Bhappi Sonie#Filmography

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Bhappi Sonie (31 July 1928 – 5 September 2001) was an Indian film director and producer, in Hindi cinema. He is best known for Shammi Kapoor and Dharmendra hit films, Janwar (1965) and Brahmachari (1968),{{cite web | title = Pen & Pleasure | author = Rajiv Vijayakar | publisher = Financial Express | date = 22 Apr 2011 | url = http://www.financialexpress.com/story-print/779369 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140620175459/http://www.financialexpress.com/story-print/779369 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 June 2014 | accessdate = 2014-06-20}} and also won Filmfare Award for Best Film.{{cite web | title = Filmfare Awards: Best Film 1953-2000 | publisher = Official Listings, Indiatimes. | url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_film.html | accessdate = 2014-06-20 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131111194746/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_film.html | archivedate = 2013-11-11}}{{Bollywood Hungama person|bhappi-sonie}}

He started his career, assisting Raj Khosla in Milap (1955), C.I.D. (1956) and Solva Saal (1958), before making his directorial debut with Ek Phool Char Kaante starring Sunil Dutt and Waheeda Rehman.{{cite news | title = Blast From Past: C.I.D (1956) | url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/08/15/stories/2009081552011100.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140313194536/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/08/15/stories/2009081552011100.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 March 2014 | date = 15 Aug 2009 | work = The Hindu | accessdate = 2014-03-13}}{{cite web | title = Bhappi Sonie Biography | author = Kiran Malik | url = http://www.gomolo.com/bhappi-sonie-biography/209/494642 | accessdate = 2014-06-20}}

He died on 5 September 2001, while undergoing a heart bypass surgery at Nanavati Hospital, in Mumbai, at the age of 73.{{cite book | title = Hindi Cinema Year Book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9c1kAAAAMAAJ | year = 2002 | publisher = Screen World Publication}}