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N. N. Sippy

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  • Date of Death : 07 November 2006
  • Place of Death : Bombay, India
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N. N. Sippy Profile

A legend in the annals of Hindi film production, Mr. Sippy’s career had seen the various eras of filmmaking unfold whilst making his own contribution to them. "One should be well acquainted with all the parameters in filmmaking. Otherwise this is no place for you," is the quoted motto of Mr. Sippy. Even before Mr. Sippy started his production career in 1959, he worked for ten years in various capacities, in the film industry. His pre-producer career encompassed film production, film finance and film distribution. This was in addition to his brief experience whilst working in his family business (his father was a prominent distributor in Sindh province before the partition of India). After the partition, when he moved to Mumbai, he completed his college degree whilst working in the film industry. This, as he describes the need for a college degree, was a necessity because the regimentation of a formal education brought him a great deal of self-confidence, especially after the wounds of partition. As a producer, his first film was "Kaatil." The swashbuckler fantasy drama, (like Robinhood, he says), was perhaps a reflection of Mr. Sippy himself as a young first-time producer. It starred Premnath, and the then heart-throb Chitra, with Mr. Mohammed Hussain at the helm as director. Mr. Sippy also treated his debut venture as a manifestation of continuing to learn every aspect of filmmaking, a process which continues till date. Another philosophy which got engrained in him, as his debut film progressed, was to never tinker with what the director wants to convey as long as he has been fully informed, and convinced about it in advance. Mr. Sippy worked with Mr. Mohammed Hussain again in "Rooplekha," another fantasy film with Mahipal in the lead. Even though the film was a success, he was able to visualise an important aspect, that is, never to get struck with one particular genre, and to always lay emphasis on the proper scripting of any filmed venture, a philosophy now being discovered by the industry. Each film has a different tale to tell. That perhaps is the reason of his long and successful innings as manifested by the critical and commercial success of films like Shatranj, Woh Kaun Thi, Sargam, Meri Jung, Kalicharan, Fakira, Chor Machaye Shor, Devtaa" and Ghar. Along with a good script and his intuition about subjects, the film directors he has worked with, have been a major contribution to his position in the industry. He has worked with directors like Guru Dutt (before he was hailed as a legend) and Subhash Ghai (Mr. Sippy gave the break to direct his first film). Other directors he has worked with include Raj Khosla (the ultimate thriller, "Woh Kaun Thi," could only materialise because of Mr. Sippy’s vision to back it), K.Vishwanath (to make a musical like "Sargam" in the age of the angry young man was considered a huge risk), and , Shraboni Deodhar (Silsila Hai Pyar Ka). He has always believed that being a big name in the industry does not guarantee you a hit film. Furthermore, as Mr. Sippy succinctly summarises it, "You have to really know your work to be able to keep up with the changing trends in filmmaking, and to ensure that the audiences keep on watching your films." Mr.Sippy passed away on 7th November 2006 after a long and prolonged illness in South Bombay. A legend, ahead of his time and a dreamer who put his ideologies on the working table, the film industry will surely miss him as a guide and mentor.

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N. N. Sippy Remembered

08 November 2006, 00:00 am IST

N. N. Sippy Remembered

By Ali Peter John, MovieTalkies.com, 

N. N. Sippy
N.N. Sippy, one of the leading film personalities of Mumbai’s Bollywood died at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai at 6.30 p.m. on November 7. Nari Sippy as he was popularly known in films all over the country was ailing for some months due to some major heart complications. He was 75 and leaves behind his only son, Producer Parvez Sippy and three daughters. His wife died some years ago. The funeral was held at the Chandanwadi Crematorium on the morning of November 8. The Chautha will be held on November 10. Sippy came to Bombay as a Sindhi refugee from Sindh in Pakistan before the partition. He started as a small-time business man but was gradually attracted to films. He took to distributing films which were small and rose to become one of the leading distributors of the country. He was the president of the Indian Film Distributors Association till he fell ill. His contribution to the Association gave it a position which was not being given to it for years. He took to producing films in the Sixties. He started off with a film which is still unknown and unheard of but he soon joined the big league when he produced a film like “Gumnaam”, a subject which no producer was willing to take a risk with but he made it with director Raja Nawathe. He established himself as a producer with “Woh Kaun Thi?” directed by Raj Khosla, trend-setting films both. He then produced films like “Chor Machaye Shor”, directed by Ashok Roy and “Fakira” directed by C.P. Dixit, films which where very big hits and gave a new lease of life to Shashi Kapoor, the leading man of both the films. He produced “Devta” with Sanjeev Kumar, Shabhana Azmi and Danny Denzongpa, directed by S. Raamnathan. He also made “Manchali” with Sanjeev Kumar and Leena Chandawarkar directed by Raja Nawathe. He was the first to give a break in Hindi films to the well-known director of the South, K. Vishwanath and Jaya Prada in a film called “Sargam” with Rishi Kapoor as the leading man. The film was a big success. He then made a multi-starrer, “Aag Se Khelenge” directed by a new comer, Bhaskar Shetty which was the biggest fiasco of his career. He last produced “Silsila Hain Pyar Ka” with Karisma Kapoor and Chandrachur Singh which was also a failure at the box-office. But his greatest contribution to Hindi films was his discovering a director in a struggling actor from the FTII, Subhash Ghai. The actor who kept visiting him to ask for a break as an actor finally ended by inspiring him to direct a film based on a story he narrated to him during one their meetings. The result was Subhash Ghai’s first film as a director “Kalicharan” with Shatrughan Sinha in the title role which turned out to be a major hit. Sippy signed Ghai to direct another film and he made “Vishwanath” again with Shatrughan Sinha which was a bigger hit which establish Subhash Ghai as a director with a standing and a name to reckon with. Ghai later directed “Meri Jung” for Sippy whom he considered as his mentor. However the star system and the rising prices of producing films disillusioned him. He continued distributing films but handed over the reins of production to his son, Pravesh who produced “Silsila Hai Pyaar Ka” with his father’s guidance which was not a very good experience. He kept aloof from the industry towards the last years of his life but all those who worked with him down the years will always remember him as a man who tried till the end to bring dignity to the industry. Says a very sombre Subhash Ghai: “I would have been no where if Sippy Sahab had not given me the first break. I always called him “daddy” because he was like my father in films. He cared for me and recognised me when everyone else was only busy throwing me out. I will always be grateful to him. How can I as a human being ever stop being grateful to him?” Shashi Kapoor says: “He gave me a second life when everyone else had forgotten me. He came to me as a God-sent who changed the entire course of my life”. Director S.Ra

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Veteran Film Producer N. N. Sippy Passes Away

08 November 2006, 00:00 am IST
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