title: Amrit Sagar
text: # Amrit Sagar
  
  Amrit Sagar is a director, producer and writer who works in the Hindi movie industry (Bollywood). He produced and directed his first feature film, 1971, in 2007, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He is the grandson of the filmmaker Ramanand Sagar and son of the producer Moti Sagar. He studied film-making at California College of Arts where he won the Wood Malcom award for writing.
  
  ## Career
  
  Sagar started his career by directing the hit TV show Hatim for Star Plus. He produced, directed and created Hotel Kingston and Shakuntala for Star One, Prithviraj Chauhan for Star Plus, Jai Shri Krishna for Colors, Meera for NDTV Imagine, Akbar Birbal for Big Magic, Dekh Video Dekh DVD for Colors TV and Dharam Vee forr NDTV Imagine
  
  He produced and directed the 2013 comedy Rabba Main Kya Karoon. He produced his first Marathi language movie, Mitwaa, in 2015.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * 1971 (2007)
  * Rabba Main Kya Karoon (2013)
  * Mitwaa (2015) (Marathi)
  
  ### Television
  
  * Hatim (Star Plus)
  * Hotel Kingston (Star One)
  * Prithviraj Chauhan (Star Plus)
  * Jai Shri Krishna (Colors)
  * Meera (NDTV Imagine)
  * Shakuntala (Star One)
  * Akbar Birbal (Big Magic)
  * Dekh Video Dekh DVD (Colors TV)
  * Dharam Veer (NDTV Imagine)
  
  ## Recognition
  
  * At 55th National Film Awards he won the award for the Best Feature Film in Hindi for 1971.
  * He has won the Best TV show award four times at the Indian Television Academy Awards and the Indian Telly Awards.
  