Indian filmmaker (b. Dec. 29, 1917, near Lahore, Punjab, British India [now in Pakistan]—d. Dec. 12, 2005, Mumbai [Bombay], India), as the head of the Bollywood production company Sagar Arts Corp., wrote, directed, and produced motion pictures and television programs, notably Ramayan (1987), a phenomenally popular 78-part TV epic based on the life of the Hindu god Rama. After studying at the University of the Punjab, Sagar worked as a writer, newspaper journalist, and actor and technician in silent films. He settled in India after partition and in 1949 moved to Bombay, where he founded (1950) Sagar Arts. He expanded into television production in 1985. Sagar also wrote short stories, a novel, and a stage play.
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