Sunil Agnihotri
Sunil Agnihotri | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Director, Producer |
Years active | 1988 – present |
Known for | Chandrakanta |
Sunil Agnihotri is a
Work
Sunil Agnihotri started as an assistant director and did many films. His last as an assistant was with Late Mukul Anand's Agneepath, then in between the making of Agneepath, he decided to be independent and started working on Video Magazines Lehren and Chalte Chalte. He also made a very popular video film Don 11 in 1988 with the famous song Hawa Hawa. The video film was a rage and the most popular video film in those days. His first feature film was Danga Fasaad in 1990 with newcomers. The film was well appreciated with critics and masses. Then in 1992 he directed Laat Saab a picture which starred Jackie Shroff, Neelam and Mohsin Khan. He started a film in 1993 called Singer with Ajay Devgan, Shilpa Shirodkar, Nagma and Kader Khan, which is complete but was not released due to some dispute of the Producers. Then came Jai Kishen(1994) starring Akshay Kumar in a double role and Ayesha Julka. The film was a Semi Hit at the box office. Sunil Agnihotri's first work for TV was the biggest success in 1994/95 with a fantasy series called 'Chandrakanta partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta. The series became so successful because of its grand making and introduction of special fx that the entire India was at standstill from morning 9 to 10 a.m. on Sundays. Many actors from this series became very popular like Irrfan Khan, Rajendra Gupta, Kruttika Desai. Then his series Yug, which ran from 1996 to 1998, tells the story of a freedom fighters struggling for freedom with the British, in the days of the British Raj. Yug was the biggest daily soap ever made with about 75 most popular actors those days starring with Hema malini, Ashwini Bhave, Mukesh Khanna, Dara Singh, A K Hangal, Vindu, Ameeta Nagia, Seema Kapoor, Neena Gupta, Sonu Walia and a Bunch of TV Actors of Mahabharat. During this period of 1996 he made a feature film with Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar and Raveena Tandon called Davaa. Davaa was released in 1997 and was appreciated. He then went on to produce and direct in 1997 a series called
Filmography
Year | Film | Credits | Notes |
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1990 | Danga Fasaad | Director/ Producer | |
1992 | Laat Saab | Director, producer | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
1994 | Jai Kishen | Director | Action drama |
1994 | Chandrakanta | Director | TV series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta |
1996 | Yug | Director | TV series. Fictional drama about the Historical struggle against British Raj |
1997 | Daava | Director | Movie - drama |
1997 | Betaal Pachisi |
Director/Producer | TV series |
1999 | Jai Ganesha | Director/Producer | TV series. The story of how Lord Ganesha still plays a part in people's everyday lives |
2002 | Aa Gale Lag Jaa |
Director | TV series |
2004 | Alibaba Aur 40 Chor | Director | |
2007–08 | Chandramukhi | Director/Producer | 91 episodes |
2009 | Black | Director/Producer | TV series - paranormal thriller starring film actor Mamik Singh |
2011 | Kaala Saaya |
Director/Producer | Reprisal series of Black |
2011 | Kahani Chandrakanta Ki | Producer and Director | TV series based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel series 'Chandrakanta Santati'. |
2014 | Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya | Producer and Director | Movie - Comedy |
References
- ^ Business India. A.H. Advani. 1999. p. 174. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Business World". Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. January 1997: 46.
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- ^ Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. "Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright" (PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ^ "Sunil Agnihotri remakes a film into a serial". Mid Day. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
External links
- Sunil Agnihotri at IMDb
- "YouTube results for Sunil Agnihotri" – via YouTube.