Shyam Ramsay (17 May 1952 – 18 September 2019) was a

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film director. He was one of the seven Ramsay Brothers who were active in

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throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. Shyam Ramsay was considered the main artist and head of this group. They produced a number of horror movies such as '' Bandh Darwaza'', '' Purana Mandir'', and ''

Veerana Veerana () is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language erotic supernatural horror thriller film, directed by the Ramsay Brothers. The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri and sung by Suman Kalyanpur, Munna Aziz and Sharon Prabhakar., Plot Priests surrou ...

''. Their popularity waned towards the end of the 1980s, as Ramsay started diverting his creative energy and focus on television programming which was in demand because of the multiple private channels such as

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etc. that were launched in the early nineties in India. He started India's first horror TV series for Zee TV – Zee Horror Show. It was a huge hit and its popularity is proved by the various communities created in its memory on social networking communities like Facebook & Orkut by its fans. After Zee Horror Show, he made a few episodes of

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, X Zone and Nagin for Zee TV. In 2008, he along with his daughter, Saasha Ramsay directed a supernatural series based on the concept of wishful female serpent for Sahara One, called

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. Shyam Ramsay came back to feature films from the year 2000 when he started the production of Dhund: The Fog which was released on 21 February 2003. Then he made '' Ghutan'' in 2007 and a comedy horror film, Bachao in 2010. His latest release Neighbours released in January, 2014.

Films directed

* Gentayangan (2018) * Koi Hai (2017) * Neighbours (2014 Indian Film) * Bachaao - Inside Bhoot Hai... (2010) * Ghutan (2007) * Dhund: The Fog (2003) * Talashi (2000) * Nagin (1999) ''(TV series)'' * Anhonee (1998) ''(TV series)'' *

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(1993–97) ''(TV series)'' * Mahakaal (1993) *

Police Mathu Dada ''Police Matthu Dada'' is a 1991 Indian Kannada-language action film, directed by Thulasi-Shyam and produced by R. F. Manik Chand and K. Nithyanand. The film stars Vishnuvardhan, Sangeeta Bijlani, Roopa Ganguly and Srinath. The film has music ...

(1991) * Inspector Dhanush (1991) *

Ajooba Kudrat Ka ''Ajooba Kudrat Ka'' (English title ''The Magnificent Guardian'') is a 1991 Bollywood horror thriller film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay. It features Deepak Parashar, Hemant Birje and Manjeet Kullar in the lead roles. It was the firs ...

(1991) * Bandh Darwaza (1990) * Purani Haveli (1989) *

(1988) *

Tahkhana ''Tahkhana'' is a 1986 Bollywood horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay. It is a tale about two sisters separated at birth and the search for a hidden treasure, which is guarded in a dungeon by a bloodthirsty monster. The movie h ...

(1986) *

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(1985) * Saamri (1985) * Purana Mandir (1984) * Ghungroo Ki Awaaz (1981) *

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(1981) * Sannata (1981) * Dahshat (1981) * Saboot (1980) * ''Guest House'' (1980 film) (1980) * Aur Kaun? (1979) *

Darwaza ''Darwaza'' () is a 1978 Bollywood horror film directed by Shyam Ramsay and Tulsi Ramsay. Plot Thakur Pratap Singh has lost his beloved ones due to a curse put on him and his family by a widow, whose son Dharma was unintentionally killed ...

(1978) * Andhera (1975) * Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche (1972) * Nakuli Shaan (1971)

Films edited

(1988) *

Khel Mohabbat Ka ''Khel Mohabbat Ka'' is a 1986 Indian Bollywood drama film directed by Satish Duggal and produced by Digvijay. It stars Farooq Shaikh, Shakti Kapoor and Poonam Dhillon in pivotal roles. Cast * Farooq Shaikh as Amit Verma * Poonam Dhillon as Lil ...

(1986) (as Shyam) *

(1985) * Purana Mandir (1984) * Ghungroo Ki Awaaz (1981) * Dahshat (1981) (co-editor) * Saboot (19 deep in the world is a great80) (co-editor) *

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(1980) (co-editor)

Films written

* Inspector Dhanush (1991) (story) (as Tulsi-Shyam) * Bandh Darwaza (1990) (screenplay) *

(1988) (screenplay) * Buddha Mil Gaya (1971) (story) (as Shyam)

Films produced

* Ghutan (2007) (producer) * Bandh Darwaza (1990) *

(1988) *

Saamri 3D Saamri is a Bollywood horror film released in 1985. It was produced and directed by Shyam and Tulsi Ramsay, with a story by J. K. Ahuja, dialogue by Mahendra Dehlvi and Safi Ur-Rahman, and a screenplay by Kumar Ramsay. Plot Dharmesh Saxena, ...

(1986) (producer)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ramsay, Shyam Film directors from Mumbai 1952 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Indian film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Hindi-language film directors