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	\| birth_place = [[Bengal]], India		\| birth_place = [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
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	\| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India		\| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
	\| occupation = [[film director]]~~<br>~~ [[film producer]]		\| occupation = {{hlist\|[[film director]]\|[[film producer]]}}
	\| yearsactive =1955–1998		\| yearsactive = 1955–1998
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	'''Pramod Chakravorty''' (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian [[Hindi film]] producer and [[film director\|director]].		'''Pramod Chakravorty''' (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian [[Hindi film]] producer and [[film director\|director]].

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| birth_place = [[Bengal]], India
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| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| yearsactive =1955–1998
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'''Pramod Chakravorty''' (15 August 1929 – 12 December 2004) was an Indian [[Hindi film]] producer and [[film director|director]].

==Career==
Chakravorty is best known for directing Hindi film classics like ''[[Ziddi (1964 film)|Ziddi]]'', ''[[Love in Tokyo]]'', ''[[Tumse Achcha Kaun Hai]]'' in romantic genre and action films like ''[[Jugnu]]'' (1973), ''[[Jagir]]'' and ''[[Shatru]]''. He also directed suspense films like ''12 O Clock'' with [[Guru Dutt]] and [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] and also directed thriller like ''Passport'' with [[Madhubala]] and [[Pradeep Kumar]] in lead roles. He directed [[Dharmendra]] and [[Hema Malini]] as the romantic pair in the films ''[[Jugnu]]'', ''[[Naya Zamana]]'', ''[[Dream Girl (1977 film)|Dream Girl]]'' and ''[[Azaad (1978 film)|Azaad]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-dharmendra-the-much-underappreciated-hindi-film-star-2236166|title = Dharmendra: The much underappreciated Hindi film star!|date = 19 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Azaad-1978/article15472425.ece|title = Azaad (1978)|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 6 October 2016}}</ref> Most of his directorial ventures were hits with exception of ''Gangu'' (1962), ''Deedaar'', and ''Barood'' (1998) which were box office flops. In 1976, he had started shooting the film ''Chamatkar'' with [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Parveen Babi]] and Shoma Anand in lead roles but the film after being shot for 45 percent, was stopped mid way by other producers. Later he got opportunity to direct [[Rajesh Khanna]] with [[Shabana (Bangladeshi actress)|Shabana]] in the Indo Bangladesh venture ''[[Shatru]]'' (1986). He also directed [[Dev Anand]] and [[Zeenat Aman]] in ''[[Warrant (film)|Warrant]]'' in 1975.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/blast-from-the-past-warrant-1975/article6291933.ece|title=Blast from the Past: Warrant (1975)|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 August 2014|last1=Malhotra|first1=Aps}}</ref> He is the director who first signed [[Akshay Kumar]] as lead hero with ''[[Deedar (1992 film)|Deedar]]'' even though ''[[Saugandh (1991 film)|Saugandh]]'' was Akshay's first release. Actor [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] was a regular in the films directed by Pramod Chakravorthy. 16 of his directorial ventures were box office hits.

==Personal life==
Pramod Chakravorty was born on 15 August 1929 in West Bengal, India.
He became a producer in the 1958 with the film ''12 O'Clock''.

==Filmography as director==

*''[[12 O'Clock (film)|12 O'Clock]]'' (1958)
*''Sanjog'' (1961)
*''[[Passport (1961 film)|Passport]]'' (1961)
*''[[Ziddi (1964 film)|Ziddi]]'' (1964)
*''[[Love in Tokyo]]'' (1966)
*''[[Tumse Achha Kaun Hai (1969 film)|Tumse Achha Kaun Hai]]'' (1969)
*''[[Naya Zamana (1971 film)|Naya Zamana]]'' (1971)
*''[[Jugnu]]'' (1973)
*''[[Warrant (film)|Warrant]]'' (1975)
*''[[Barood (1976 film)|Barood]]'' (1976)
*''[[Dream Girl (1977 film)|Dream Girl]]'' (1977)
*''[[Azaad (1978 film)|Azaad]]'' (1978)
*''[[Jyoti (1981 film)|Jyoti]]'' (1981)
*''[[Nastik (1983 film)|Nastik]]'' (1983)
*''[[Jagir (1984 film)|Jagir]]'' (1984)
*''[[Shatru]]'' (1986)
*''[[Deedar (1992 film)|Deedar]]'' (1992)
*''[[Barood (1998 film)|Barood]]'' (1998)

==See also==
*[[Bollywood]]
*[[R.D. Burman]]
*[[Shankar Jaikishan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0149850}}

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[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from West Bengal]]
[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]

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