Ranbir Pushp is an Indian film writer and novelist in the Indian film fraternity,

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, nominated for the

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and

Filmfare Award for Best Story The Filmfare Award for Best Story is given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a writer who wrote a film's story. List of winners 1950s * 1955 Mukhram Sharma – '' Aulad'' * 1956 Rajinder Singh ...

for the film Agni Sakshi. Frequent cast in his films include

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and

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. He is known for his films such as '' Jaan'', ''

Hameshaa ''Hameshaa'' (English: 'Forever') is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language romance film written by Ranbir Pushp and directed by Sanjay Gupta. The film stars Aditya Pancholi, Saif Ali Khan and Kajol. Aruna Irani and Kader Khan have supporting roles in th ...

'', '' Agni Sakshi'', and '' Yaarana''. His film Agni Sakshi received seven nominations at ''

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''. He gained national fame due to success of ''Agni Sakshi'', which later won a

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. Pushp has worked for over 50 feature films and six television serials. Ranbir Pushp post his meeting with Salman Khan in 2016

His debut film as a director was ''Yaarana'' with

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and Geeta Zaildar. The film revolved around the sport of football and was rated 5 stars by '' Jag Bani''. Pushp's next work will be a sequel to ''Agni Sakshi''.

Early life

Pushp was born as Ranbir Kumar Kaushal to Mr. Kanshi Ram Kaushal in

Patiala, India Patiala () is a city in southeastern Punjab, northwestern India. It is the fourth largest city in the state and is the administrative capital of Patiala district. Patiala is located around the ''Qila Mubarak'' (the 'Fortunate Castle') constructe ...

. He adopted the pen name Ranbir Pushp for social reasons. Pushp did his schooling from Arya school started writing short stories for All India Radio during school days, which he was very successful at. He completed his education from Govt.

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. During college he worked as a writer and actor for All India Radio and Television.

Career

Pushp's first film as a writer was Film Hi Film in which actor

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performed as guest appearance. He later wrote a television serial, Paying Guest for

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and films like

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, starring

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, and multi-star films such as

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starring

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and

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, and

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starring

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and

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. In the ‘90s Pushp worked on more than 21 films as a writer hits like

Sahebzaade ''Sahebzaade'' is a 1992 Bollywood action film, starring Sanjay Dutt and Neelam Kothari in the title roles, while some ensemble cast have supporting roles. The story is written by Ranbir Pushp. Story In picturesque Himachal Pradesh live Raja, ...

starring

Agni Sakshi (1996 film) Agni Sakshi or Agnisakshi or Agni Satchi may refer to: * ''Agnisakshi'' (novel), Indian novel by Lalithambika Antharjanam * ''Agni Sakshi'' (1982 film), Indian Tamil language film * ''Agni Sakshi'' (1990 film), Indian Telugu language film * ''Agni ...

with

, nominated for the Best Film for

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

and

Filmfare Award for Best Film The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the '' Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award was first given in 1954. Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years. E ...

starring

Return of Jewel Thief ''Return of Jewel Thief'' is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Ashok Tyagi. It is a sequel to the 1967 film ''Jewel Thief'', that starred Ashok Kumar and Dev Anand who reprise their roles in this film. The cast of the f ...

with

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and Jaan a silver jubilee hit starring

being the top highlights. He worked as a member of script approval committee Rajaya Film Vikas Parishad with Chairperson

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for Ministry of Information and Public Relation, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh-(2003-2006). He went on to write films like Surya and

Jimmy (2008 film) ''Jimmy'' is a Hindi thriller film directed by Raj N. Sippy. The film introduces the son of Mithun Chakraborty, Mimoh Chakraborty. This was the Bollywood debut of Mimoh Chakraborty with high expectations, but it was a box office bomb. It was a ...

, the debut film of

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. Pushp entered the world of direction with the film Yaarana in 2015, the film was rated 5 stars by Jagbani. His next film as a writer will be the sequel to the hit film Agni Sakshi.

Awards

Filmfare Awards The Filmfare Awards are annual awards that honour artistic and technical excellence in the Hindi-language film industry of India.Al The Filmfare ceremony is one of the most famous film events in India. The awards were first introduced by th ...

* 1997: Nominations:

: '' Agni Sakshi'',

: '' Agni Sakshi''

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pushp, Ranbir 20th-century Indian film directors Living people Hindi-language film directors Indian male screenwriters Film directors from Mumbai University of Mumbai alumni Hindi film producers 21st-century Indian film directors Film producers from Mumbai 1958 births