Surinder Kapoor (23 December 1925 – 24 September 2011) was an

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. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. He was born in

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(in present-day

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). Surinder Kapoor belonged to a

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family from Peshawar. He is a distant relative of the

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, his cousin, is the one who invited him to Bombay to join the Hindi Film Industry. He started his film career as a secretary to Hindi film star of the 1950s

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. The Dada Saheb Phalke Academy honoured him with the Shri L V Prasad Phalke award in 2009. When asked in an interview, how he established S.K.International Films, he quoted in an interview "

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who played the title-role in

Shehzada ''Shehzada'' () is a 1972 Bollywood drama film produced by Surinder Kapoor and directed by K. Shankar, set during the British Raj. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Raakhee as the lead pair and the supporting cast included Veena, Pandari Bai and ...

was truly of a princely disposition. He started shooting for me without ever discussing the price, saying that we could settle that once the film is made, he said and made banner S. K. International Films became an acknowledged company." His first successful film in Hindi as a producer was Shehzada directed by

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which was a remake of Tamil film Idhu Sathiyam (1963). However, Surinder's subsequent release Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (film) and Bikash Rao were flops, due to which he went into huge debts. Later as a producer in the 1980s he made good money with his productions, which were remakes of Kannada, Tamil or Telugu films like Hum Paanch,

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, ''Judaai'', ''

Sirf Tum ''Sirf Tum'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi romance film directed by Agathian. It was released on 4 June 1999. The film features Sanjay Kapoor, Priya Gill, Sushmita Sen, Jackie Shroff and Mohnish Behl. The movie was filmed in Nainital, Kerala and ...

'',

Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai ''Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai'' (''My Heart is with You'') is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language romantic action drama film directed by Satish Kaushik, produced by Boney Kapoor, released on 24 August 2000. The film stars Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and ...

, ''Pukar'',

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- all of them starring his son

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in the lead. His younger son,

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was lead actor in

. He died after suffering a

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on 24 September 2011. His three sons, Boney, Anil and

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, are also involved in the film industry.

is a successful Bollywood actor. His daughter-in-law

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married to his eldest son Boney was a famous

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actress. His daughter, Reena, is married to

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of Marwah Films and Video Studios. Boney is a well known and a famous Producer and

acted in several movies.

Filmography

*''

Milenge Milenge ''Milenge Milenge'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film. Largely based on the 2001 film ''Serendipity (film), Serendipity'', the movie is directed by Satish Kaushik and stars Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in their fifth an ...

'' (2010), producer *''

'' (2005), producer *''

'' (2000), producer * ''Pukar'' (2000), producer *''

'' (1999), producer *'' Judaai'' (1997), producer *''

'' (1996), producer *''

'' (1983), producer *'' Hum Paanch'' (1980), producer *'' Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan'' (1978), producer *''

Ponga Pandit ''Ponga Pandit'' is 1975 Indian Hindi-language movie produced by Surinder Kapoor and directed by Prayag Raj. The film stars Randhir Kapoor, Neeta Mehta, Danny Denzongpa, Nirupa Roy, Madan Puri, Shreeram Lagoo and Ranjeet. The music is by Lax ...

'' (1975), Producer utv *''Bikash Rao'' *''

'' (1972) *'' Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati'' (1969), producer *''Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai'' (1963), producer *''Tarzan Comes to Delhi'' (1965), producer *''

Farishta (1958 film) ''Farishta'' is a 1958 Bollywood suspense thriller film directed by Ravindra Dave. It stars Sohrab Modi, Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari as lead protagonist. The film was above average. Cast *Sohrab Modi as Dayal *Ashok Kumar as Chandan / Ashok *Meena ...

'' producer

References

External links

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The Film & Television Producers Guild of India
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