Surinder Kapoor

Surinder Kapoor (23 December 1925 – 24 September 2011) was an Indian film producer. He produced Bollywood films and also served as President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001.

Early life Kapoor was born in Peshawar, British India (in present-day Pakistan) into a Punjabi Hindu family, his parents having educated him in the Arya Samaj teachings.

He is a distant relative of the Kapoor family.

Career As a result of the 1947 partition, Kapoor quit Peshawar for Meerut in Uttar Pradesh before Prithviraj Kapoor, his cousin and a friend of his father, invited him to Bombay (now Mumbai) to join the Hindi film industry.

When asked in an interview, how he established S.K.International Films, he quoted in an interview "Rajesh Khanna who played the title-role in Shehzada (1972) was truly of a princely disposition. He started shooting for me without ever discussing the price, saying that we could settle that once the film is made, he said and made banner S. K. International Films became an acknowledged company." His first successful film in Hindi as a producer was Shehzada (1972). directed by K. Shankar which was a remake of Tamil film Idhu Sathiyam (1963). However, Surinder's subsequent releases such as Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (1978) were flops, due to which he went into huge debts. Later as a producer in the 1980s he made good money with his productions, which were remakes of Kannada, Tamil or Telugu films like Hum Paanch, Woh Saat Din, Loafer, Judaai, Sirf Tum, Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai, Pukar, No Entry - all of them starring his son Anil Kapoor in the lead. His younger son, Sanjay Kapoor was lead actor in Sirf Tum.

The Dada Saheb Phalke Academy honoured him with the Shri L V Prasad Phalke award in 2009.

Death He died after suffering a cardiac arrest on 24 September 2011.

Personal life His three sons, Boney, Anil and Sanjay, are also involved in the film industry. Anil Kapoor is an actor. His daughter-in-law was Sridevi married to his eldest son Boney. His daughter, Reena, is married to Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films and Video Studios. Boney is a film producer and Sanjay acted in several films.

He has been described by his eldest son Boney as a committed socialist and an associate of Achyut Patwardhan.

Filmography Milenge Milenge (2010), producer No Entry (2005), producer Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai (2000), producer Pukar (2000), producer Sirf Tum (1999), producer Judaai (1997), producer Loafer (1996), producer Woh Saat Din (1983), producer Hum Paanch (1980), producer Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (1978), producer Ponga Pandit (1975), producer Bikash Rao Shehzada (1972) Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati (1969), producer Jab Se Tumhe Dekha Hai (1963), producer Tarzan Comes to Delhi (1965), producer Farishta (1958), producer