Kishore Sahu

Kishore Sahu
Born(1915-11-22)22 November 1915
Rajnandgaon, Nandgaon State, Central Provinces and Berar, British India (present-day Chhattisgarh, India)
Died22 August 1980(1980-08-22) (aged 64)
Bangkok, Thailand
Alma materUniversity of Nagpur
Occupation(s)Actor
Film director
Years active1937–1982
Spouse(s)Preeti Sahu
Snehaprabha Pradhan (1940-1943)
Children4

Kishore Sahu (22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer.[1] He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980, and he directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974.

His directorial venture Kuwara Baap was one of the winners for the BFJA - Best Indian Films Award for best film for 1943.[2] His film Raja has been called "a milestone of art and skill in motion pictures".[3] His film Veer Kunal was a huge box office success.[4] He directed Dilip Kumar with Kamini Kaushal in Nadiya Ke Paar, which became the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1948.[5] His 1954 film Mayurpankh was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival,[6] where it was nominated for the Grand Prize of the Festival. Sawan Aya Re did well commercially, with Baburao Patel of Filmindia remarking in the 9 May 1949 edition that Sahu's estimate had risen due to the "original treatment" he gave to an "otherwise ordinary" story.[7] He was also known for the Meena Kumari starrer, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960).

He had four children, Vimal Sahu, Naina Sahu, Mamta Sahu, and Rohit Sahu.[8] His wife Preeti was a Kumaoni Brahmin.[9]

Before marrying Preeti, he was briefly married to his Punar Milan (1940) co-star Snehprabha Pradhan before the relationship ended in 1943 after a court battle.[10][11]

  1. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen; Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. pp. 203–. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "BFJA Awards". gomolo.com. Gomolo. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  3. ^ Patel, Baburao (April 1945). "Filmindia". Filmindia. 11 (4): 21. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Baburao Patel". Filmindia. 12 (2): 66. February 1946. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Top Earners 1948". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Mayurpankh". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
  7. ^ Patel, Baburao (May 1949). "Filmindia". Filmindia. 15 (5): 74. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Indian actors died in Myocardial infarction". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Kishore Sahu - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage". Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  10. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahai. Unification of Divorce Laws in India. Deep and Deep Publications. pp. 164, 165.
  11. ^ "Snehprabha Pradhan – Cineplot.com". Retrieved 24 August 2019.