Sagar Sarhadi (11 May 1933 – 22 March 2021) was an Indian
short story
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and
play writer, and a
writer
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,
director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
and
producer for film. Born in
Baffa
Baffa ( Pashto :بفه ) is a town, a union council and capital of Tehsil Baffa Pakhal of Mansehra District in Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,
Pakistan. It lies about 15 km north of the district capital, Mansehra.
History
B ...
Pakhal,
District Mansehra (then in
British India
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and now in
Pakistan
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), he began writing
Urdu short stories and then continued as an
Urdu
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playwright.
Sagar Sarhadi was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA - International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2019 by Ashghar Wajahat.
He became popular in films with
Yash Chopra
Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chopra was the reci ...
's ''
Kabhi Kabhi'' (1976), starring
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.*
*
*
*
* With a cinemati ...
and
Raakhee
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. He went on to write for films including ''
Noorie
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'' (1979); ''
Silsila
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'' (1981) starring
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Hindi films. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful acto ...
,
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.*
*
*
*
* With a cinemati ...
,
Jaya Bhaduri
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She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Hindi cinema. She is serving as member of the parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party ...
and
Rekha
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; ''
Chandni'' (1989) starring
Rishi Kapoor
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,
Sridevi
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and
Vinod Khanna
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; ''
Faasle'' starring
Sunil Dutt
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,
Rekha
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,
Farooq Shaikh and
Deepti Naval
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Her major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and 'close to ...
; ''
Rang
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* Rang (TV channel), an Assamese language television channel
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'' (1993) starring
Kamal Sadanah
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Career
Kamal made his acting debut alongside Kajol in the 1992 film '' Bekhudi'' which did not perform well ...
and
Divya Bharti
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and
directed
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Mathematics
* Directed set, in order theory
* Direct limit of (pre), sheaves
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Computing
* Direct access (disambiguation), a ...
by Talat Jani; ''
Anubhav'' starring
Sanjeev Kumar
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and
Tanuja
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and directed by
Basu Bhattacharya
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; ''
Zindagi'' (1976); ''The Other Man''; ''
Karmayogi''; ''
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai''; ''Karobaar''; ''
Bazaar
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''; ''Chausar'' and became a well known name as a scriptwriter.
Filmography
*''
Goonj'' (1974) --(Dialogues)
* Alingan (1974) --(Dialogues)
*''
Kabhi Kabhi'' (1976 film) (screenplay/dialogue) starring
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.*
*
*
*
* With a cinemati ...
and
Raakhee
Raakhee Gulzar ( Majumdar) (; born 15 August 1947), professionally known as Raakhee, is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Bengali films. One of the leading and most popular actresses of the 1970s and early 1980s, Raakhee is a ...
*''
Noorie
''Noorie'' is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Manmohan Krishna and produced by Yash Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. The film stars Farooq Shaikh and Poonam Dhillon in lead roles, with supporting performance ...
'' (1979 film) (screenplay/dialogue) starring
Farooq Sheikh
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and
Poonam Dhillon
Poonam Dhillon (born 18 April 1962) is an Indian actress and politician. A former Eve’s Weekly Miss Young India 1978, she is best known for her 1979 film ''Noorie.'' Some of her well-known films include '' Red Rose'' (1980), '' Dard'' (1981), ...
*''
Chandni'' (translation: "Moonlight") (1989 film) (dialogue) starring
Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor (4 September 1952 – 30 April 2020) was an Indian actor, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. In a career spanning 50 years, he is regarded as one of the most successful and accomplished actors in Hindi cinema. ...
,
Sridevi
Sridevi Kapoor (née Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan; 13 August 1963 – 24 February 2018), known mononymously as Sridevi, was an Indian actress who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada language films. She is regarded as one of ...
and
Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema. Recognised as a style and fashion icon, he wa ...
*''
Silsila
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'' (translation: "The Affair") (1981 film) (screenplay) starring
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Hindi films. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful acto ...
,
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He is often considered one of the greatest, most accomplished and commercially successful actors in the history of Indian cinema.*
*
*
*
* With a cinemati ...
,
Jaya Bhaduri
Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician.
She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Hindi cinema. She is serving as member of the parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party ...
and
Rekha
Bhanurekha Ganesan (; born 10 October 1954), better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in mo ...
*''
Bazaar
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'' (1982 film) (direction) starring
Naseeruddin Shah
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,
Farooq Sheikh
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,
Smita Patil
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,
Supriya Pathak and
Bharat Kapoor
Bharat Kapoor is an Indian film and television actor.
Career
He has been acting since 1972 and starred in the television series ''Bhagyavidhaata'' on India's Colors television channel between 2009 and 2011.
Filmography Films
* ''Jangal Mein ...
*''
Faasle (translation: "Distance")'' (1995 film) (dialogue) starring
Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Raghunath Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi Cinema. He acted in more than 80 films over a career spanning five decades and was t ...
,
Rekha
Bhanurekha Ganesan (; born 10 October 1954), better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in mo ...
,
Farooq Shaikh and
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval (born 3 February 1952) is an Indian-American actress, director, and writer, predominantly active in Hindi cinema.
Her major contribution has been in the area of art cinema, winning critical acclaim for her sensitive and 'close to ...
References
External links
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2021 deaths
1933 births
20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Indian male writers
20th-century Indian short story writers
Indian male screenwriters
Hindi-language film directors
People from Abbottabad District
Urdu-language film directors