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| image = Shyam Ramsay.jpg | | image = Shyam Ramsay.jpg | ||
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| birth_date = 17 May 1952 | | birth_date = 17 May 1952 | ||
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]] | | birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]] | ||
| death_date = 18 September 2019<br> (aged 67) | | death_date = 18 September 2019<br /> (aged 67) | ||
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] | | death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] | ||
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'''Shyam Ramsay''' (17 May 1952 – 18 September 2019)<ref>[https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/film-maker-shyam-ramsay-passes-away-at-67/articleshow/71179781.cms Film-maker Shyam Ramsay passes away at 67]</ref> was a [[Bollywood]] film director.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/ramsay-international-8297 |title=Ramsay International |work=Timescrest |accessdate=2014-01-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202230102/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/ramsay-international-8297 |archivedate=2 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Zaveri2005">{{cite book|last=Zaveri|first=Hanif|title=Mehmood, a man of many moods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4R2lC3b5e4C&pg=PA191|year=2005|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-213-3|page=191}}</ref> He was one of the seven [[Ramsay Brothers]] who were active in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. Shyam Ramsay was considered the main artist and head of this group. They produced a number of horror movies such as [[Darwaza]], [[Purana Mandir]] and [[Veerana]]. | '''Shyam Ramsay''' (17 May 1952 – 18 September 2019)<ref>[https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/film-maker-shyam-ramsay-passes-away-at-67/articleshow/71179781.cms Film-maker Shyam Ramsay passes away at 67]</ref> was a [[Bollywood]] film director.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timescrest.com/culture/ramsay-international-8297 |title=Ramsay International |work=Timescrest |accessdate=2014-01-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202230102/http://www.timescrest.com/culture/ramsay-international-8297 |archivedate=2 February 2014}}</ref><ref name="Zaveri2005">{{cite book|last=Zaveri|first=Hanif|title=Mehmood, a man of many moods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4R2lC3b5e4C&pg=PA191|year=2005|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-213-3|page=191}}</ref> He was one of the seven [[Ramsay Brothers]] who were active in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]] throughout the 1970s and the 1980s. Shyam Ramsay was considered the main artist and head of this group. They produced a number of horror movies such as ''[[Darwaza]]'', ''[[Purana Mandir]]'', and ''[[Veerana]]''. | ||
Their popularity waned towards the end of the 1980s, as Ramsay started diverting his creative energy and focus on television programming which was in demand because of the multiple private channels such as [[Zee TV]], [[Star Plus]] etc. that were launched in the early nineties in India. He started India's first horror TV series for Zee TV | Their popularity waned towards the end of the 1980s, as Ramsay started diverting his creative energy and focus on television programming which was in demand because of the multiple private channels such as [[Zee TV]], [[Star Plus]] etc. that were launched in the early nineties in India. He started India's first horror TV series for Zee TV – [[Zee Horror Show]]. It was a huge hit and its popularity is proved by the various communities created in its memory on social networking communities like Facebook & Orkut by its fans. | ||
After [[Zee Horror Show]], he made a few episodes of [[Saturday Suspense]], X Zone and Nagin for Zee TV. In 2008, he along with his daughter, Saasha Ramsay directed a supernatural series based on the concept of wishful female serpent for Sahara One, called [[Neeli Aankhen]]. | After [[Zee Horror Show]], he made a few episodes of [[Saturday Suspense]], X Zone and Nagin for Zee TV. In 2008, he along with his daughter, Saasha Ramsay directed a supernatural series based on the concept of wishful female serpent for Sahara One, called [[Neeli Aankhen]]. | ||
Shyam Ramsay came back to feature films from the year 2000 when he started the production of [[Dhund: The Fog]] which was released on 21 February 2003. Then he made [[Ghutan (film)|Ghutan]] in 2007 and a comedy horror film, Bachao in 2010. His latest release Neighbours released in January, 2014. | Shyam Ramsay came back to feature films from the year 2000 when he started the production of [[Dhund: The Fog]] which was released on 21 February 2003. Then he made ''[[Ghutan (film)|Ghutan]]'' in 2007 and a comedy horror film, Bachao in 2010. His latest release Neighbours released in January, 2014. | ||
==Films directed== | ==Films directed== | ||
<ref>http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/previews/Neighbours/movie-review/30617422.cms</ref><ref>http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Dhund-TheFog/</ref> | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/previews/Neighbours/movie-review/30617422.cms|title=Neighbours - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>http://www.planetbollywood.com/Film/Dhund-TheFog/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> | ||
* Gentayangan (2018)<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8793606/</ref> | * Gentayangan (2018)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8793606/|title = Gentayangan|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> | ||
* Koi Hai (2017) | * Koi Hai (2017) | ||
* [[Neighbours (2014 Indian Film)]] | * [[Neighbours (2014 Indian Film)]] | ||
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* [[Bandh Darwaza]] (1990) | * [[Bandh Darwaza]] (1990) | ||
* [[Purani Haveli (film)|Purani Haveli]] (1989) | * [[Purani Haveli (film)|Purani Haveli]] (1989) | ||
* [[Veerana]] (1988)<ref> | * [[Veerana]] (1988)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.in.com/tv/movies/zee-cinema-4/veerana-9548.html |title=Archived copy |website=www.in.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903125410/http://www.in.com/tv/movies/zee-cinema-4/veerana-9548.html |archive-date=3 September 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* [[Tahkhana]] (1986) | * [[Tahkhana]] (1986) | ||
* [[Telephone (1985 film)|Telephone]] (1985) | * [[Telephone (1985 film)|Telephone]] (1985) | ||
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* [[Ghutan (film)|Ghutan]] (2007) (producer) | * [[Ghutan (film)|Ghutan]] (2007) (producer) | ||
* [[Bandh Darwaza]] (1990) | * [[Bandh Darwaza]] (1990) | ||
* [[ | * [[Veerana]] (1988) | ||
* [[Saamri 3D]] (1986)(producer)<ref name="BrowningPicart2010">{{cite book|last1=Browning|first1=John Edgar|last2=Picart|first2=Caroline Joan|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&pg=PA26|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3365-0|page=26}}</ref> | * [[Saamri 3D]] (1986) (producer)<ref name="BrowningPicart2010">{{cite book|last1=Browning|first1=John Edgar|last2=Picart|first2=Caroline Joan|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&pg=PA26|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3365-0|page=26}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||