Ramanand Sagar

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Ramanand Sagar (1917 - 2005) was an Indian film director. He won the 1968 Filmfare Best Director Award for Ankhen.

Ramanand Sagar was born on 29th December, 1917 at Asal_Guru-Ke near Lahore. His Great Grandfather, Lala Shankar Das Chopra, migrated from Peshawar to Kashmir, who by his own strength became the ‘Nagar Shet’ of Kashmiri Chopras. His grandfather was Lala Ganga Ram who established his own trade in 1867 in Srinagar. His father, Lala Dinanath Chopra, used to enjoy writing poetry mainly for personal satisfaction under the nom de plume “Taj Peshawari”. Although he hailed from one of the most aristocratic and wealthiest families of the region, he was adopted by his childless maternal grandmother. Although his original name was “Chandramauli” given by his Kulpurohit, he was named Ramanand by his adopted family. But he missed his real parents love and his childhood was filled with agony and sufferings which was probably the reason for all his future creations which were filled with emotions.

He was also responsible for producing the extremely popular TV adaptation of Valmiki's epic Ramayana,starring Arun Govil as Lord Rama and Deepika as Sita.

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