Sunil Agnihotri

Indian film director

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Sunil Agnihotri

Nationality| Indian
Occupation(s)| Director, Producer
Years active| 1988 – present
Known for| Chandrakanta

Sunil Agnihotri is a Bollywood film and TV producer and director. He has been described as the "king of television costume dramas".[1]

## Work

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Davaa was released in 1997 and was appreciated. He then went on to produce and direct in 1997 a series called Betaal Pachisi which was a very successful as a TV fantasy series. However that year, he faced a lawsuit involving the US.[2]

King Features Syndicate filed a case arguing that Agnihotri had copied the idea of The Phantom comic strips for the Betaal series.[3] However, the court said that only the unique expression of an idea could be protected, not the idea itself.[4]

The serial was full of songs, which were released on cassette, and was shot like a musical.[5]

## Filmography

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Year | Film | Credits | Notes

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1990 | Danga Fasaad | Director/ Producer |
1992 | Laat Saab | Director, producer | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
1994 | Jai Kishen | Director | Action drama
1994 | Chandrakanta | Director | TV series partly based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel Chandrakanta
1996 | Yug | Director | TV series. Fictional drama about the Historical struggle against British Raj
1997 | Daava | Director | Movie - drama
1997 | Betaal Pachisi | Director/Producer | TV series
1999 | Jai Ganesha | Director/Producer | TV series. The story of how Lord Ganesha still plays a part in people's everyday lives
2002 | Aa Gale Lag Jaa | Director | TV series
2004  |  Alibaba Aur 40 Chor | Director  |
2007–08 | Chandramukhi | Director/Producer | 91 episodes
2009 | Black | Director/Producer | TV series - paranormal thriller starring film actor Mamik Singh
2011 | Kaala Saaya | Director/Producer | Reprisal series of Black
2011 | Kahani Chandrakanta Ki | Producer and Director | TV series based on Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel series 'Chandrakanta Santati'.
2014 | Balwinder Singh Famous Ho Gaya | Producer and Director | Movie - Comedy

## References

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1. ^ Business India. A.H. Advani. 1999. p. 174. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
2. ^ "Business World". Ananda Bazar Patrika Ltd. January 1997: 46. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
3. ^ Narayanan, Parameswaran (2007). Law of copyright and industrial designs. Eastern Law House. pp. 17, 46. ISBN 978-81-7177-190-5.
4. ^ Mayur Suresh; Atreyee Majumder; Lawrence Liang. "Encountering the Sustaining Myths of Copyright" (PDF). Infochangeindia.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
5. ^ "Sunil Agnihotri remakes a film into a serial". Mid Day. 14 August 2002. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

## External links

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* Sunil Agnihotri at IMDb
* "YouTube results for Sunil Agnihotri" - via YouTube.