Bollywood Home » Bollywood Screenwriters » Kamleshwar Kamleshwar is one of the most prominent and well known personalities in Hindi film industry. By his sheer hard work and talent, Kamleshwar Prasad Saxena has carved a niche for himself. Kamleshwar has created some immortal movies that made him a renowned personality of Bollywood. He has created some of the hit films ever made.

Kamleshwar- the screenwriter was born on 6th January, 1932 in Mainpuri region of Uttar Pradesh. From his early days, he showed great interest in films. He was especially attracted towards filmography. He wrote a number of editorials and reviews related to films. His talent was known to all and he eventually became a big name in the film industry of Bollywood.

Kamleshwar always wished to make films which will leave a lasting impact on the viewers mind. Screenplays by Kamleshwar are wonderful and will surely make you think. He is known for his excellent contribution to the Hindi Film industry. These include:

• Dialogue writing
• Story line development
• Screenplay writing
• Script writing

He has a number of films to his credit. He contributed to some of the immortal movies, which includes the following:

• Souten Ki Beti (1989) (dialogue)
• Preeti (1986) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• Laila (1984) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• Yeh Desh (1984) (dialogue)
• Rang Birangi (1983) (story)
• Souten (1983) (dialogue)
• Saajan Ki Saheli (1981) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• The Burning Train (1980) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• Ram Balram (1980) (dialogue) (screenplay)
• Mausam (1975) (story)
• Amanush (1975) (dialogue)
• Aandhi (1975) (novel)
• Sara Akash(1969) (dialogue)

Counted among one of the major Bollywood screenwriters, he was credited for writing some of the best films ever made in Bollywood. Kamleshwar has penned down some wonderful screenplays, which are remembered till date. He was also related to television and his first short television film was 'Jamuna Bazar'.

Kamleshwar also has some great literary works to his credit, which include 'Yadon ki Chirag', 'Meri Priya Kahaniyan', 'Kamleshwar Kee Shrestha Kahaniyan', 'Jo Maine Jiya, Teesra Admi', 'Mehfil', 'Hindustan Hamara', 'Parikrama' and many others.

Kamleshwar has bagged a number of prestigious awards because of his sheer talent and hard work. For 'Rang Birangi', a 1983 film, he is remembered till date. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2003 for 'Kitne Pakistan'. He was also awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2005. Kamleshwar died on of heart attack 27th January, 2007 at New Delhi. With his passing away, the industry lost a precious gem.

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