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<div>{{Short description|Indian Film Producer (1951–2008)}}<br />
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'''Jhamu Sughand''' (1951 – 26 May 2008) was an Indian film financier, producer and distributor, in mainstream [[Bollywood]], as well [[parallel cinema]],<ref>{{IMDb company|0132187}}</ref> He is most known as producer of [[Academy Award]]-nominated ''[[Lagaan]]'' (2001), ''[[Satya (1998 film)|Satya]]'' (1998), ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' (1999), ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' (2001)<ref name=toi2008/> and ''[[Bombay (film) | Bombay]]'' (1995).<br />
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He started Jhamu Sughand Productions,<ref>{{IMDb company|0350370|Jhamu Sughand Productions}}</ref> also produced films in [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] and [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]], and was awarded the [[48th National Film Awards|2000]] [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi]] as the producer of ''[[Astitva]]'' directed by [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], and subsequently [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] for ''[[Kaalpurush (2005 film)|Kaalpurush]]'' directed by [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Sughand started his career joining his family cloth trading business in [[Deolali]], his hometown, and in 1979 he moved to Mumbai. Here started a printing press specialising in film merchandise for some years, before shifting to film distribution in 1988. In the coming years, he distributed over 100 films, but it was [[Mani Ratnam]]'s, ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'' (1995) which first got him acclaim.<ref>{{cite web | title = Jhamu Sughand passes away|work=Indian Express | url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/jhamu-sughand-passes-away/314971/ |author=Sudipto Shome|date= 26 May 2008| accessdate = 2016-01-02 }}</ref><br />
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In later years, he stopped producing films, eventually selling one of his last films, ''[[Gulaal (film)|Gulaal]]'' directed by [[Anurag Kashyap]], which was eventually released in 2009.<ref name=toi2008/><ref>{{cite web | title = Film financer and producer J Sugandh dead |work=Daily News & Analysis | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-film-financer-and-producer-j-sugandh-dead-1166593|<br />
date=27 May 2008| accessdate = 2016-01-03 }}</ref><br />
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He died on 26 May 2008, of cardiac arrest at the age of 57. He had suffered a brain stroke a few days earlier. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter.<ref name=toi2008>{{cite web | title = Lagaan producer Jhamu Sughand passes away | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lagaan-producer-Jhamu-Sughand-passes-away/articleshow/3076751.cms |date=27 May 2008| accessdate = 2016-01-02 | work = [[The Times of India]] }}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===Producer===<br />
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* ''[[Rangeela (1995 film)|Rangeela]]'' (1995)<br />
* ''[[Bombay (film)|Bombay]]'' (1995, Tamil)<br />
* ''[[Hindustani (film)|Hindustani]]'' (1996, Tamil)<br />
* ''[[Daud (film)|Daud]]'' (1997) <br />
* ''[[Chachi 420]]'' (1997)<br />
* ''[[Earth (1998 film)|Earth]]'' (1998, executive producer)<br />
* ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]'' (1999)<br />
* ''[[Khoobsurat (1999 film)|Khoobsurat]]'' (1999) <br />
* ''[[Astitva]]'' (2000, Marathi)<br />
* ''[[Lagaan]]'' (2001)<br />
* ''[[Aks (2001 film)|Aks]]'' (2001) <br />
* ''[[Filhaal...]]'' (2002) <br />
* ''[[Swapner Din]]'' (2004, Bengali) <br />
* ''[[Kalpurush]]'' (2005, Bengali)<br />
* ''Secrets and Lies'' (2007, Documentary) <br />
* ''[[Janmadata]]'' (2008, Bengali)<br />
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===Distributor===<br />
* ''[[Black Friday (2007 film)|Black Friday]]'' (2007)<br />
* ''[[Janmadata]]'' (2008, Bengali)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* [[National Film Awards]]<br />
** [[48th National Film Awards|2000]] [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]] (producer): ''[[Astitva]]'' <ref name="48thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=13 March 2012}}</ref> <br />
** [[53rd National Film Awards|2005]]: [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]] (producer): ''[[Kaalpurush (2005 film)|Kaalpurush]]'' <ref name="53rdaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815224948/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm53NFAAward.aspx|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=19 March 2012|pages=10–11}}</ref><br />
* [[IIFA Award]]s<br />
** 2000: [[IIFA Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]] (producer): ''[[Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam]]''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0837471}}<br />
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