Ramesh Sippy

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Ramesh Sippy
Sind, British India
(present-day Sindh, Pakistan)
NationalityIndian
Occupations
OrganizationRamesh Sippy Academy of Cinema & Entertainment
Spouse(s)
Geeta Sippy
​
(divorced)​
[1]
​
(m. 1991)​
Children3 (including Rohan Sippy)
Parent
HonorsPadma Shri (2013)

Ramesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director, actor and producer in

Northern India ever made.[2] The Government of India honoured him with Padma Shri in 2013.[3]

In the year 2017, he founded Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema & Entertainment in Mumbai.

Personal life

Ramesh Sippy was born on 23 January 1947 in

Sindhi Hindu family to G. P. Sippy who was a film producer. Ramesh Sippy has been married twice; his current wife is actress Kiran Juneja. With his first wife, Geeta, he has 3 children. His son Rohan Sippy is a film director. His daughter Sheena was once married to Shashi Kapoor's son, Kunal Kapoor, until they divorced in 2004.[4]

Career

Ramesh Sippy visited the sets of the film Sazaa, his father's first film, when he was 6 years old. His first film job came at age nine, when he played Achala Sachdev's son in the 1953 film Shahenshah. He worked in both the production and direction departments in films like Johar-Mehmood in Goa and Mere Sanam, which his father was producing. He worked for 7 years as an assistant before becoming the director of Andaz, in 1971 which starred Shammi Kapoor, Hema Malini and Rajesh Khanna and was a box office success. His second film Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), featuring Hema Malini playing dual roles was highly successful and propelled Malini to superstardom[5][6]

In 1975, he directed

Bollywood film history. Sholay still remains one of the most iconic films in Hindi film history and a favourite for Hindi film audiences globally.[7]

None of his later films were able to match the success of Sholay.

Saagar, which starred Rishi Kapoor, Kamal Haasan and marked Dimple Kapadia's comeback to films after 12 years since her debut film Bobby
.

He directed a successful television serial titled

Zamana Deewana
(1995) were box office flops. He did not direct any film for 20 years.

His string of hits with

Filmfare Best Film of 50 Years award for his legendary film, Sholay
.

He has produced films directed by his son

Nikhil Advani
.

In 2015, he returned to directing after 20 years with his next film, Shimla Mirchi, a comedy film starring Rajkummar Rao, Rakul Preet Singh and Hema Malini.[10] The film had difficulty attracting buyers and remained unreleased for five years.[11] In January 2020, it was finally released on Netflix.[12]

Awards and honours

Filmography

Director

Producer

Actor

  • Shimla Mirchi
     (2020) as a person reading a book on the bench (guest appearance)

Awards

Year Award Category Film Result Ref.
1976 Filmfare Awards Best Director Sholay Nominated
1983 Shakti Nominated
1986 Saagar Nominated
2005 Best Film of 50 Years Sholay Won

References

  1. DNA India
    .
  2. ^ Verma, Rahul. "Sholay: The Star Wars of Bollywood?". www.bbc.com.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Kunal Kapoor". IMDb.
  5. ^ Raheja, Dinesh (28 May 2003). "Seeta Aur Geeta: A rollicking entertainer". Rediff.
  6. ^ (Chopra 2000)
  7. ^ Verma, Rahul. "Sholay: The Star Wars of Bollywood?". www.bbc.com.
  8. ^ "Remembering Sholay".
  9. ^ Seta, Keyur. "Was Shaan a mistake after Sholay? Here's what Ramesh Sippy has to say". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Rajkummar Rao Wraps up Shoot For Shimla Mirchi – NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Ramesh Sippy's comeback film Shimla Mirchi starring Hema Malini has no buyers". deccanchronicle.com/. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Rajkummar Rao's film 'Shimla Mirch' goes straight to OTT".

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