Ramesh Talwar

Ramesh Talwar
Born	Baffa (Aptabad)
Occupation	Film, theatre, television director
Years active	1969 – till date

Ramesh Talwar is an Indian film, theatre, television and film director, co-producer and actor. He is the nephew of the film writer, short story writer and playwright Sagar Sarhadi. Talwar began his career as a child artist in Love in Shimla (1958), Dhool Ka Phool (1959) and Phool aur Kaliyan (1960) ( Produced by V Shantaram; directed by Ram Gabale ) which was a National Award winner – Gold medal for best children's film.

He was Yash Chopra's assistant director between 1969 and 1979 and directed several films 1977 onwards. He is best known for directing – Baseraa (1981) which garnered him a Filmfare Best Director Award nomination and Zamana.He is also known for directing numerous plays in theatre.

Talwar began as an assistant director in 1969 on the film Ittefaq to Yash Chopra and assisted Yash Chopra in 7 films from 1969–1979.

Talwar's first film as director, Doosra Aadmi (1977), which starred Raakhee, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Deven Verma, Parikshat Sahni and in special appearance Shashi Kapoor.His debut film received several Filmfare Award nominations for its lead heroine Rakhee. He co-produced only one movie – Noorie in 1978. Among his 7 directorial ventures, only Basera and Zamana (1985) managed to be successful. He made his debut as Theatre Director in 1963 and continued as one till 1983 after which he decided to concentrate on making films and tele films and tele serials. He made a comeback as theatre director in 1998 and has continued to work in this field till date. He has directed many theatre plays since 1963 to 2014.

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