Sunil Agnihotri
Sunil Agnihotri | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Director, Producer |
| Years active | 1988 – present |
| Known for | Chandrakanta |
Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas".[1]
Work
Davaa was released in 1997 and was appreciated. He then went on to produce and direct in 1997 a series called Betaal Pachisi which was a very successful as a TV fantasy series. However that year, he faced a lawsuit involving the US.[2]
King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series.[3] However, the court said that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself.[4]
The serial was full of songs, which were released on cassette, and was shot like a musical.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credits | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Danga Fasaad | Director/ Producer | |
| 1992 | Laat Saab | Director, producer | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| 1994 | Jai Kishen | Director | Action drama |
| 1994 | Chandrakanta | Director | TV series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta |
| 1996 | Yug | Director | TV series. Fictional drama about the Historical struggle against British Raj |
| 1997 | Daava | Director | Movie - drama |
| 1997 | Betaal Pachisi | Director/Producer | TV series |
| 1999 | Jai Ganesha | Director/Producer | TV series. The story of how Lord Ganesha still plays a part in people's everyday lives |
| 2002 | Aa Gale Lag Jaa | Director | TV series |
| 2004 | Alibaba Aur 40 Chor | Director | |
| 2007–08 | Chandramukhi | Director/Producer | 91 episodes |
| 2009 | Black | Director/Producer | TV series - paranormal thriller starring film actor Mamik Singh |
| 2011 | Kaala Saaya | Director/Producer | Reprisal series of Black |
| 2011 | Kahani Chandrakanta Ki | Producer and Director | TV series based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel series 'Chandrakanta Santati'. |
| 2014 | Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya | Producer and Director | Movie - Comedy |
References
- ↑ Business India. A.H. Advani. 1999. p. 174. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ "Business World". Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. January 1997: 46.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Narayanan, Parameswaran (2007). Law of copyright and industrial designs. Eastern Law House. pp. 17, 46. ISBN 978-81-7177-190-5.
- ↑ Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. "Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright" (PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
- ↑ "Sunil Agnihotri remakes a film into a serial". Mid Day. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2012.