Manjul Sinha

Manjul Sinha is an Indian television director.

Sinha always wanted to be a director,^[1] having grown up in a prominent family which had keen interest in films having a cinema hall at Patna, film distribution and interests in Bhojpuri films.

After passing high school from sainik school tilaiya ^[2] and later graduating from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune in 1977^[3] Manjul Sinha came to Bombay in pursuit of a career in Direction. After directing many small television advertisements, his first major break was with Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi which was among the first sitcoms on Indian television.^[1] At that time Indian television viewership was seeing a new dawn, colour television having just arrived, and Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi became very popular: cinema halls ran empty during the half-hour show on Friday night.^[1]

More recently Sinha has been involved in making Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan,^[1] another television serial.

He has mentored many upcoming film makers, writers and actor notable amongst them is Vipul K Rawal of Iqbal (film) fame.

In 2004 he was included on the panel of judges for the 29th Radio and Television Advertising Practitioners' Association of India (RAPA) awards.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "An Interview with Manjul Sinha". 19 May 2001. http://www.indiantelevision.com/interviews/director/manjul.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-23. 
2. ^ http://sainikschoolsociety.org/outstandingalumini.html
3. ^ Manjul Sinha listed at the FTII Alumni Association
4. ^ 29th RAPA Awards raps with creative glitterati - Indiantelevision.com's Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

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