Ramesh Saigal
{{Short description|Indian film director}}
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| known_for = Railway Platform, Shola Aur Shabnam and Ishq Par Zor Nahin
| occupation = Film director
| years_active = 1942–1975
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Ramesh Saigal was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor in Hindi language films.{{cite news |title=Gun-ho in Bollywood |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-times/deep-focus/Gun-ho-in-Bollywood/articleshow/12312314.cms |website=The Times of India |date=18 March 2012 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |accessdate=15 August 2020}}
Professional life
His major work includes Railway Platform (1955), Shola Aur Shabnam (1961){{cite web |title=Ten Bollywood films on the lost-and-found theme |url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/zagXBLgnrkk4lUuevcdYMK/Ten-Bollywood-films-on-the-lostandfound-theme.html |website=Live Mint |date=6 March 2017 |accessdate=15 August 2020}} and Ishq Par Zor Nahin (1970).
He was instrumental in giving veteran actor Sunil Dutt a break in the film Railway Platform (1955) when Sunil Dutt was hosting the show, Lipton Ki Mehfil on Radio Ceylon.{{cite web |title=Remembering actor and politician late Sunil Dutt |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/remembering-actor-and-politician-late-sunil-dutt-37203.html |website=Filmfare |publisher= Worldwide Media The Times of India. |accessdate=15 August 2020}} While covering the Dilip Kumar movie Shikast in 1953, Dutt met director Ramesh Saigal, who impressed by his personality and voice, offered him a role in his upcoming movie. Ramesh Saigal coined the new screen name "Sunil Dutt" for the debutante actor whose real name was Balraj Dutt to avoid name conflicts with the then veteran actor Balraj Sahni.{{cite book |title=Sanjay Dutt: The Crazy Untold Story of Bollywood's Bad Boy |date=1 June 2020 |publisher=Juggernaut Books |isbn=9789386228581 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fK5oDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ramesh+Saigal+sunil+dutt&pg=PA12 |accessdate=15 August 2020}}{{cite book |title=Bollywood: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow |year=2006 |publisher=Star Publications, 2006 |isbn=9781905863013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TO6Fmi8FraUC&dq=Ramesh+Saigal+sunil+dutt+balloo&pg=RA1-PT24 |accessdate=15 August 2020}}
Filmography
=Director=
=Producer=
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| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1961
| Shola Aur Shabnam | |
| 1958
| Phir Subha Hogi | |
| 1953
| Shikast |
=Screenwriter=
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1970
| Ishq Par Zor Nahin | Writer | ||
| 1961
| Shola Aur Shabnam | Writer | ||
| 1955
| Railway Platform | Story, Screenplay, Dialogue | ||
| 1953
| Anarkali | Screenplay, Dialogue |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0756488|name=Saigal Ramesh}}
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Category:Film producers from Mumbai
Category:Hindi-language film directors
Category:Film directors from Mumbai
Category:20th-century Indian people
Category:Indian male screenwriters