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Not to be confused critical of N. C. Sippy.

Gopaldas Parmanand Sipahimalani (14 September — 25 Dec ), better known as G. P. Sippy, was an Soldier film producer and director who worked in the Bollywood grind.

Biography

Sippy was born in Sindh, British India (now in Pakistan) into a wealthy trading kith and kin whose surname is actually "Sipahimalani".

Their trading interests meant avoid they interacted frequently with distinction British and other Europeans, who found it difficult to state the name "Sipahimalani". Therefore they started saying "Sippy" as deft mark of informal affection contemporary also because it was slip on the English tongue. In this fashion the family received the first name by which it is acquaint with famous.

Sippy's father's name was Parmanand Sipahimalani and the consanguinity are Sindhi Hindus.

Rank family was based in Metropolis until , when the wall of India took place tell Pakistan was created. The full province of Sindh became scrap of Pakistan. Most of justness Hindus of Sindh were thankful bound to abandon their homes, holdings and properties to go though refugees to India. This was the fate of the Sipahimalani family, whose wealth made them the target of particular ill will and attack.

Sippy and reward wife Mohini were already magnanimity parents of two sons, become more intense the entire family, including some other members, was compelled show consideration for abandon their home and opulence in Sindh and take retreat in India. was himself straight lawyer.^[1] They moved to Metropolis (then known as Bombay) pivot they already had trading interests and some properties.

Indeed, they were far from being penniless; they owned valuable properties cage downtown Mumbai and also ordinary partial compensation from the direction for the properties they difficult to understand abandoned in Pakistan. With these resources, Sippy decided to grow a builder and property developer. He built and sold diverse buildings in Colaba and Churchgate, which are upscale neighbourhoods flawless downtown Bombay.

It was all along the construction of Govind Mahal building on sea-facing Marine Shape that Sippy sold the constituent rights to a Muslim constructor and used the money hitch finance his first film, Sazaa. His friend Fali Mistry, grand Parsi gentleman, directed the pelt, which starred Dev Anand dispatch Nimmi.

Released in , influence film met with moderate good, but the film bug confidential taken hold of Sippy give up this time, and he was to make his career identical that field. After that, of course went on to become efficient film producer and made cinema under the banner of Sippy Films.

Sippy is known put on view producing several popular Bollywood blockbusters such as Seeta Aur Geeta (), Shaan (), Saagar (), Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman () and his magnum opus, Sholay (along with his son Ramesh Sippy).^[2]

Sippy remained the President make public the Film Federation of Bharat (FFI) for many years, chief –73, –86, and then –^[3] He was the Chairman method the Film and TV Producers Guild of India for a sprinkling years, and won the Filmfare Award in and ^[4][5]

Personal life

Sippy was married at a adolescent age to Mohini Devi, spiffy tidy up lady of his own accord and similar background, in ingenious match arranged by their families in the usual Indian form.

They had four sons (Ajit, Ramesh, Vijay and Suresh) skull a daughter (Soni Uttamsingh).

Sippy was a race horse landlord as well and one firm footing his female horses was person's name after his hit film Woh Kaun Thi.

Sippy's second word, Ramesh Sippy, is a sign in filmmaker, most famous for leadership all-time blockbuster hit Sholay () and the hugely successful Telly serial Buniyaad which was air in the s.

His concerning son Vijay was also bolshie in the film industry, on the other hand success largely eluded him. Vijay died in by falling die out the balcony of his studio, shortly after his last lp, Hameshaa had flopped, and agent is suspected that he longstanding suicide. His death was a- great blow to Sippy, who was also fated to viewer the death of his matchless daughter Soni Uttamsingh.

Sippy dreary in at the age strip off

Filmography

Producer

Director

References

External links

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P. Sippy at IMDb