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{{Short description|Indian film director, producer, and lyricist (1936–2022)}}
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'''Saawan Kumar Tak''' (9 August 1936 – 25 August 2022) was an Indian film director, producer, and [[lyricist]]. He directed many [[Bollywood|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]].<ref name=hindu_may12>{{cite news|last=Anuj Kumar|title=My first break: Saawan Kumar Tak|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3428814.ece|accessdate=2 October 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 May 2012}}</ref> His most famous directorial venture was [[Rajesh Khanna]] starrer ''[[Souten]]'', which was the first Indian film to be shot in Mauritius and was a platinum jubilee hit.
''After successful completion of his bachelor's engineering and passed out with specialization in Cyber security and Incident response to enhance his skills to meet up the corporate trends. In his bachelor's he digs more deeper into the ocean of information security.


Saawan Kumar began his career as the producer of the 1967 [[Sanjeev Kumar]] starrer film ''[[Naunihal (1967 film)|Naunihal]]''. He was the one who gave the name Sanjeev to actor Haribhai Jariwala. The film received the Presidential mention at the National Awards.<ref name=hindu_may12 /> His directorial debut was with the film ''[[Gomti Ke Kinare]]'' (1972), which was [[Meena Kumari]]'s last film, and released posthumously.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=PTI |date=2022-08-25 |title=Director Saawan Kumar Tak dies at 86 |url=https://theprint.in/features/director-saawan-kumar-tak-dies-at-86/1099790/ |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref> He was also a prolific lyricist and has written songs for most of his produced and directed films. Apart from this, he has written the lyrics of songs for movies produced and directed by other film-makers. Among these are "Sabak", the 1973 movie starring Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam and featuring the popular song "Barkha Rani Zara Jamke Barso". He penned some songs from the film ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' and all the songs from the 2004 film ''[[Dev (2004 film)|Dev]]''.<ref name=hindu_may12 /><ref>{{cite web|title=Partial list of songs penned by Saawan Kumar|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/lyrics/by-lyricist-Saawan%20Kumar%20Tak.html|accessdate=2 October 2012}}</ref>
He has also done several certifications from most renowned universities across the globe. He is well aware of the conceptual part of the security domain. While pursuing his bachelors he got an onsite opportunity on behalf of his university to Handel an I.T project for online quiz system, Apart from simple quiz management it was a higher end internal project of the university.
He has also written lyrics of some very popular songs of his own movies such as "Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai" ''[[Souten]]'', "Hum Bhool Gaye" ''[[Souten Ki Beti]]'', "Yeh Dil Bewafa Se Wafa" ''[[Bewaffa Se Waffa]]'' all sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]]. He was married to music director [[Usha Khanna]].


==Filmography==
In his masters also he has worked on the on-site training project where he was responsible to code on some modules from the entire project name University management system. It was a nice project taken by Jointeca Educational solutions for B.S.A college of engineering and technology. It's a live project still running in the environment.
'''as Director'''
*''1972 [[Gomti Ke Kinare]]''
*''1974 [[Hawas (1974 film)|Hawas]]''
*''1977 [[Ab Kya Hoga]]''
*''1978 [[Saajan Bina Suhagan]]''
*''1980 Oh Bewafa''
*''1981 Saajan Ki Saheli''
*''1983 [[Souten]]''
*''1984 [[Laila (1984 film)|Laila]]''
*''1986 Preeti''
*''1987 [[Pyar Ki Jeet (1987 film)|Pyar Ki Jeet]]''
*''1989 [[Souten Ki Beti]]''
*''1991 [[Sanam Bewafa]]''
*''1992 [[Bewaffa Se Waffa]]''
*''1993 [[Khal-Naaikaa]]''
*''1994 [[Chaand Kaa Tukdaa]]''
*''1995 Sanam Harjai''
*''1997 Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya''
*''1999 [[Mother (1999 film)|Mother]]''
*''2003 [[Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa]]''
*''2006 [[Saawan... The Love Season|Saawan]]''


==References==
Within this journey of academics. He has also presented his research work and submitted his research papers in well-known Journals, and also presented his work at many international and national conferences. Along with it he did freelancing and participated in many bug bounty programs. With distinction and passing his grades with his still he is not willing to leave the ocean of wisdom. And also he is performing his independent security researchers by his own over various products and concept in the Information technology domain.
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==External links==
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* [http://saawankumartak.com Saawan Kumar's Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130182443/http://saawankumartak.com/ |date=30 November 2007 }}
* {{IMDb name|id=2223387|name=Saawan Kumar Tak}}

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[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Artists from Jaipur]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Film producers from Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:Hindi film producers]]
[[Category:Film directors from Rajasthan]]

Latest revision as of 17:40, 16 February 2024

Saawan Kumar Tak
Saawan Kumar Tak in 2017
Born(1936-08-09)9 August 1936
Jaipur, Jaipur State, British India (present-day Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)
Died25 August 2022(2022-08-25) (aged 86)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation(s)Director
Screenwriter
Producer
Lyricist
Years active1967–2006

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.[1] His most famous directorial venture was Rajesh Khanna starrer Souten, which was the first Indian film to be shot in Mauritius and was a platinum jubilee hit.

Saawan Kumar began his career as the producer of the 1967 Sanjeev Kumar starrer film Naunihal. He was the one who gave the name Sanjeev to actor Haribhai Jariwala. The film received the Presidential mention at the National Awards.[1] His directorial debut was with the film Gomti Ke Kinare (1972), which was Meena Kumari's last film, and released posthumously.[2] He was also a prolific lyricist and has written songs for most of his produced and directed films. Apart from this, he has written the lyrics of songs for movies produced and directed by other film-makers. Among these are "Sabak", the 1973 movie starring Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam and featuring the popular song "Barkha Rani Zara Jamke Barso". He penned some songs from the film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai and all the songs from the 2004 film Dev.[1][3] He has also written lyrics of some very popular songs of his own movies such as "Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai" Souten, "Hum Bhool Gaye" Souten Ki Beti, "Yeh Dil Bewafa Se Wafa" Bewaffa Se Waffa all sung by Lata Mangeshkar. He was married to music director Usha Khanna.

Filmography

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as Director

References

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  1. ^ a b c Anuj Kumar (17 May 2012). "My first break: Saawan Kumar Tak". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Director Saawan Kumar Tak dies at 86". ThePrint. PTI. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Partial list of songs penned by Saawan Kumar". Retrieved 2 October 2012.
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