Ramesh Talwar

Ramesh Talwar
Born
Ramesh Attarchand Talwar

(1944-09-27) 27 September 1944 (age 80)
Occupation(s)Film, theatre, television director
Years active1969 – present

Ramesh Talwar is an Indian film, theatre, television and film director, co-producer and actor. He is the nephew of the film writer, short story writer and playwright Sagar Sarhadi. Talwar began his career as a child artist in Love in Simla (1960), Dhool Ka Phool (1959) and Phool Aur Kaliyan (1960) (produced by V Shantaram; directed by Ram Gabale) which was a National Award winner – Gold medal for best children's film.

He was Yash Chopra's assistant director between 1969 and 1979 and directed several films 1977 onwards. He is best known for directing – Baseraa (1981) which garnered him a Filmfare Best Director Award nomination[1] and Doosra Aadmi. He is also known for directing numerous plays in theatre.

  1. ^ "Filmfare Nominees and Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.