Sagar Sarhadi

{{Short description|Indian writer (1933–2021)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Sagar Sarhadi

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| birth_name = Ganga Sagar Talwar

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|5|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Abbottabad, Baffa, British India now Baffa, Mansehra district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|3|22|1933|5|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Mumbai, India

| father = Than Singh Talwar

| mother = Prem dai

| relatives = Ramesh Talwar (Nephew)
4 brothers, 1 sister

| nationality = Indian

| other_names = Sagar

| occupation = short story writer, play writer, film director, film writer, film producer,

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Sagar Sarhadi (11 May 1933 – 22 March 2021) was an Indian short story and play writer, and a writer, director and producer for film.[http://www.indiatribune.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11640:abused-not-amused-&catid=107:coverpage&Itemid=471 Abused, not amused][http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-reluctant-actor/1199093/ The Reluctant Actor – Indian Express][https://web.archive.org/web/20050209115428/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/06/stories/2005010600340100.htm The Hindu : Metro Plus Delhi / Entertainment : Return of the veteran][https://web.archive.org/web/20110519095253/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2006/09/22/stories/2006092201330400.htm The Hindu : Friday Review Delhi / Theatre : Supriya back in office][https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235918/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-15/news-interviews/30520161_1_prateik-smita-patil-bazaar Prateik in Smita Patil's classic - Times Of India][https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema – Google Boeken][https://books.google.com/books?id=kXm0AAAAQBAJ Mad Tales from Bollywood: Portrayal of Mental Illness in Conventional Hindi ... - Dinesh Bhugra - Google Boeken] Born in Baffa Pakhal, District Mansehra (then in British India and now in Pakistan), he began writing Urdu short stories and then continued as an Urdu playwright.{{cite news |last1=Mahaan |first1=Deepak |title=An ocean of difference |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/an-ocean-of-difference/article3839788.ece |accessdate=7 July 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=30 August 2012 |language=en-IN}} 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's Kabhi Kabhi (1976), starring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee. He went on to write for films including Noorie (1979); Silsila (1981) starring Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri and Rekha; Chandni (1989) starring Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi and Vinod Khanna; Faasle starring Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval; Rang (1993) starring Kamal Sadanah and Divya Bharti and directed by Talat Jani; Anubhav starring Sanjeev Kumar and Tanuja and directed by Basu Bhattacharya; Zindagi (1976); The Other Man; Karmayogi; Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai; Karobaar; Bazaar; Chausar and became a well known name as a scriptwriter.