1. Ramanand Sagar worked as a peon, truck cleaner, soap vendor, and goldsmith apprentice during the day and studied for his degree at night.
17 Facts About Ramanand Sagar
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Ramanand Sagar was a gold medalist in Sanskrit and Persian from the University of Punjab in 1942.
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Ramanand Sagar wrote many short stories, novels, poems, plays, etc.
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In 1932, Ramanand Sagar started his film career as a clapper boy in a silent film, Raiders of the Rail Road.
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Ramanand Sagar then shifted to Bombay in 1949 after India's partition.
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Ramanand Sagar directed a few plays under the fatherly guidance of Kapoor.
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Ramanand Sagar produced and directed films like Bazooband and Mehmaan which bombed at the box-office.
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Ramanand Sagar shifted to Madras and start working for Gemini Studio.
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Ramanand Sagar wrote story, screenplay and dialogues for Gemini classics like Insaniyat, Raj Tilak and Paigham, the 1959 classic featuring Dilip Kumar, Raaj Kumar and Vjyanthimala fetched him Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.
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Under the Vasan's tutelage, Ramanand Sagar directed Ghunghat and Zindagi for Gemini Studio which were successful commercially and critically.
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Ramanand Sagar moved back to Mumbai and re-christened his Production House as Ramanand Sagar Films.
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Ramanand Sagar won Filmfare Best Director Award for his spy thriller Aankhen.
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Ramanand Sagar directed one of the top five grossing films of 1976, Charas, starring Dharmendra and Hema Malini.
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Ramanand Sagar made fantasy serials like Vikram Aur Betaal and Alif Laila.
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Ramanand Sagar made a Luv Kush episode after receiving a call from PMO.
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Ramanand Sagar died on 12 December 2005 aged 88 at his home in Mumbai after a series of health problems.
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Ramanand Sagar was married to Leelavati, with whom he had five children, four sons and a daughter.