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Shakti Samanta (13 January 1926 – 9 April 2009) was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as Anand Ashram (1977), Anusandhan /Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), Anyay Abhichar (1985), Howrah Bridge (1958), Insan Jaag Utha (1959), China Town (1962), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), An Evening ...
Shakti Samanta was born on 13 January 1926 in Burdwan, West Bengal, British India [now India]. He was a director and producer, known for Aradhana (1969), Anuraag (1972) and Amar Prem (1972). He died on 9 April 2009 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Mar 21, 1975 · Amanush: Directed by Shakti Samanta. With Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prema Narayan, Anil Chatterjee. A village youth falsely implicated in a conspiracy is imprisoned and can't prove his innocence to his beloved. Devastated, he takes to alcohol.
Apr 6, 1979 · The Great Gambler: Directed by Shakti Samanta. With Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Prem Chopra. After unwittingly using his skills to obtain military secrets, a gambler is pursued by a police officer who happens to be his doppelganger.
Renowned filmmaker Shakti Samanta’s impressive repertoire of directing 37 films in Hindi and producing six more along with five films in his native Bengali language makes him one of the most successful filmmakers in Hindi cinema. A rich career graph, to put it simply.
Jan 15, 2022 · The Magic of Shakti Samanta. Sid is a dangerous addict… films, theatre, music, food, graphics,…. Seldom we can find a person who qualified to be a fighter pilot, becomes a film maker instead. He was a musician, a singer and a film maker simultaneously. Such was the versatility of Shakti Samanta.
Jan 12, 2016 · Through the 1950s, right down to his death following a cardiac arrest at the age of 83, Shakti Samanta was a true-blue movie tycoon.
Apr 10, 2009 · Three hours after he passed away; at 6 pm Shakti Samanta s bungalow in Santacruz, Mumbai teemed with family members and a few close friends.
Jan 13, 2023 · Shakti Samanta was a great filmmaker. But his music sense was even greater. The sounds that he got from RD Burman are imperishable, incomparable and beyond almost anything that any filmmaker has mined from any other melody makers.
Apr 9, 2009 · NEW DELHI: In a career spanning over four decades, Shakti Samanta delivered a huge hamper of Bollywood superhits. But the 83-year-old producer-director, who passed away on Thursday at his Santa Cruz residence in Mumbai, will perhaps be remembered as the man who created the Rajesh Khanna phenomenon.
