Jhamu Sughand (1951 – 26 May 2008) was an Indian film financier, producer and distributor, in mainstream

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, as well

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. He is most known as producer of

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-nominated ''

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'' (2001), '' Satya'' (1998), ''

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' () is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. It was released internationally as ''Straight From the Heart''. The film stars Aishwarya Rai, Salman Khan and Ajay Devgn. B ...

'' (1999), '' Aks'' (2001) and '' Bombay'' (1995). He started Jhamu Sughand Productions, also produced films in

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and

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, and was awarded the

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as the producer of '' Astitva'' directed by

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, and subsequently

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for '' Kaalpurush'' directed by

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Career

Sughand started his career joining his family cloth trading business in

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, his hometown, and in 1979 he moved to Mumbai. Here started a printing press specialising in film merchandise for some years, before shifting to film distribution in 1988. In the coming years, he distributed over 100 films, but it was

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's, ''

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'' (1995) which first got him acclaim. In later years, he stopped producing films, eventually selling one of his last films, ''

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'' directed by Anurag Kashyap, which was eventually released in 2009. He died on 26 May 2008, of cardiac arrest at the age of 57. He had suffered a brain stroke a few days earlier. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.

Filmography

Producer

* '' Rangeela'' (1995) * ''

'' (1995, Tamil) * '' Hindustani'' (1996, Tamil) * '' Daud'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1998, executive producer) * ''

'' (1999) * '' Khoobsurat'' (1999) * '' Astitva'' (2000, Marathi) * ''

'' (2001) * '' Aks'' (2001) * '' Filhaal...'' (2002) * '' Hum Kisise Kum Nahin'' (2002) * '' Swapner Din'' (2004, Bengali) * '' Kalpurush'' (2005, Bengali) * ''Secrets and Lies'' (2007, Documentary) * '' Janmadata'' (2008, Bengali)

Distributor

* '' Black Friday'' (2007) * '' Janmadata'' (2008, Bengali)

Awards

* National Film Awards **

Best Feature Film in Marathi (producer): '' Astitva'' ** 2005: Best Feature Film (producer): '' Kaalpurush'' * IIFA Awards ** 2000: Best Movie (producer): ''

References

External links

* 2008 deaths 1951 births Film producers from Mumbai Hindi film producers Indian film distributors People from Nashik district Tamil film producers Bengali film producers Marathi film producers Producers who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award {{india-film-bio-stub