Sisir Mishra (b. 1942)

Oriya and Hindi director; lecturer in physics at Bhadrak College, Orissa. Went to Bombay to make films (1965) and after a decade of assisting various directors, made his début with the melodrama Sindura Bindu, a melancholic tale of childhood lovers who reunite only when the hero’s wife dies of cancer. Best-known Hindi film is Bheegi Palkein, an art-house film with Smita Patil and Raj Babbar. His Samay Ki Dhara is a remake of his own Samaya Bada Balabaan.

FILMOGRAPHY: 1976: Sundura Bindu; 1978: Suna Sansar; 1982: Bheegi Palkein; Samaya Bada Balabaan; 1983: Subarna Seeta; 1986: Samay Ki Dhara; Ei Aama Sansar; 1989: Billoo Badshah; 1991: Bastra Haran.

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