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Praveen Nischol | |
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 Nischol in 2016 | |
| Born | Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | St. Stephens |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, director and writer |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Children | Krishna Jadhav Nischol (son) |
| Parent(s) | C.L Nischol Kamla Nischol |
| Relatives | Navin Nischol (brother) |
Praveen Nischol is a producer, director and writer. He has made feature films, TV serials and TV commercials. He is the younger brother of actor Navin Nischol.
Praveen Nischol was born in Delhi and had his early education in Park English School in Calcutta. In Class 8 he was awarded the gold medal for the most outstanding student of the year. From his early years, he was very active on stage in acting and debates in which he won many awards. After class 8 he shifted to Delhi and finished his schooling at Delhi Public School, where he won many awards in debates and was also given the best actor award at the school's annual day function, by then-President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain.
Nischol did his graduation in BSc from St. Stephen's College in Delhi University. He then joined M.A. in philosophy in Hindu College (Delhi University), but left it halfway and went to Mumbai to work in films and join his brother Navin Nischol, who was then playing the lead man in his first Bollywood movie, Sawan Bhadon .
Nischol started his career as a director with the film Jaan Se Pyara starring Navin, Rekha, Reena Roy, Amjad Khan, and Prem Chopra, with music by R. D. Burman. The movie started with the recording of two songs sung by Asha Bhosle. The special effects of this movie were done by John Dykstra of Apogee Studios, Los Angeles, who had made the epic film Star Wars in partnership with George Lucas. Nischol shot seven reels of the film but then the movie was abandoned by the producer as he ran into financial difficulties which did not allow the film to be taken over by any other production house.
After this initial setback, Nischol took the rights of the four volumes of the Bengali literary classic Shrikant, [1] [2] by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. He made the first two volumes into a sponsored TV serial for Doordarshan, called Shrikant, starring Farooque Shaikh, Sujata Mehta, Priyadarshani, and Bharat Bhushan. It was written by Ali Raza, had music by Jaidev, and was produced jointly with Manmohan Shetty and Pradeep Uppoor. The serial consisted of 18 half-hour episodes, and was the first serial to be shot entirely on film. It was a big success and got huge critical acclaim. This was the first Asian serial to feature on Channels 1 and 2 of the BBC.
Nischol made the feature film Rajlaxmi. This was sold to F.C. Mehra, mainly for foreign markets.
Doordarshan then invited Nischol to do the third volume of the classic novel, and commissioned him to make Shrikant II in 24 half-hour episodes. Farooq Sheikh again played the role of Shrikant. Joining him in the cast were Irfan Khan, Mrinal Kulkarni, Ravinder Mankani, and A. K. Hangal.
Nischol then produced and directed the feature film English Babu Desi Mem , starring Shah Rukh Khan, Sonali Bendre, and Saeed Jaffrey.
He produced, wrote and directed the TV film Jahan Pyar Miley [3] for the programme Director's Cut on Channel 9.
In 2002 he joined Manmohan Shetty's Company, Adlabs, and started a film production division named Entertainment One. The company funded and co-produced about 20 feature films. The first film it released Gangaajal in 2003, for which Nischol shared the producer's National Award with Prakash Jha.
In 2007 Nischol left Adlabs (which had become Reliance Adlabs), and partnered with Ram Gopal Varma. Together they produced three films. The first was Sarkar Raj , starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, followed by Contract and Phoonk . They separated in 2009, after which Nischol started the ad film company White Onion Films with two partners, E. Niwas and Ryan Suares, and produced many TV commercials.
Nischol is also writing and producing a feature film.
He also has a line production company which does cost reporting and accounting for films, commercials, and photo shoots.
| Name | Role |
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| English Babu Desi Mem | Producer |
| Contract | Producer |
| Phoonk | Producer |
| Sarkar Raj | Producer partner |
| English Babu Desi Mem | Director |
| Rajlakshmi [4] | Director |
| Singh Is Kinng | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Love Story 2050 | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Namaste London | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Khoya Khoya Chand | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Ram Gopal Varma Ki aag | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Nishabd | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Dil Dosti Etc | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Marigold | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Mitti Wajaan Maardi | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Darwaaza Bandh Rakho | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Shiva | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Taxi No. 9211 | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Apaharan | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Waqt | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Bluffmaster! | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Dev | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Gangaajal | Co-producer as CEO of E.O. Adlabs |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Shrikant | Director |
| Shrikant II | Director |
| Jahan Pyar Miley | Producer, writer, director |
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