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Filmmaker · India

Kidar Nath Sharma

Died in 1999

Kidar Nath Sharma was born on 12 April 1910 in Narowal, in the Punjab, into a poor Brahmin family. In Calcutta, he was a still photographer, set painter and poster painter at New Theatres, then wrote dialogue and songs there. Having moved into directing, he had his first great success in 1941; called to Bombay by Ranjit, he became a producer there. A member in 1945 of the first Indian film delegation sent to Hollywood, he launched Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Bharat Bhushan and Tanuja. He died in Bombay on 29 April 1999, the day before he was to receive the Raj Kapoor Award.

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