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| name = Saawan Kumar Tak<br />
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| birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|08|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jaipur]], [[Jaipur State]], [[British India]] <br />
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| occupation = Director<br>Screenwriter<br>Producer<br>Lyricist<br />
| yearsactive = 1967–2006<br />
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'''Saawan Kumar Tak''' (born 9 August 1936) is an Indian film director, producer, and [[lyricist]]. He has directed many [[Bollywood|Hindi films]], including ''[[Gomti Ke Kinare]]'', ''[[Souten]]'', ''[[Souten Ki Beti]]'', ''[[Sanam Bewafa]]'', and ''[[Bewaffa Se Waffa]]''. He is credited with giving break to actors such as [[Sanjeev Kumar]] and [[Mehmood Junior]].<ref name=hindu_may12>{{cite news|last=Anuj Kumar|title=My first break: Saawan Kumar Tak|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article3428814.ece|accessdate=2 October 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 May 2012}}</ref><br />
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Saawan Kumar began his career as the producer of the 1967 [[Sanjeev Kumar]] starer film ''[[Naunihal (1967 film)|Naunihal]]''. The film received the Presidential mention at the National Awards.<ref name=hindu_may12 /> His directorial debut was with the film ''[[Gomti Ke Kinare]]'' (1972), which was [[Meena Kumari]]'s last film, and released posthumously.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}} He is also a prolific lyricist and has written songs for most of his produced and directed films. Apart from this, he has written the lyrics of songs for movies produced and directed by other film-makers. Among these are "Sabak", the 1973 movie starring Shatrughan Sinha and Poonam and featuring the popular song "Barkha Rani Zara Jamke Barso". He penned some songs from the film ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' and all the songs from the 2004 film ''[[Dev (2004 film)|Dev]]''.<ref name=hindu_may12 /><ref>{{cite web|title=Partial list of songs penned by Saawan Kumar|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/lyrics/by-lyricist-Saawan%20Kumar%20Tak.html|accessdate=2 October 2012}}</ref><br />
He has also written lyrics of some very popular song of his own movie such as "Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai" ''[[Souten]]'', "Hum Bhool Gaye" ''[[Souten Ki Beti]]'', "Yeh Dil Bewafa Se Wafa" ''[[Bewaffa Se Waffa]]'' all sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]].<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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*''2006 [[Saawan... The Love Season]]''<br />
*''2003 [[Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa]]''<br />
*''2000 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (Lyrics)''<br />
*''1999 [[Mother (1999 film)|Mother]]''<br />
*''1997 [[Salma Pe Dil Aa Gaya]]''<br />
*''1995 Sanam Harjai''<br />
*''1994 [[Chaand Kaa Tukdaa]]''<br />
*''1993 [[Khal-Naaikaa]]''<br />
*''1992 [[Bewaffa Se Waffa]]''<br />
*''1991 [[Sanam Bewafa]]''<br />
*''1989 [[Souten Ki Beti]]''<br />
*''1987 [[Pyar Ki Jeet (1987 film)|Pyaar Ki Jeet]]''<br />
*''1986 Preeti''<br />
*''1984 [[Laila (1984 film)|Laila]]''<br />
*''1983 [[Souten]]''<br />
*''1981 Saajan Ki Saheli''<br />
*''1980 Oh Bewafa''<br />
*''1978 [[Saajan Bina Suhagan]]''<br />
*''1977 [[Ab Kya Hoga]]''<br />
*''1974 [[Hawas]]''<br />
*''1972 [[Gomti Ke Kinare]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://saawankumartak.com Saawan Kumar's Official Website]<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=2223387|name=Saawan Kumar Tak}}<br />
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