Surinder Kapoor
| Surinder Kapoor | |
|---|---|
| Born |
23 December 1925 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (now in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Died |
24 September 2011 (aged 85) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Relatives | See Surinder Kapoor family |
Surinder Kapoor (23 December 1925 – 24 September 2011) was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. He was born in Peshawar, British India (in present-day Pakistan). Surinder Kapoor belonged to a minority Punjabi Hindu family from Peshawar.[1]
Prithviraj Kapoor, the famous Bollywood actor and a cousin, is the one who invited Surinder Kapoor to Bombay to join the Hindi Film Industry.[2] He started his film career as a secretary to Hindi film star of the 1950s Gita Bali.[3] The Dada Saheb Phalke Academy honoured the veteran producer with the L. V. Prasad Phalke Award in 2009.[4]
He died after suffering a cardiac arrest on 24 September 2011.[5][6]
His three sons, Boney, Anil and Sanjay, are also involved in the film industry. Anil Kapoor is a successful Bollywood actor. His daughter-in-law Sridevi is a famous Bollywood actress. His daughter, Reena, is married to Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films & Video Studios.
Filmography
- Pukar, producer
- No Entry (2005), producer
- Bhooka Sher (2001), director and producer
- Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000), producer
- Sirf Tum (1997), producer
- Judaai (1997), producer
- Loafer (1996), producer
- Thanedarni (1994), director
- Woh Saat Din (1983), producer
- Hum Paanch (1980), producer
- Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (1978), producer
- Ponga Pandit (1975), Producer utv
- Milenge Milenge (2010), producer
- Bikash Rao
- Shehzada (1972)
References
- ↑ Talk Back: Eye On India (Interview with Anil Kapoor) Ep33 Pt1. Pakistan: Dawn News. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
I'm a Pathan's son... my father, my grandfather they were all Pathans from Peshawar...
- ↑ "Sonam Kapoor is better actor than Anil url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/may/04/surinder-kapoor-on-life-and-times.htm". Rediff.com.
- ↑ "Its all in the family". Times of India. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ↑ "Bollywood veteran Manoj Kumar felicitated with Phalke Ratna award". Zee news. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ↑ "Film producer Surinder Kapoor dies". Daily Bhaskar. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
- ↑ Pradhan, Bharathi (2 October 2011). "Separation pangs for Sri". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
External links
- Surinder Kapoor at the Internet Movie Database
- The Film & Television Producers Guild of India
- Presidents of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India
- India Times