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Saawan Kumar Tak (9 August 1936 – 25 August 2022) was an Indian film director, producer, and lyricist. He directed many Hindi films, including successful films like Saajan Bina Suhagan, Souten, Souten Ki Beti, Sanam Bewafa, Bewaffa Se Waffa. He is credited with giving break to actors such as Sanjeev Kumar and Mehmood Junior.
- Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Lyricist
- 1967–2006
Aug 25, 2022 · Saawan Kumar Tak was an Indian director, screenwriter, producer, and lyricist. He is known for directing superhit films Saajan Bina Suhagan, Souten, Souten Ki Beti, Sanam Bewafa, and Bewaffa Se Waffa. He directed over 19 films in the Bollywood film industry. He died on 25 August 2022 at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.
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Saawan Kumar Tak was born on Sunday, 9 August 1936 (age 86 years; at the time of death) in Jaipur, Jaipur State, British India. His zodiac sign was Leo.
Parents & Siblings
Sawan Kumar Tak has three sisters and one brother.
Wife & Children
He was married to Usha Khanna, and she is a music director in the Bollywood film industry. The couple got separated after a few years of marriage and had no children.
Relation with Meena Kumari
According to Saawan Kumar, he was in love with veteran Indian actress Meena Kumari when he was in the early days of his career in the Bollywood film industry. He was then in his early twenties. In an interview with a media house, he disclosed that he closely experienced the life tragedies of Meena Kumari in her last days of life. He said, In the same discussion, Saawan Kumar added that he had grown attached to her. He said that once, she took him to her bedroom and told mimic stories of her l...
Director
Saawan Kumar Tak was the one who launched the veteran Indian actors Sanjeev Kumar and Mehmood Junior aka Naeem Sayyed in the Indian film industry. Once, he saw the performance of Sanjeev Kumar in a theatre and promised him that he would launch him in his first film. In 1967, he directed his first film Naunihal, which starred Sanjeev Kumar in the lead role. In the same year, this film won several awards and accolades from the Maharashtra government. Saawan Kumar was the one who gave the name S...
Musician
He used to write and compose songs for his films. In his film Souten, the famous song “Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai” was composed by him. He is known for composing famous Hindi songs such as “Barkha Rani Zara Jamke Barso” for the 1973 film ‘Sabak,’ which starred veteran actors Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam Dhillon in the lead roles. Later, he wrote the popular songs “Hum Bhool Gaye” from the film Souten Ki Beti and “Yeh Dil Bewafa Se Wafa” from the film Bewaffa Se Waffa and the legendary Indian sin...
In 1967, his film Naunihal was honoured with the Presidential award by the Government of Maharashtra.
Saawan Kumar Tak died on 25 August 2022 at the age of 86 Years in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India due to prolonged illness. Aaj TakSoon after his death, his PRO Mantu Singh announced in a media interview that Saawan Kumar Tak was suffering from a heart problem for two days. Mantu Singh said,
According to Saawan Kumar Tak, he shifted to Mumbai from Jaipur, Rajasthan in 1967 with the desire to become an actor in the Bollywood film industry. However, he was rejected by two or three film s...
Aug 26, 2022 · Who Was Saawan Kumar Tak? Indian Film Industry's Versatile Filmmaker And Lyricist! Saawan Kumar Tak, a popular director, producer, and lyricist of the Indian film industry, passed away...
Filmmaker Saawan Kumar Tak, known for films like Sanam Bewafa and Souten, died on Thursday at a hospital in Mumbai, his nephew told media. The director had been admitted to the Kokilaben...
Aug 25, 2022 · Bollywood filmmaker Sawan Kumar Tak passed away in Mumbai on Thursday. He was 86. His nephew Navin, who is a Punjabi film producer, told indianexpress.com, “Sawan ji suffered a heart attack at around 4:15 pm today. He died of multiple organ failure. The funeral will be held tomorrow at Pawan Hans Crematorium.”
Aug 25, 2022 · Saawan Kumar Tak, the director, producer, writer and lyricist behind several Bollywood blockbusters, passed away today. Sawan Kumar's nephew Navin Kumar Tak confirmed to ETimes that the industry veteran breathed his last at a hospital in Mumbai at 4pm today. He suffered a heart failure and lung-related ailments too.
