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Sunil Agnihotri

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Sunil Agnihotri
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Director, Producer
Years active1988 – present
Known forChandrakanta

Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas".[1]

Work

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Davaa was released in 1997 and was appreciated. He then went on to produce and direct in 1997 a series called Betaal Pachisi which was a very successful as a TV fantasy series. However that year, he faced a lawsuit involving the US.[2]

King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series.[3] However, the court said that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself.[4]

The serial was full of songs, which were released on cassette, and was shot like a musical.[5]

Filmography

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Year Film Credits Notes
1990 Danga Fasaad Director/ Producer
1992 Laat Saab Director, producer Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
1994 Jai Kishen Director Action drama
1994 Chandrakanta Director TV series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta
1996 Yug Director TV series. Fictional drama about the Historical struggle against British Raj
1997 Daava Director Movie - drama
1997 Betaal Pachisi Director/Producer TV series
1999 Jai Ganesha Director/Producer TV series. The story of how Lord Ganesha still plays a part in people's everyday lives
2002 Aa Gale Lag Jaa Director TV series
2004 Alibaba Aur 40 Chor Director
2007–08 Chandramukhi Director/Producer 91 episodes
2009 Black Director/Producer TV series - paranormal thriller starring film actor Mamik Singh
2011 Kaala Saaya Director/Producer Reprisal series of Black
2011 Kahani Chandrakanta Ki Producer and Director TV series based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel series 'Chandrakanta Santati'.
2014 Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya Producer and Director Movie - Comedy

References

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  1. ^ Business India. A.H. Advani. 1999. p. 174. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Business World". Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. January 1997: 46. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Narayanan, Parameswaran (2007). Law of copyright and industrial designs. Eastern Law House. pp. 17, 46. ISBN 978-81-7177-190-5.
  4. ^ Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. "Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright" (PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Sunil Agnihotri remakes a film into a serial". Mid Day. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
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