Narendra Bedi

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{{Infobox person
|birth_date={{Birth year|1937}}
|birth_place=[[Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[British India]]
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|death_date={{Death year and age||1982}}
|yearsactive = 1965 - 2004
|notable works = [[Maha Chor]] [[Bandhan (1969 film)|Bandhan]] [[Jawani Diwani]] [[Rafoo Chakkar]]
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|children = 3, including [[Rajat Bedi]] (son) [[Manek Bedi]] (son) Ila Bedi Dutta (daughter)
|nationality = Indian
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'''Narendra Bedi''' (1937-1982) was a [[Bollywood]] director and son of the writer [[Rajinder Singh Bedi]]. He is most known for hits movies like ''[[Jawani Diwani]]'' (1972) starring [[Randhir Kapoor]] and [[Jaya Bhaduri]], [[Rajesh Khanna]] starrers ''[[Bandhan (1969 film)|Bandhan]]'' and ''[[Maha Chor]]'' , and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] starrers ''[[Benaam (1974 film)|Benaam]]'' (1974) and ''[[Adalat (1977 film)|Adalat]]'' (1977) and the comedy film ''[[Rafoo Chakkar]]''.<ref name="KUMAR2014">{{cite book|author=Kiran Kumar|title=Movie Magic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IpTXAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41|date=2014|isbn=978-1-4828-2234-2|pages=41}}</ref><ref name="Raja2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA57|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=57}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Narendra Bedi was the son of famous Urdu writer and screenwriter Rajinder Singh Bedi. He received a degree in Arts from [[University of Mumbai]],<ref>then University of Bombay</ref> and thereafter started his career by joining the film production team of [[G. P. Sippy]], who later produced Bedi's debut film, ''[[Bandhan (1969 film)|Bandhan]]'' (1969), starring [[Rajesh Khanna]] and [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]].<ref name="Raja2014"/>

His films were either in romantic comedy genre like that of ''Jawani Diwani'', [[Dil Diwana]], [[Rafoo Chakkar]], [[Sanam Teri Kasam (1982 film)|Sanam Teri Kasam]] or were of action genre like [[Maha Chor]], [[Khotey Sikkay]], and had music by [[R.D. Burman]]. His film [[Sanam Teri Kasam (1982 film)|Sanam Teri Kasam]] fetched R.D.Burman his very first Filmfare Best Music Director Award.<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref> His only flops in his career as directors were Dil Diwana, Kacche Heere and Aakhri Sangarsh.<ref>{{cite web | title = Behind every successful hero is a woman with a pen |work=Mid DAY| url = http://www.mid-day.com/articles/behind-every-successful-hero-is-a-woman-with-a-pen/169605 |author=Shakti Shetty |date=25 June 2012| accessdate = 2015-02-07 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:University of Mumbai alumni]]
[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian screenwriters]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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