Jyoti Sarup
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Jyoti Sarup is a National Award
winning India
n film/serial director
and producer
.
by education
, he received a Diploma
from NSD
and FTII
for Acting
. He came to Mumbai
(then Bombay
) in 1978 to become an actor
. Not belonging to a film background, he had to start from scratch. He started off as a Chief Assistant Director
to Late Mr. Ramanand Sagar
.
After Acting
in a few films& TV serials
and being the Chief Assisting to a few directors of that time, e.g.: Late Shri Atma Ram & Shri Shakti Samata, he found himself more suited behind the camera
than in front of it. He therefore started concentrating more and more on film & TV direction. His break as an individual director came from a Telefilm with Shekhar Suman
& then he directed & acted in the Inspector Navin Mohan series of films, 90 minutes each with Navin Nischole & Mohan Gokhale & the Tele film Sandhya Chayya with Shri Ram Lagoo, Sulbha Deshpande, etc.
This tele film, Sandhya Chayya, got him the lifetime Chance for being the Episode Director of G. P. Sippy's famous TV serial Buniyaad
. Since then he has Directed around 38 projects, from which & in one has also got the prestigious National Film Award, thus becoming the First Person to get a National Award for a Kashmiri Film, BUB. It was a Nargis Dutt award for the best Film on National Integration which was made after 38 years, in Kashmir.
He has also worked as the Head of the Production, with Sony TV also & brought it up from All India rating No. 9 to No. 2. & various other Channels & Production houses. He is an expert in live events & started this trend from "Lata Mageskar Live" when he was in Sony TV.
He has written few books too, one being on The Art of Acting.
Recently, he has worked in a, Two Oscar Award winning film, An Inconvenient Truth
in which he edited the 96 minutes long film to 36 minutes, for Indian audiences, and he was the Dubbing Director of this film too, in Hindi. The Narrator of this film is Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore
the Ex Vice President of USA. He has also done two short films on Environment, Energising India
& Toxic Trespass.
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
winning India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n film/serial director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
.
Biography
An engineerEngineer
An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...
by education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, he received a Diploma
Diploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
from NSD
National School of Drama
National School of Drama is a theatre training institute situated at New Delhi, India, established . It is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It was set up in 1959 by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and became an independent school in 1975...
and FTII
Film and Television Institute of India
Film and Television Institute of India , is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It is fully aided by Central Government of India. It is situated in the premises of the erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune, India...
for Acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
. He came to Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
(then Bombay
Bombay (disambiguation)
Bombay is the former name of the city of Mumbai in India.Bombay may also refer to:-Places:* The Bombay Hills, New Zealand mark the traditional southern boundary of Auckland** Bombay, a small village in the Bombay Hills...
) in 1978 to become an actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. Not belonging to a film background, he had to start from scratch. He started off as a Chief Assistant Director
Assistant director
The role of an Assistant director include tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, maintaining order on the set. They also have to take care of health and safety of the crew...
to Late Mr. Ramanand Sagar
Ramanand Sagar
Ramanand Sagar was an Indian film director. He is most famous for making the extremely popular Ramayan television series, a television adaptation of the ancient Indian epic of the same name, starring Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita.Sagar was born at Asal Guru-Ke near Lahore...
.
After Acting
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
in a few films& TV serials
Serial (radio and television)
Serials are series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from...
and being the Chief Assisting to a few directors of that time, e.g.: Late Shri Atma Ram & Shri Shakti Samata, he found himself more suited behind the camera
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
than in front of it. He therefore started concentrating more and more on film & TV direction. His break as an individual director came from a Telefilm with Shekhar Suman
Shekhar Suman
Shekhar Suman is an Indian film actor and a television personality. He has also been featured as a singer on a music album. Suman married Alka Kapur on May 4, 1984, and has a son, Adhyayan Suman a Bollywood film actor.-Career:...
& then he directed & acted in the Inspector Navin Mohan series of films, 90 minutes each with Navin Nischole & Mohan Gokhale & the Tele film Sandhya Chayya with Shri Ram Lagoo, Sulbha Deshpande, etc.
This tele film, Sandhya Chayya, got him the lifetime Chance for being the Episode Director of G. P. Sippy's famous TV serial Buniyaad
Buniyaad
Buniyaad is an Indian television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath....
. Since then he has Directed around 38 projects, from which & in one has also got the prestigious National Film Award, thus becoming the First Person to get a National Award for a Kashmiri Film, BUB. It was a Nargis Dutt award for the best Film on National Integration which was made after 38 years, in Kashmir.
He has also worked as the Head of the Production, with Sony TV also & brought it up from All India rating No. 9 to No. 2. & various other Channels & Production houses. He is an expert in live events & started this trend from "Lata Mageskar Live" when he was in Sony TV.
He has written few books too, one being on The Art of Acting.
Recently, he has worked in a, Two Oscar Award winning film, An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate, he has given more than a thousand times.Premiering at the...
in which he edited the 96 minutes long film to 36 minutes, for Indian audiences, and he was the Dubbing Director of this film too, in Hindi. The Narrator of this film is Nobel Prize Winner Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
the Ex Vice President of USA. He has also done two short films on Environment, Energising India
Energising India
Energising India is a short documentary on how India can have energy without polluting the atmosphere. Although about India, this is a German film and directed by the National Award winning Indian director Jyoti Sarup...
& Toxic Trespass.
Awards
- National AwardNational Film AwardsThe National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
- Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National IntegrationNargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National IntegrationThe Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is a National Film Award - Silver Lotus, given to an Indian feature film director, for the best film relating to National Integration in India.The winners of the Award:-References:...
for the film BUB (Father)(2002) - 11th All India Lions Club Award for Directing the groundbreaking Indian serial "BuniyaadBuniyaadBuniyaad is an Indian television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath....
" (1987) - Indian Cine goers Award for directing the best Comedy serial of the year- "GuldastaGuldastaGuldasta is a Marathi movie released on January 14, 2011. It revolves around two friends, played by Makarand Anaspure and Jitendra Joshi and their hilarious attempt to find their individual love, which turns into an ultimate mess....
" (1987) - Indian Cine goers Award for best Soap Opera- "BuniyaadBuniyaadBuniyaad is an Indian television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath....
" (1986) - Bombay Films Award for the best telefilm- "Tadap" (1986)
Director
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- Raj TaranginiRajataranginiThe Rājatarangiṇī is a metrical chronicle of North west of the Indian subcontinent particularly the kings of Kashmir from earliest time written in Sanskrit by Kalhaṇa. The Rājatarangiṇī often has been erroneously referred to as the River of the Kings. In reality what Kalhana means by Rājatarangiṇī...
(Serial, telecasted on DD Kashir in 2006) - Toxic Tresspass (2005) (Climate Change Documentary, for a German NGO)
- Energising IndiaEnergising IndiaEnergising India is a short documentary on how India can have energy without polluting the atmosphere. Although about India, this is a German film and directed by the National Award winning Indian director Jyoti Sarup...
(2004) (Climate Change Documentary, for a German NGO) - Paye Na Rupiya Tratha (2003) (Serial)
- BubBubBub is an Indian film in Kashmiri language directed by Jyoti Sarup. It released in Jammu on 1 December 2001. It is only the third Kashmiri film, the preceding one was released 38 years before....
(father) (2002) (First Feature Film in Kashmiri, after 38 years, won a National Award) - Rani Ketki Ki Kahani (1997) (Short - Series)
- Parvarish (1996) (Serial on Zee TV)
- Sandhya Chhaya (1995) (Full length Telefilm, Telecasted on DD Main)
- Tadap (1995) (Telefilm)
- Ajeeb Ittefaque (1994) (Telefilm)
- Mausam Beiman (1993) (Telefilm)
- Naya Zehar (1992) (First Feature Film on AIDS)
- Darwazee (1991) (Serial)
- Aadhe Adhure Se Pure (1990) (Documentary on Jaipur foot)
- Guldasta (1987) (Serial)
- BuniyaadBuniyaadBuniyaad is an Indian television drama-series that was directed by Ramesh Sippy and Jyoti Sarup. The series was written by Manohar Shyam Joshi and dealt with the Partition of India in 1947 and its aftermath....
(1986-7) (Serial) - RehguzarRehguzarRehguzar is a 1985 Indian videofilm/telefilm directed by the National Award winning director Jyoti Sarup starring, the now extremely famous, Shekhar Suman, Simple Kapadia, Bharat Bhushan and also Jyoti Sarup himself. The film was first released for video in 1985, it was later telecasted on...
(1985) (Telefilm)
- Raj Tarangini
Writer
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- Parvarish (1996) (serial)
- Tadap (1995) (telefilm)
- Ajeeb Ittefaque (1994) (telefilm)
- Mausam Beiman (1993) (telefilm)
- Naya Zehar (1992) (feature film)
- Aadhe Adhure Se Pure (1990) (documentary)
- Guldasta (1988) (serial)
- Ramlal Shyamlal (1978) (serial)
Producer
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- Raj TaranginiRajataranginiThe Rājatarangiṇī is a metrical chronicle of North west of the Indian subcontinent particularly the kings of Kashmir from earliest time written in Sanskrit by Kalhaṇa. The Rājatarangiṇī often has been erroneously referred to as the River of the Kings. In reality what Kalhana means by Rājatarangiṇī...
(Serial telecasted in 2006, on DD Kashir) - Toxic Tresspass (2005) (Documentary)
- Emergising India (2004) (Documentary)
- Paye Na Rupiya Tratha (2003) (Serial)
- Rani Ketki Ki Kahani (1997) (Short - Serial)
- Raj Tarangini
'Actor
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- Castling (2004) ...Senior Inspector Verma
- Bub (father) (2002) ...guest appearance
- Tadap (1995) ...journalist
- Ajeeb Ittefaque (1994) ...journalist
- Mausam Beiman (1993) ...as himself
- RehguzarRehguzarRehguzar is a 1985 Indian videofilm/telefilm directed by the National Award winning director Jyoti Sarup starring, the now extremely famous, Shekhar Suman, Simple Kapadia, Bharat Bhushan and also Jyoti Sarup himself. The film was first released for video in 1985, it was later telecasted on...
(1985) ...star's secretary - Pyaar Ke Rahi (1982) ...Lawyer
- Sir Richard Attenborough'sRichard AttenboroughRichard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough , CBE is a British actor, director, producer and entrepreneur. As director and producer he won two Academy Awards for the 1982 film Gandhi...
"GandhiGandhi (film)Gandhi is a 1982 biographical film based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who led the nonviolent resistance movement against British colonial rule in India during the first half of the 20th century. The film was directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Ben Kingsley as Gandhi. They both...
" (1982) ...young Indian reporter - Ramlal Shyamlal (1978) ...property agent