Sunil Agnihotri
Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas".
Sunil Agnihotri
- Name
- Sunil Agnihotri
- Known for
- Chandrakanta
- Occupation
- Director, Producer
- Nationality
- India
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Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas".
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• Name — Sunil Agnihotri • Known for — Chandrakanta • Occupation — Director, Producer • Years Active — 1988 – present
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Jai Ganesha was released in 1999 and was appreciated. He then went on to produce and direct in 1998 a series called Betaal Pachisi which was a very successful as a TV fantasy series. However that year, he faced a lawsuit involving the US. King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series. However, the court said that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself. The serial was full of songs, which were released on cassette, and was shot like a musical.
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Filmography
• Year — Film — Credits — Notes • 1990 — Danga Fasaad — Director/ Producer • 1992 — Laat Saab — Director, producer — Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller • 1994 — Jai Kishen — Director — Action drama • 1994 — Chandrakanta — Director — TV series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta • 1996 — Yug — Director — TV series. Fictional drama about the Historical struggle against British Raj • 1997 — Daava — Director — Movie - drama • 1997 — Betaal Pachisi — Director/Producer — TV series • 1999 — Jai Ganesha — Director/Producer — TV series. The story of how Lord Ganesha still plays a part in people's everyday lives • 2002 — Aa Gale Lag Jaa — Director — TV series • 2004 — Alibaba Aur 40 Chor — Director • 2007–08 — Chandramukhi — Director/Producer — 91 episodes • 2009 — Black — Director/Producer — TV series - paranormal thriller starring film actor Mamik Singh • 2011 — Kaala Saaya — Director/Producer — Reprisal series of Black • 2011 — Kahani Chandrakanta Ki — Producer and Director — TV series based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel series 'Chandrakanta Santati'. • 2014 — Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya — Producer and Director — Movie - Comedy
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