Narendra Bedi (1937–1982) was a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

director and son of the writer

Rajinder Singh Bedi Rajinder Singh Bedi (1 September 1915 – 1984) was an Indian Urdu writer of the progressive writers' movement and a playwright, who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer and he is grandfather Rajat ...

. He is most known for hits movies like '' Jawani Diwani'' (1972) starring

Randhir Kapoor Randhir Raj Kapoor (born 15 February 1947) is an Indian actor, film producer and director who worked in Hindi cinema. He was an established actor of the 1970s and received two Filmfare Award nominations. However, his career declined in the ea ...

and Jaya Bhaduri,

Rajesh Khanna Rajesh Khanna () (; born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films. He is called as the "First Superstar of Hindi cinema", he consecutively starred in a recor ...

starrers '' Bandhan'' and '' Maha Chor'' , and

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starrers '' Benaam'' (1974) and '' Adalat'' (1977) and the comedy film '' Rafoo Chakkar''.

Personal life

Narendra Bedi was the son of famous Urdu writer and screenwriter Rajinder Singh Bedi. He received a degree in Arts from

University of Mumbai The University of Mumbai is a collegiate, state-owned, public research university in Mumbai. The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed ...

, and thereafter started his career by joining the film production team of

G. P. Sippy Gopaldas Parmanand Sipahimalani (14 September 1914 — 25 December 2007), better known as G. P. Sippy, was an Indian film producer and director who worked in the Bollywood industry. Biography Sippy was born in Sindh, British India (now in ...

, who later produced Bedi's debut film, '' Bandhan'' (1969), starring

and Mumtaz. His films were either in romantic comedy genre like that of ''Jawani Diwani'', Dil Diwana, Rafoo Chakkar, Sanam Teri Kasam or were of action genre like Maha Chor,

Khotey Sikkay ''Khote Sikkay'' () is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Narendra Bedi, starring Feroz Khan and Danny Denzongpa as part of a gang of men hired by a villager to save his village from the dacoits. The film also stars ...

, and had music by R.D. Burman. His film Sanam Teri Kasam fetched R.D.Burman his very first Filmfare Best Music Director Award. His only flops in his career as directors were Dil Diwana, Kacche Heere and Aakhri Sangarsh.

Filmography

*'' Bandhan'' (1969) *'' Jawani Diwani'' (1972) *'' Dil Diwana'' (1974) *''

'' (1974) *'' Benaam'' (1974) *'' Rafoo Chakkar'' (1975) *'' Maha Chor'' (1976) *'' Adalat'' (1977) *''

Kachche Heere ''Kachche Heere'' is a 1982 Bollywood Hindi action film directed by Narender Bedi, starring Feroz Khan, Reena Roy, Danny Denzongpa, Aruna Irani and Shakti Kapoor. The movie was produced by Netra Pal Singh and the music was composed by Rahul ...

'' (1982) *'' Sanam Teri Kasam'' (1982) *'' Aakhri Sanghursh'' (1997)

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* 1937 births 1982 deaths Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters University of Mumbai alumni Film directors from Mumbai 20th-century Indian film directors 20th-century Indian screenwriters 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-film-director-stub