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Kamal Sadanah (born 21 October 1970) is an Indian actor, producer and director. He is the son of producer and director Brij Sadanah.


Career

Kamal made his acting debut alongside
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in the 1992 film '' Bekhudi'' which did not perform well at the box office. In 1993, he achieved greater success in ''
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'' in which he acted along with the late
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. He subsequently acted in a string of films throughout the 1990s but failed to achieve the same level of success as ''Rang'' and, at the end of the decade, took a hiatus from acting for several years. In 2005, he returned to acting and made his directorial debut with the low-budget film titled '' Karkash'' starring himself,
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and
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. In 2007, he joined the television industry with a role in the
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television serial '' Kasamh Se.'' That same year, he acted in and produced '' Victoria No. 203'' which is a remake of his father's 1972 hit film of the same title. In 2014, he wrote and directed '' Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans''. In 2022, he returned to acting after 15 years in '' Salaam Venky'', directed by Revathy and reuniting him with his first co-star
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. The film released on December 9 2022.


Personal life

Kamal Sadanah is the son of producer and director Brij Sadanah and actress Sayeeda Khan. While his father was a Hindu, his mother was a Muslim. Kamal had a sister named Namrata.
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is Kamal's cousin sister as Kamal's father Brij and
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's father Chander Sadanah were brothers. Jyothika is married to renowned actor and producer Suriya. They have a son and a daughter. On 21 October 1990, Kamal was making arrangements for his 20th birthday party when a quarrel broke out between his parents, in the lower floor of the house, followed by gunshots. Kamal rushed at the scene to find both his mother and sister shot and unconscious. Kamal said that his father, who was inebriated, aimed a shot at him but missed upon which Kamal lost consciousness. After waking in a hospital, he was informed that after shooting the two women Brij Sadanah had turned the pistol upon himself and committed suicide. Two years later, Kamal made his acting debut in '' Bekhudi'' released in July 1992. His next film, ''
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,'' was successful and he followed this success with ten additional starring roles throughout the 1990s. Most of these films other films met with tepid responses from the audience, and Kamal subsequently left the film industry until 2005. During this hiatus Kamal married make-up artist Lisa John. They have two children together, a son Angath and a daughter Namrata, named after Kamal's late sister. Kamal’s production company 'Angath Arts Private Limited' is named after his son. In 2005, Kamal appeared as a hero for the last time in the film ''Karkash'' opposite
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. The two actors co-produced the film, which was directed by Kamal. This was an effort by both actors to revitalize their careers, along with their finances. However, the film received a limited release and did not do well. In 2007, Kamal produced the film Victoria No. 203, which was directed by
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. The resulting film was an almost frame-by-frame remake of his father's film Victoria No. 203 which had been a superhit in 1972. The remake performed poorly at the box office.


Filmography

*''All films are in Hindi, unless otherwise noted.''


As actor


As director


As producer


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sadanah, Kamal Indian male film actors Hindi film producers 1970 births Living people Male actors in Hindi cinema Hindi-language film directors