Ramesh Sippy

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Ramesh Sippy (Sindhi: ر ميش سپي)(b. 23 January 1944 in Karachi) is an Indian film director, best known for directing the popular and critically acclaimed film Sholay (Flames).

His father was producer G.P. Sippy, and his son Rohan Sippy is also a film director. His daughter Sheena is married to Shashi Kapoor's son- Kunal Kapoor. [1]. He is twice married, his second marriage being to actress Kiran Juneja. [2]

1 Career
2 Filmography
- 2.1 Director
- 2.2 Producer
3 External links

[edit] Career

Ramesh was into films from an early age. He used to visit the sets of the film Sazaa, his father's first film, when he was 6 years old. Ramesh's first film job came when he was 9 years old, when he played Achala Sachdev's son in Shahenshah. He worked in both the production and direction departments in films like Johar-Mehmood in Goa and Mere Sanam, which his father was producing. He worked for 7 years as an assistant before becoming the director of Andaz, in 1971 which was a huge success. His second film Seeta Aur Geeta in 1972 was also highly successful.

In 1975 he directed the film Sholay which went on to become one of the biggest hits in Bollywood film history and won him lots of acclaim. He never managed to repeat the success of Sholay and his next 3 films Shaan (1980), Shakti (1982) and Saagar (1985) were only moderately successful. The last four films he directed, Barashtachar (1989), Akayla (1991), Zameen (1995) and Zamana Deewana (1995) were box office flops and he has since quit directing and now occasionally produces films.

He produced films directed by his son Rohan Sippy which were Kuch Naa Kaho (2003) and Bluffmaster (2005) as well as Taxi Number 9211 (2006) which was directed by Milan Luthria.

He also directed a successful television serial Buniyaad in 1987.