Narendra Bedi (1937–1982) was a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

director and son of the writer

Rajinder Singh Bedi Rajinder Singh Bedi (1 September 1915 – 1984) was an Indian Urdu writer of the Progressive Writers' Movement, progressive writers' movement and a playwright, who later worked in Hindi cinema as a film director, screenwriter and dialogue writer ...

. He is most known for hits movies like ''

Jawani Diwani ''Jawani Diwani'' () is a 1972 Hindi-language musical romance film directed by Narender Bedi, and starring Randhir Kapoor, Jaya Bhaduri, Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy as leads. This was also Kader Khan's debut as a dialogue writer. The film is mo ...

'' (1972) starring

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and

Jaya Bhaduri Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali ...

, Rajesh Khanna starrers '' Bandhan'' and ''

Maha Chor ''Maha Chor'' (translated as "''high thief''") is a 1976 Bollywood action comedy film directed by Narendra Bedi, starring Rajesh Khanna in the lead role, paired opposite Neetu Singh for the very first time. The film had music by R.D. Burman and ...

'' , and Amitabh Bachchan starrers '' Benaam'' (1974) and '' Adalat'' (1977) and the comedy film '' Rafoo Chakkar''.

Personal life

Narendra Bedi was the son of famous Urdu writer and screenwriter Rajinder Singh Bedi. He received a degree in Arts from

University of Mumbai The University of Mumbai is a collegiate, state-owned, public research university in Mumbai. The University of Mumbai is one of the largest universities in the world. , the university had 711 affiliated colleges. Ratan Tata is the appointed h ...

, and thereafter started his career by joining the film production team of

G. P. Sippy Gopaldas Parmanand Sipahimalani (14 September 1914 — 25 December 2007), better known as G. P. Sippy, was an Indian film producer and director who worked in the Bollywood industry. Biography Sippy was born in Sindh, British India (now in Pak ...

, who later produced Bedi's debut film, '' Bandhan'' (1969), starring Rajesh Khanna and

Mumtaz Mumtaz ( ar, ممتاز) is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. ''Mumtazah'' is a related female versio ...

. His films were either in romantic comedy genre like that of ''Jawani Diwani'', Dil Diwana, Rafoo Chakkar, Sanam Teri Kasam or were of action genre like

, Khotey Sikkay, and had music by R.D. Burman. His film Sanam Teri Kasam fetched R.D.Burman his very first Filmfare Best Music Director Award. His only flops in his career as directors were Dil Diwana, Kacche Heere and Aakhri Sangarsh.

Filmography

*'' Bandhan'' (1969) *''

'' (1972) *'' Dil Diwana'' (1974) *'' Khotey Sikkay'' (1974) *'' Benaam'' (1974) *'' Rafoo Chakkar'' (1975) *''

'' (1976) *'' Adalat'' (1977) *''

Kachche Heere ''Kachche Heere'' is a 1982 Bollywood Hindi action film directed by Narender Bedi, starring Feroz Khan, Reena Roy, Danny Denzongpa, Aruna Irani and Shakti Kapoor. The movie was produced by Netra Pal Singh and the music was composed by Rahul ...

'' (1982) *'' Sanam Teri Kasam'' (1982) *''

Aakhri Sanghursh ''Aakhri Sanghursh'' is a Hindi action film of Bollywood directed by Narendra Bedi and produced by G. M. Patel. The film stars Vijayendra Ghatge, Kajal Kiran, Mukesh Khanna in the key roles. This film was made in 1982 and was ready to be release ...

'' (1997)

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* 1937 births 1982 deaths Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters University of Mumbai alumni Film directors from Mumbai 20th-century Indian film directors 20th-century Indian screenwriters 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-film-director-stub