Kishore Sahu

{{short description|Indian actor}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Kishore Sahu.jpg

| name = Kishore Sahu

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1915|11|22}}

| birth_place = Rajnandgaon, Nandgaon State, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (present-day Chhattisgarh, India)

| alma_mater = University of Nagpur

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1980|08|22|1915|11|22}}

| death_place = Bangkok, Thailand

| occupation = Actor
Film director

| yearsactive = 1937–1982

| children = 4

| spouse = Preeti Sahu
Snehaprabha Pradhan (1940-1943)

}}

Kishore Sahu (22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|access-date=23 February 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=203–}} He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980, and he directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974.

His directorial venture Kuwara Baap was one of the winners for the BFJA - Best Indian Films Award for best film for 1943.{{cite web|title=BFJA Awards|url=http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-1943|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=16 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131733/http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-1943|url-status=dead}} His film Raja has been called "a milestone of art and skill in motion pictures".{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Filmindia|journal=Filmindia|date=April 1945|volume=11|issue=4|pages=21|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194511unse#page/n99/mode/2up|access-date=20 March 2015}} His film Veer Kunal was a huge box office success.{{cite journal|title=Baburao Patel|journal=Filmindia|date=February 1946|volume=12|issue=2|pages=66|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194814unse/filmindia194814unse_djvu.txt|access-date=18 March 2015}} He directed Dilip Kumar with Kamini Kaushal in Nadiya Ke Paar, which became the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1948.{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1948|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=153&catName=MTk0OA==|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012171051/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=153&catName=MTk0OA%3D%3D|archive-date=12 October 2012}} His 1954 film Mayurpankh was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3830/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Mayurpankh |access-date=26 January 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} where it was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival.

Sawan Aya Re did well commercially, with Baburao Patel of Filmindia remarking in the 9 May 1949 edition that Sahu's estimate had risen due to the "original treatment" he gave to an "otherwise ordinary" story.{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Filmindia|journal=Filmindia|date=May 1949|volume=15|issue=5|pages=74|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194915unse#page/n463/mode/2up/search/Rhim+Jhim|access-date=15 March 2015}} He was also known for the Meena Kumari starrer, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960).

He had four children, Vimal Sahu, Naina Sahu, Mamta Sahu, and Rohit Sahu.{{cite web|url=http://patheticfacts.com/indian-actors-died-in-myocardial-infarction.html|title=Indian actors died in Myocardial infarction|access-date=13 February 2017}} His wife Preeti was a Kumaoni Brahmin.{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/kishore_sahu|title=Kishore Sahu - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage|access-date=13 February 2017}}

Before marrying Preeti, he was briefly married to his Punar Milan (1940) co-star Snehprabha Pradhan before the relationship ended in 1943 after a court battle.{{Cite book|title=Unification of Divorce Laws in India|last=Singh|first=Shiv Sahai|publisher=Deep and Deep Publications|pages=164, 165}}{{Cite web|url=https://cineplot.com/snehprabha-pradhan/|title=Snehprabha Pradhan – Cineplot.com|language=en-US|access-date=24 August 2019}}