Raj N. Sippy

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Raj N. Sippy
Born
Raj Sippy

(1948-03-06) 6 March 1948 (age 76)
Occupation(s)Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Years active1978–2010

Raj N. Sippy (born 6 March 1948) also known as Raj Sippy, is an Indian film director and producer working on Bollywood films. [1] [2] [3] He was very prominent in the 1980s, with successful films, like Inkaar , Satyamev Jayate and Mahaadev with Vinod Khanna, Satte Pe Satta with Amitabh Bachchan, then Boxer and Baazi with Mithun Chakraborty He directed Satyamev Jayate , the come back film of Vinod Khanna after his Osho stint.

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He has also directed Akshay Kumar's debut film Saugandh and Sanjay Dutt - Jeetendra starrer Thanedaar .

Sippy directed the unsuccessful Jimmy , Mimoh Chakraborty's debut film.

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References

  1. "Sippy, Raj N." worldcat.org. WorldCat.
  2. "Director Raj Sippy, Amitabh Bachchan to work together again". India Today. India: India Today . Retrieved 18 March 2019.
  3. Sippy, Film director, Raj N (2010). "Sitamgar". trove.nla.gov.au (in Hindi). Australia: Trove, National Library of Australia . Retrieved 18 March 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)