Portrait of Kidar Nath Sharma

Kidar Nath Sharma

Directing

Biography

Kidar Nath Sharma, also Kedar Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and Lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of movies including Neel Kamal (1947), Bawre Nain (1950) and Jogan (1950), he is most remembered for starting the acting careers of popular Bollywood actors like Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Bharat Bhushan and Tanuja.

Born: April 12, 1910

Place of Birth: Punjab, India

Filmography

1949
Good and Evil

as Nandan

1936
Devdas

as Jagannath