Personal info
Known for
Producer
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1929-08-15
Location
West Bengal, India
Edit pagePramod Chakravorty
Biography
Pramod Chakravorty (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian Hindi film producer and director.
Chakravorty is best known for directing Hindi film classics like Ziddi, Love in Tokyo, and Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai in the romantic genre and action films like Jugnu (1973), Jagir, and Shatru. He also directed suspense films like 12 O Clock with Guru Dutt and Johnny Walker and also directed thrillers like Passport with Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar in lead roles.
He directed Dharmendra and Hema Malini as the romantic pair in the films Jugnu, Naya Zamana, Dream Girl, and Azaad. Most of his directorial ventures were hits except Gangu (1962), Deedaar, and Barood (1998) which were box office flops.
In 1976, he started shooting the film Chamatkar with Rajesh Khanna, Parveen Babi, and Shoma Anand in lead roles but the film after being shot for 45 percent, was stopped mid-way by other producers. Later he got the opportunity to direct Rajesh Khanna with Shabana in the Indo-Bangladesh venture Shatru (1986). He also directed Dev Anand and Zeenat Aman in Warrant in 1975.
He is the director who first signed Akshay Kumar as the lead hero with Deedar even though Saugandh was Akshay's first release. Actor Pran was a regular in the films directed by Pramod Chakraborty. 16 of his directorial ventures were box office hits.
