Personal info
Known for
Writer
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1933-05-11
Location
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Edit pageSagar Sarhadi
Biography
Sagar Sarhadi (11 May 1933 – 22 March 2021) was an Indian short story and play writer writer, director, and producer for film. Born in Baffa Pakhal, District Mansehra (then in British India and now in Pakistan), he began writing Urdu short stories and then continued as an Urdu playwright. Sagar Sarhadi was Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award at ICA - International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in 2019 by Asghar Wajahat.
He became popular in films with Yash Chopra's Kabhi Kabhi (1976), starring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee. He went on to write for films including Noorie (1979); Silsila (1981) starring Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, and Rekha; Chandni (1989) starring Rishi Kapoor, Sridevi, and Vinod Khanna; Faasle starring Sunil Dutt, Rekha, Farooq Shaikh and Deepti Naval; Rang (1993) starring Kamal Sadanah and Divya Bharti and directed by Talat Jani; Anubhav starring Sanjeev Kumar and Tanuja and directed by Basu Bhattacharya; Zindagi (1976); The Other Man; Karmayogi; Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai; Karobaar; Bazaar; Chausar and became a well-known name as a scriptwriter.
