauritius. These include Dil Jo Bhi Kahey, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Armaan, Hello Brother, and Kuch na Kaho. However in 2014 Sharma Limited announced plans to demolish the studio in order to re-develop the site into a 3-star hotel.

Filmography

The list of films that Romesh Sharma has produced, directed or acted in includes the following: *2005 Dil Jo Bhi Kahey *2003 C'est La Vie (Mauritian TV Series) (TV series "Such is Life") *1994 Suhaag *1991 Hum *1987 Diljalaa *1986

Mera Dharam ''Mera Dharam'' (''My Religion'') is a 1986 Indian Bollywood film directed by Bapu and produced by Ratan Irani. It stars Jackie Shroff, Amrita Singh in pivotal roles. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri. Cast * Jackie Shroff as Jai Singh ...

*1985 Aitbaar *1983

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(actor under director Sundershan Lal) *1980

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(director Joginder) *1980 The Burning Train *1977 ''Nachdi Jawani'' as Denu (Punjabi Movie) *1977

Chhota Baap Chhota is the Hindi word for "small" or "little" and may refer to: * Chhota Chhindwara, a town in Narsinghpur district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India *Chhota Gobindpur, a census town in Purbi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, Ind ...

(director: Shantilal Soni) *1976

Aaj Ka Ye Ghar ''Aaj Ka Ye Ghar'' is a 1976 Bollywood film directed by Surendra Shailaj. The film stars Helen. Cast *Shriram Lagoo - Sajjan * Jaymala *Romesh Sharma - Vijay *Helen - Miss Ruhi * A. K. Hangal - Dinanath * Lalita Pawar - Mrs. Shanti Dinanath ...

*1976

Sajjo Rani ''Sajjo Rani'' is a 1976 Bollywood film directed by Govind Saraiya. Cast * Ramesh Deo * Romesh Sharma * Rehana Sultan * Urmila Bhatt * Satyen Kappu * Shamim Bano * Seema Deo * Sumati Gupte * Jayshree T. * Shekhar Purohit * Sajjan * Amri ...

*197
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(director: Joginder) *1976

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(director: Samir Ganguly) *1975

Sunehra Sansar ''Sunehra Sansar'' is a 1975 Bollywood film directed by Adurthi Subba Rao. It stars Rajendra Kumar, with Mala Sinha as his wife, and Hema Malini as his past love, who has re-entered his life to seek vengeance for abandoning her years ago. T ...

(director: Adurthi Subba Rao) *1974 Parinay (director: Kantilal Rathod) *1974 Alingan (director: C.L. Dheer) *1972 Siddhartha (director: Conrad Rooks)

References

External links

Romesh Sharma Complete FilmographyInterview with Romesh Sharma during the 2017 Mauritius Cinema WeekRomesh Sharma Films

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