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Amit Khanna

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Amit Khanna
BornMarch 1, 1951 (age 64)[1]
Delhi, India
OccupationProducer, lyricist and writer
Amit Khanna (born March 1, 1951) is an Indian film and television producer, lyricist, actor and writer. He was the former chairman of Reliance Entertainment. He resigned from the company in 2013. He was awarded1995 National Film Award for Best Lyrics for song "Kuch Is Tarah" in the film Bhairavi (1995) directed by Aruna Raje.[2]

Contents

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  • 1 Early life and background
  • 2 Career
  • 3 Awards and honors
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Early life and background[edit]

Khanna received a degree in English literature from St. Stephen's College, Delhi in 1971.[3] He initially worked as a film journalist for several Delhi publications.[4]

Career[edit]

He moved to Bombay and began his career as a producer for Dev Anand's Navketan Films. He assisted Dev Anand who produced films like Shareef Budmaash and Des Pardes. Later he produced two films: Man Pasand starring Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Girish Karnad and Mehmood and Sheeshey ka Ghar starring Raj Babbar and Padmini Kolhapure. He had good relations with Rajesh Roshan and Bappi Lahiri with whom he shared most of the songs. His song 'Madhuban khushboo deta hai' from Sajan Bina Suhagan is very good. In 1993 he moved to DD Metro where he produced the series Mirch Masala, Mere Saath Chal, Zameen Aasman and Business Baaten.[5] He produced India's first English-language series A Mouthful of Sky (1995).
In 2000, he became the chairman of Reliance Entertainment. He served twice as the president of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India.[6][7]
As a lyricist he has written for a wide variety of films including Hattrick and Chalte Chalte (1976).[1]
In the 1980s he made a brief foray into writing and directing with Shesh, starring Alok Nath and Anitha Kumar, and Sheeshay Ka Ghar, starring Raj Babbar. He also wrote the dialogues for Mahesh Bhatt's classic Saaransh (1984) . He also writes for Hindustan Timesand Business Standard. Khanna is sometimes credited for coining the term "Bollywood".[8]

Awards and honors[edit]

  • 2008 IFFLA Industry Leadership Award[9]
  1. Amit Khanna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amit_Khanna
    Amit Khanna (born March 1, 1951) is an Indian film and television producer, lyricist, actor and writer. He was the former chairman of Reliance Entertainment.
    ‎Early life and background - ‎Career - ‎Awards and honors - ‎References
  2. Amit Khanna Photography | Facebook

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    Amit Khanna Photography. 2809 likes · 24 talking about this. A visionary, Writer Director and Photographer !!!
  3. Amit Khanna Profiles | Facebook

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    View the profiles of people named Amit Khanna on Facebook. Join Facebook to connect with Amit Khanna and others you may know. Facebook gives people ...
  4. Amit Khanna - IMDb

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    Born (1.3.51) and educated in Delhi (St. Columba's & St.Stephen's). Amit Khanna has been involved with media since school. He has worked in theatre, radio, ...
  5. Amit Khanna

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    About me. Life is a voyage of discovery which unravels new experiences every moment. What do I call myself? A Media professional for over four decades ?
  6. Songs & Lyrics - Amit Khanna

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    Year, Movie, Songs, Lyrics, Listen Songs. 1976, Chalte Chalte, Door Door Tum Rahe,Amit Khanna. 1980, Saboot, Ladki Hai Ladki, Amit Khanna. 1979, Baaton ...
  7. Amit Khanna | LinkedIn

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    Gurgaon, India - ‎General Manager Commercial at Times Internet Limited
    View Amit Khanna's (India) professional profile on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network, helping professionals like Amit Khanna discover ...
  8. After 43 years of work, Amit Khanna says enough - Afaqs

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    Mar 11, 2013 - After a 43-year career that started in films and then moved to corporate,Amit Khanna, chairman, Reliance Entertainment has decided to move ...
  9. Songs of Amit Khanna

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    Songs of Amit Khanna. Warning: These indexes are often incomplete and do not represent all the songs in the ITRANS Song Book. In other words, there might ...
  10. Amit Khanna | The George Institute for Global Health

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    Amit joined the George Institute for Global Health, India in May 2013 as Director of Finance and Operations. Prior to joining our team, he worked in the services ...

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Jump up to:a b Bhushan, Ravi (1995). Reference India: Volume 3. Rifacimento International.
  2. Jump up^ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. Jump up^ Daniel O'Connor (2005). Interesting times in India: a short decade at St. Stephen's College. Penguin Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-0143033455.
  4. Jump up^ Film World: Volume 19. T.M. Ramachandran. 1992. p. 219.
  5. Jump up^ S.C. Bhatt (1994). Satellite Invasion of India. Gyan Books. pp. 145–146. ISBN 8121204836.
  6. Jump up^ Gaur, Mahendra (2006). Indian Affairs Annual. Gyan Publishing House. p. 269. ISBN 8178355299.
  7. Jump up^ "Guild Presidents". The Film and Television Producers Guild of India. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  8. Jump up^ Subhash K Jha (April 8, 2005). "Amit Khanna: The Man who saw ‘Bollywood’". Sify. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  9. Jump up^ "IFFLA Industry Leadership Awards". Business of Cinema. December 13, 2008. Retrieved September 28, 2012.

External links[edit]

  • Amit Khanna at the Internet Movie Database
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National Film Award for Best Lyrics
1968–1980
  • Kannadasan (1968)
  • Kaifi Azmi (1969)
  • No Award (1970)
  • No Award (1971)
  • Vayalar Ramavarma (1972)
  • No Award (1973)
  • Sri Sri (1974)
  • No Award (1975)
  • No Award (1976)
  • No Award (1977)
  • No Award (1978)
  • No Award (1979)
  • No Award (1980)
1981–2000
  • No Award (1981)
  • No Award (1982)
  • No Award (1983)
  • Vasant Dev (1984)
  • Vairamuthu (1985)
  • No Award (1986)
  • Gulzar (1987)
  • O. N. V. Kurup (1988)
  • Satarupa Sanyal (1989)
  • Gulzar (1990)
  • K. S. Narasimhaswamy (1991)
  • Vairamuthu (1992)
  • Veturi Sundararama Murthy (1993)
  • Vairamuthu(1994)
  • Amit Khanna (1995)
  • Javed Akhtar (1996)
  • Javed Akhtar (1997)
  • Javed Akhtar (1998)
  • Vairamuthu (1999)
  • Yusufali Kechery and Javed Akhtar (2000)
2001–present
  • Javed Akhtar (2001)
  • Vairamuthu (2002)
  • Suddala Ashok Teja (2003)
  • P. Vijay (2004)
  • Baraguru Ramachandrappa (2005)
  • Swanand Kirkire (2006)
  • Prasoon Joshi (2007)
  • Anindya Chatterjee and Chandril Bhattacharya (2008)
  • Swanand Kirkire (2009)
  • Vairamuthu (2010)
  • Amitabh Bhattacharya (2011)
  • Prasoon Joshi (2012)
  • Na. Muthukumar (2013)
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  • Indian television producers
  • Indian lyricists
  • St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni
  • People from Delhi
  • Indian writers
  • Living people
  • Indian film producers
  • Indian television executives
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