Name: Ramesh Sippy
Birthday: Monday, November 24, 1947
Star Sign : Sagittarius
Family: G.P.Sippy
First Film : Andaz


Biography
Ramesh Sippy is an Indian film director, best known for the popular and critically acclaimed film Sholay (Flames).

His father was producer G.P. Sippy, and his son Rohan Sippy is also a film director.

Ramesh was into films from an early age. He used to visit the sets of the film Sazaa, his father's first film, when he was 6 years old. Ramesh's first film job came when he was 9 years old, when he played Achala Sachdev's son in Shahenshah. He worked in both the production and direction departments in films like Johar-Mehmood in Goa and Mere Sanam, which his father was producing. He worked for 7 years as an assistant before becoming the director of Andaaz, in 1969. Altough this was only a moderate success, his second film Seeta Aur Geeta was highly successful.

He also directed a successful television serial Buniyaad.


Filmography

Films	Year
Sholay	1975
Shakti	1982
Zameen	2003