Noted writer-filmmaker Sagar Sarhadi, 88, known for films like ‘Kabhi Kabhie’, ‘Silsila’, and ‘Bazaar’, passed away on Sunday night due to age-related issues.
Sarhadi breathed his last at his residence in the neighbourhood of Sion here, told his nephew filmmaker Ramesh Talwar.
“He passed away shortly before midnight. He wasn’t keeping well for some time and had even stopped eating. He passed away peacefully,” Talwar said.
Sagar Sarhadi was born Ganga Sagar Talwar in 1933, in the North-West Frontier Province of undivided India. According to sources, he changed his name to reveal his connection with the frontier province. Before he ventured into cinema, Sarhadi was an Urdu writer. He had penned several short stories and plays. The Partition reportedly prompted him to first start writing.
Sarhadi began his career writing Urdu short stories and became an Urdu playwright. Filmmaker Yash Chopra’s 1976 ‘Kabhi Kabhie’, starring Amitabh Bachchan and Raakhee, opened the gates for his Bollywood career. He collaborated with Chopra to pen screenplay in acclaimed films like ‘Silsila’ (1981) and Sridevi and Rishi Kapoor-starrer ‘Chandni’, for which he wrote the dialogues.
In 1982, Sagar Sarhadi turned director with ‘Bazaar’, starring Supriya Pathak, Farooq Shaikh, Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah.
Sarhadi is also credited with writing dialogues for superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s debut ‘Deewana’ in 1992 and Hrithik Roshan’s debut ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai’.
