R. K. Nayyar (born Ram Krishna Nayyar, died 1995) was an Indian film director,
producer and screenwriter in
Hindi language films.
Professional life
His major directorial work includes ''Love in Simla'' which released in 1960.
In
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, ''Love in Simla'' was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960. It grossed
1.7
crore
A crore (; abbreviated cr) denotes ten million (10,000,000 or 107 in scientific notation) and is equal to 100 lakh in the Indian numbering system. It is written as 1,00,00,000 with the local 2,2,3 style of digit group separators (one lakh is e ...
in 1960.
In the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
, the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's
Soviet box office chart. The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union.
Personal life
R.K. Nayyar married Indian actress
Sadhana, first cousin of actress
Babita
Babita Shivdasani-Kapoor (born 20 April 1947), also known simply as Babita or Babita Kapoor, is a former Indian actress who appeared in Hindi-language films. The daughter of actor Hari Shivdasani, she is the first cousin of her contemporary a ...
. in 1966.
Filmography
As director
As producer
As screenwriter
References
External links
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Film producers from Mumbai
Hindi film producers
Hindi-language film directors
Film directors from Mumbai
Indian Hindus
20th-century Indian film directors
Indian male screenwriters
Screenwriters from Mumbai
Hindi screenwriters