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{{short description|Indian actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Kishore Sahu.jpg
| name = Kishore Sahu
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|11|22}}
| birth_place = [[Rajnandgaon]], [[Central Provinces and Berar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1980|8|22|1915|11|22}}
| death_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand
| occupation = Actor<br>Film director
| yearsactive = 1937–1982
}}

'''Kishore Sahu''' (22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], and [[film producer|producer]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|access-date=23 February 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=203–}}</ref> He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980, and he directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974.

His directorial venture Kuwara Baap was one of the winners for the [[BFJA - Best Indian Films Award]] for best film for 1943.<ref name=gomolo>{{cite web|title=BFJA Awards|url=http://www.gomolo.com/7/bfja-awards-1943|website=gomolo.com|publisher=Gomolo|access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> His film ''Raja'' has been called "a milestone of art and skill in motion pictures".<ref name=FilmIndia1>{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Filmindia|journal=Filmindia|date=April 1945|volume=11|issue=4|pages=21|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194511unse#page/n99/mode/2up|access-date=20 March 2015}}</ref> His film ''[[Veer Kunal]]'' was a huge box office success.<ref name=Filmindia>{{cite journal|title=Baburao Patel|journal=Filmindia|date=February 1946|volume=12|issue=2|pages=66|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194814unse/filmindia194814unse_djvu.txt|access-date=18 March 2015}}</ref> He directed Dilip Kumar with Kamini Kaushal in Nadiya Ke Paar, which became the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Earners 1948|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=153&catName=MTk0OA==|publisher=Box Office India|access-date=26 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012171051/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=153&catName=MTk0OA%3D%3D|archive-date=12 October 2012}}</ref> His 1954 film Mayurpankh was entered into the [[1954 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3830/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Mayurpankh |access-date=26 January 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> where it was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or|Grand Prize of the Festival]].
Sawan Aya Re did well commercially, with [[Baburao Patel]] of ''[[Filmindia]]'' remarking in the 9 May 1949 edition that Sahu's estimate had risen due to the "original treatment" he gave to an "otherwise ordinary" story.<ref name=Filmindia2>{{cite journal|last1=Patel|first1=Baburao|title=Filmindia|journal=Filmindia|date=May 1949|volume=15|issue=5|pages=74|url=https://archive.org/stream/filmindia194915unse#page/n463/mode/2up/search/Rhim+Jhim|access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref> He was also known for the Meena Kumari starrer, ''[[Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai]]'' (1960).

He had four children, Vimal Sahu, Naina Sahu, Mamta Sahu, and Rohit Sahu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patheticfacts.com/indian-actors-died-in-myocardial-infarction.html|title=Indian actors died in Myocardial infarction|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref> His wife Preeti was a Kumaoni Brahmin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/kishore_sahu|title=Kishore Sahu - Historical records and family trees - MyHeritage|access-date=13 February 2017}}</ref>

Before marrying Preeti, he was briefly married to his [[Punar Milan]] (1940) co-star Snehprabha Pradhan before the relationship ended in 1943 after a court battle.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Unification of Divorce Laws in India|last=Singh|first=Shiv Sahai|publisher=Deep and Deep Publications|pages=164, 165}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineplot.com/snehprabha-pradhan/|title=Snehprabha Pradhan – Cineplot.com|language=en-US|access-date=24 August 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sahu was born in present-day Rajnandgaon district in India. His father was the Prime Minister under the Raja of Rajnandgaon. He joined the [[University of Nagpur]] and took part in the "freedom struggle", completing his graduation in 1937.<ref name="Narwekar2012">{{cite book|author=Sanjit Narwekar|title=Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT69|access-date=23 February 2015|date=12 December 2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-81-291-2625-2|pages=69–}}</ref> An interest in writing short stories brought him in contact with cinema, where he initially started as an actor.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|'''Films as actor'''
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1937
| ''[[Jeevan Prabhat]]'' || Ramu || Debut as an actor
|-
|1940
| ''[[Bahurani (1940 film)|Bahurani]]'' || ||
|-
|1940
| ''[[Punar Milan]]'' || ||
|-
|1942
| ''[[Kunwara Baap (1942 film)|Kunwara Baap]]'' || ||
|-
|1943
| ''[[Raja (1943 film)|Raja]]'' || ||
|-
|1943
| ''[[Shararat (1944 film)|Shararat]]'' || ||
|-
|1944
| ''[[Insaan (1944 film)|Insaan]]'' || ||
|-
|1945
| ''[[Veer Kunal]]'' || ||
|-
|1947
| ''[[Sindoor (1947 film)|Sindoor]]'' || ||
|-
|1949
| ''[[Sawan Aya Re]]'' || Anand ||
|-
|1949
| ''Rhimjhim'' || ||
|-
|1949
| ''Namoona'' || Barrister Kedar Nath ||
|-
|1951
| ''[[Kali Ghata (1951 film)|Kali Ghata]]'' || Ram / Ram Narayan ||
|-
|1951
| ''Buzdil'' || ||
|-
|1952
| ''Zalzala'' || ||
|-
|1952
| ''Sapna''|| ||
|-
|1952
| ''Hamari Duniya'' || Meena ||
|-
|1954
| ''[[Mayurpankh]]'' || Ranjit Singh ||
|-
|1954
| ''[[Hamlet (1954 film)|Hamlet]]'' || Hamlet ||
|-
|1957
| ''[[Bade Sarkar]]'' || Pratap Singh 'Lal Panja' ||
|-
|1958
| ''[[Kala Pani (1958 film)|Kala Pani]]'' || Rai Bahadur Jaswant Rai ||
|-
|1960
| ''[[Love in Simla]]'' || General Rajpal Singh (Sonia's uncle) ||
|-
|1960
| ''[[Kala Bazar]]'' || Public Prosecutor ||
|-
|1965
| ''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]'' || Marco ||
|-
|1965
| ''[[Poonam Ki Raat]]'' || Doctor ||
|-
|1969
| ''[[Beti (1969 film)|Beti]]'' || Mr. Verma ||
|-
|1970
| ''[[Pushpanjali (1970 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' || Jamal Pasha ||
|-
|1971
| ''[[Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971 film)|Hare Rama Hare Krishna]]'' || Jaiswal ||
|-
|1971
| ''[[Gambler (1971 film)|Gambler]]'' || Public prosecutor ||
|-
|1982
| ''[[Vakil Babu]]'' || Justice Rajvansh ||
|}

===Director===
* ''[[Kunwara Baap (1942 film)|Kunwara Baap]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Raja (1943 film)|Raja]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Shararat (1944 film)|Shararat]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Veer Kunal]]'' (1945)
* ''[[Sindoor (1947 film)|Sindoor]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Sajan (1947 film)|Sajan]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Nadiya Ke Paar (1948 film)|Nadiya Ke Paar]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Sawan Aya Re]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Kali Ghata (1951 film)|Kali Ghata]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Mayurpankh]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Hamlet (1954 film)|Hamlet]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Kismet Ka Khel]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Bade Sarkar]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Grahasti (film)|Grahasti]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Ghar Basake Dekho]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Poonam Ki Raat]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Hare Kanch Ki Chooriyan]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Pushpanjali (1970 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Dhuen Ki Lakeer]]'' (1974)

===Writer===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|'''Films as writer'''
|-
! Year !! Title !! What wrote!! Notes
|-
|1954
| ''[[Mayurpankh]]'' || Screenplay ||
|-
|1960
| ''[[Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai]]'' || Story ||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Hare Kanch Ki Chooriyan]]'' || Dialogue, Screenplay, Story ||
|-
|1967
| ''[[Aurat (1967 film)|Aurat]]'' || Dialogue ||
|-
|1968
| ''[[Teen Bahuraniyan]]'' || Screenplay ||
|-
|1970
| ''[[Pushpanjali (1970 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' || Screenplay, Story, Dialogue ||
|-
|1977
| ''[[Apnapan (1977 film)|Apnapan]]'' || Screenplay, Story, Dialogue ||
|}

===Producer===
* ''[[Bahurani (1940 film)|Bahurani]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Sawan Aya Re]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Hamara Ghar (1950 film)|Hamara Ghar]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Kali Ghata (1951 film)|Kali Ghata]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Mayurpankh]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Poonam Ki Raat]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Hare Kanch Ki Chooriyan]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Pushpanjali (1970 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' (1970)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0756393|Kishore Sahu}}

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