Amrit Sagar

Amrit Sagar is a director, producer and writer who works in the Hindi movie industry (Bollywood). He produced and directed his first feature film 1971 in 2007.

Personal life

He is the grandson of filmmaker Ramanand Sagar and son of producer Moti Sagar.

He studied film-making at California College of Arts where he won the Wood Malcom award for writing.

Career

Sagar started his career by directing the hit TV show Ankhen for DD1. He produced and directed Hatim Star Plus, Hotel Kingston Star One, Prithviraj Chauhan Star Plus and Jai Shri Krishna Colors.

He produced and directed the 2013 comedy Rabba Main Kya Karoon. He Produced his first Marathi movie Mitwaa in 2015.

Recognition

• 2007 55th National Film Awards for best Hindi feature film for 1971
• Best TV show (4 times) in ITA awards and Indian Telly awards

References

Sources

• "I want to make a film in every genre: Amrit Sagar". dna.
• "A look back at the National Film Award for Bollywood's Best Feature Film winners". PINKVILLA.
• "Indian television dot com's Interview with Sagar Arts' Amrit Sagar". indiantelevision.org.in.
• "Swwapnil Joshi photos – Nanubhai Jaisinghani, Sanjay Davra, Meenakshi Sagar, Swapna Waghmare, Prasad Bhende, Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Kulkarni, Amrit Sagar – Muhurat of Swapna Waghmare's Marathi movie 'Mitwaa' at Marimba Bar and Lounge in Mumbai". gomolo.com.
• Amrit Sagar at the Internet Movie Database
• "National Awards:1971 best feature film". IBNLive.
• "55th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR THE YEAR 2007" Press Information Bureau (Govt. of India). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
• "I want to make a film in every genre: Amrit Sagar". dna.
• "A look back at the National Film Award for Bollywood's Best Feature Film winners". PINKVILLA.
• "Indian television dot com's Interview with Sagar Arts' Amrit Sagar". indiantelevision.org.in.
• "Swwapnil Joshi photos – Nanubhai Jaisinghani, Sanjay Davra, Meenakshi Sagar, Swapna Waghmare, Prasad Bhende, Swapnil Joshi, Sonali Kulkarni, Amrit Sagar – Muhurat of Swapna Waghmare's Marathi movie 'Mitwaa' at Marimba Bar and Lounge in Mumbai". gomolo.com.