Jyoti Sarup

Jyoti Sarup (born 20 August 1954 in New Delhi) is a National Award winning Indian film/serial director and producer.

Biography

An engineer by education, he received a diploma from NSD and FTII for acting. He came to Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1978 to become an actor. Not belonging to a Film background, he had to start from scratch. He started off as a chief assistant director to Late Mr. Ramanand Sagar. After acting in a few films/serials and assisting a few directors of that time, he found himself more suited behind the camera than in front of it. He therefore started concentrating more and more on film direction. His break as an individual director came from a telefilm with Shekhar Suman. Since then he has directed around 20 projects, from which, one has also gotten him the prestigious National Award.

Awards

*National Award - Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration for the film BUB (Father)(2002)
*11th All India Lions Club Award for Directing the groundbreaking Indian serial "Buniyaad" (1987)
*Indian Cine goers Award for directing the best Comedy serial of the year- "Guldasta" (1987)
*Indian Cine goers Award for best Soap Opera- "Buniyaad" (1986)
*Bombay Films Award for the best telefilm- "Tadap" (1986)

Filmography

Director

**Raj Tarangini (serial, to be telecasted in 2006)
**Toxic Tresspass (2005) (documentary)
**Energising India (2004) (documentary)
**Paye Na Rupiya Tratha (2003) (serial)
**Bub (father) (2002) (feature film)
**Rani Ketki Ki Kahani (1997) (short-series)
**Parvarish (1996) (serial)
**Sandhya Chhaya (1995) (telefilm)
**Tadap (1995) (telefilm)
**Ajeeb Ittefaque (1994) (telefilm)
**Mausam Beiman (1993) (telefilm)
**Naya Zehar (1992) (feature film)
**Darwazee (1991) (serial)
**Aadhe Adhure Se Pure (1990) (documentary)
**Guldasta (1987) (serial)
**Buniyaad (1986-7) (serial)
**Rehguzar (1985) (telefilm)

Writer

**Parvarish (1996) (serial)
**Tadap (1995) (telefilm)
**Ajeeb Ittefaque (1994) (telefilm)
**Mausam Beiman (1993) (telefilm)
**Naya Zehar (1992) (feature film)
**Aadhe Adhure Se Pure (1990) (documentary)
**Guldasta (1988) (serial)
**Ramlal Shyamlal (1978) (serial)

Producer

**Raj Tarangini (serial to be telecasted in 2006)
**Toxic Tresspass (2005) (documentary)
**Emergising India (2004) (documentary)
**Paye Na Rupiya Tratha (2003) (serial)
**Rani Ketki Ki Kahani (1997) (short-series)

'Actor

**Castling (2004) ...Senior Inspector Verma
**Bub (father) (2002) ...guest appearance
**Tadap (1995) ...journalist
**Ajeeb Ittefaque (1994) ...journalist
**Mausam Beiman (1993) ...as himself
**Rehguzar (1985) ...star's secretary
**Pyaar Ke Rahi (1982) ...Lawyer
**Sir Richard Attenborough's "Gandhi" (1982) ...young Indian reporter
**Ramlal Shyamlal (1978) ...property agent