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Harnam Singh Rawail

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 08/21/1921 († 83, 09/17/2004) | Faisalabad (Pakistan)
Harnam Singh Rawail (21 August 1921 – 17 September 2004), often credited as H. S. Rawail, was an Indian filmmaker. He debuted as a director with the 1940 Bollywood film Dorangia Daku and is best known for romantic films like Mere Mehboob (1963), Sunghursh (1968), Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971) and Laila Majnu (1976). His son Rahul Rawail and grandson Rajat Rawail (through daughter Roshni Rawail) are film directors too; the former paid a tribute to his father's film Sunghursh by titling one of his film as Jeevan Ek Sanghursh (1990). ()

Harnam Singh Rawail (b. 1921) Hindi-Urdu director born in Lyallpur (now Pakistan). Went to Bombay in his teens to join films. Slept on the streets and in the Madhav Baug temple precincts. These experiences were later retold in quasi-autobiographical Pocketmaar. Left for Calcutta where he became assistant to Kidar Sharma. His first script is Banke Sipahi (1937), a version of The Three Musketeers. Wrote several scripts, usually in stunt genre, at Indrapuri Studios where he also received his first break as director. Turned producer in Calcutta (1948), then returned to Bombay (1949) and later established Roshni Pics (1955) and Rahul Theatres (1960). Made comedies (best known is Kishore Kumar’s slapstick Shararat) and love stories. Sangharsh was based on major Bengali novelist Mahashweta Devi’s Laila Aasmaner Aaina. After Mere Mehboob, made period romances and love legends. Last film Deedar-E-Yaar, written by his son Rahul Rawail, was one of the biggest financial disasters of 80s Hindi film. Since then has produced films for his son.

Most frequent genres for this person: Romance / Love | Drama | Action

Known for these Movies & Shows

Yusuf lives a wealthy lifestyle with his businessman dad, Safdarjang, who is confined to a wheel-chair. When Yusuf's precocious nephew, Khalid alias Phirangi's tutor, Mrs. Albert complains about him a ...

Mehboob Ki Mehndi

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1971 | 2h 31min
Romance / Love
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Roshan is a pickpocket whose life changes after a man he steals money from commits suicide. Driven by guilt, he sets out to repay the money to the deceased man's family. ...

Pocket Maar

Certification unknown

1956 | 2h 16min
Action, Crime, Drama
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While studying in Aligarh Muslim University, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman and is unable to get her out of his mind. En route to Lucknow, they meet with Nawab Buland Akhtar Cha ...

Mere Mehboob

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1963 | 2h 50min
 
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Kaish Amari comes from a wealthy arab family. At the tender age of six he is sent to school and gets friendly with a young girl named Laila. ...

Laila-Majnu

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1976 | 2h 22min
Romance / Love
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Movies with Harnam Singh Rawail as Crew(15)

Directing/Director1982 Deedar-E-Yaar
Directing/Director1976 Laila-Majnu
Directing/Director1971 Mehboob Ki Mehndi
Directing/Director1968 Sunghursh
Production/Producer1968 Sunghursh
Directing/Director1963 Mere Mehboob
Production/Producer1963 Mere Mehboob
Directing/Director1961 Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja
Directing/Director1959 Shararat
Production/Producer1959 Shararat
Directing/Director1956 Pocket Maar
Writing/Writer1956 Pocket Maar
Directing/Director1954 Mastana
Directing/Director1952 Saqi
Directing/Director1949 Patanga

Citizenship: India
Born: Sunday, 08/21 1921 (August) in Faisalabad (Pakistan)
Died: Friday, 09/17 2004 (September) in Mumbai (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Children: Rahul Rawail
Other names for Harnam Singh Rawail (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"H. S. Rawail"
Harnam Singh Rawail frequently works together with these people:
Mumtaz Begum (4x, Actress)
Jagdish Raj (4x, Actor)
Iftekhar (4x, Actor)
Rishi Kapoor (2x, Actor)
Cuckoo (2x, Actress)
Sunder (2x, Actor)
Naushad (2x, Crew)
Deven Verma (2x, Actor)
Anjana Rawail (2x, Crew)
Paro (2x, Cast)
Gope (2x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:57071, Added: 05/17/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024