H. S. Rawail
| H. S. Rawail | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Harnam Singh Rawail 21 August 1921 Lyallpur, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 17 September 2004 (aged 83) Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1940–1982 |
| Children | Rahul Rawail |
Harnam Singh Rawail (21 August 1921 – 17 September 2004), often credited as H. S. Rawail, was an Indian filmmaker. He debuted as a director with the 1940 Bollywood film Dorangia Daku and is best known for romantic films like Mere Mehboob (1963), Sunghursh (1968), Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971) and Laila Majnu (1976). His son Rahul Rawail is also a film director and paid a tribute to his father's film Sunghursh by titling one of his film as Jeevan Ek Sanghursh (1990).
Rawail was born in Lyallpur, Punjab, British India and moved to Mumbai to aspire to be a filmmaker. Later, he moved to Kolkata where he wrote several film scripts and debuted as a director with Dorangia Daku (1940). His three consecutive films; Shukriya (1944), Zid (1945) and Jhoothi Kasmein (1948); were commercial failures. His next film Patanga (1949) was successful and was the seventh highest grossing Bollywood film of 1949. The film is still remembered for the song "Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon" performed by Shamshad Begum.
Later, Rawail's nine consecutive films from 1949 till 1956 did not perform well on the box office. In March 1956, Rawail started with two new projects, Chaalbaaz with Meena Kumari and Baazigar with Vyjayanthimala. Both the films were dropped eventually. However, in 1958 director Nanabhai Bhatt revived both the project starring Nirupa Roy. Rawail took three years sabbatical and returned in 1956 with a comedy film Shararat, starring Raaj Kumar, Kishore Kumar and Meena Kumari. The film was not a commercial success along with his next two films, Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1961), starring Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman and Kanch Ki Gudiya (1963) starring Manoj Kumar. But the film brought recognition to Manoj Kumar after having starred in various unsuccessful films before.
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