Veteran writer-director Sagar Sarhadi passes away in Mumbai

New Delhi: Veteran writer-director Sagar Sarhadi passed away in Mumbai on Monday at the age of 88.

He was a script-writer for films like  like ‘Noorie’, ‘Bazaar’, ‘Kabhi Kabhie’, ‘Silsila’, ‘Chandni’, ‘Deewana’ and ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’.

The ace filmmaker, who was not keeping well for the last few months due to health issues, breathed his last at his Mumbai residence. He had earlier reportedly been admitted to the ICU of a cardiac care hospital, following a heart problem. His last rites will be performed later today.

Sagar Sarhadi, whose real name was Ganga Sagar Talwar was born in Abbottabad, now in Pakistan, in the year 1933. He was a veteran member of IPTA who introduced exemplary performers like Farooque Shaikh and Shabana Azmi in his inter-collegiate theatre competitions for colleges like Khalsa and St Xavier’s in the late 60s and early 70s.

Sarhadi, one of the finest storytellers in the Hindi film industry had penned scripts for movies like ‘Kabhi Kabhi’, ‘Silsila’, ‘Noori’, and the Hrithik Roshan debutant ‘Kaho Na Pyar Hai’, among others that went to become blockbusters. He had produced and directed the 1882 movie ‘Bazar’ and had also written few serials for TV and stage.

#SagarSarhadi was the director of #Bazaar hewants to make #Bazaar2
is there any one to finance and support him? pic.twitter.com/IQIEYAG0R7

— MrB (@brahmatmajay) May 19, 2016

Masterclass with #SagarSarhadi Sahib after the screening of one of my favourite films #Bazaar at Haryana International Film Festival #Hissar pic.twitter.com/OPSfqw2YHw

— DHOOPASHWINI (@DhoopAshwini) December 10, 2017

RIP #SagarSarhadi ji You will be remembered for your work in #Silsila #KabhiKabhie #Chandni to name a few as a scriptwriter.

— RAJ BANSAL (@rajbansal9) March 22, 2021