FILM DIRECTOR

Ramesh Sippy

1947 - Today

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Ramesh Sippy (born 23 January 1947) is an Indian film director, actor and producer in Hindi cinema. He is particularly known for being director in Sholay (1975), which is regarded as one of the most influential film in Northern India ever made. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramesh Sippy has received more than 1,586,603 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ramesh Sippy is the 1,690th most popular film director (down from 1,653rd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 125th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Pakistani Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ramesh Sippies by language

Over the past year Ramesh Sippy has had the most page views in the with 189,382 views, followed by Persian (7,020), and Russian (3,658). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (55.20%), Marathi (39.49%), and Hindi (21.64%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ramesh Sippy ranks 1,690 out of 2,041. Before him are K. Balachander, Julia Ducournau, Wang Xiaoshuai, Mark Romanek, Greg Nicotero, and Pamela Fryman. After him are Newton Thomas Sigel, Rupert Sanders, Bruce LaBruce, Cédric Kahn, William Beaudine, and Gary Rydstrom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Ramesh Sippy ranks 819. Before him are Bob Weir, J. Richard Gott, John Stossel, Ronnie Montrose, Janet Mills, and Michael Albert. After him are László Réczi, Chris Stringer, Jill Eikenberry, Yevgeni Zimin, Howard Georgi, and Olympia Snowe.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Ramesh Sippy ranks 130 out of 217. Before him are Malik Meraj Khalid (1915), Baitullah Mehsud (1974), Malik Ghulam Muhammad (1895), Suresh Oberoi (1946), Yasmeen Lari (1941), and Kuldip Nayar (1923). After him are Hafiz Saeed (1950), Bhisham Sahni (1915), Abdul Hamid (1927), Parveen Shakir (1952), Ghulam Ali (1940), and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (1958).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Pakistan

Among film directors born in Pakistan, Ramesh Sippy ranks 5. Before him are Gulzar (1934), Yash Chopra (1932), Ramanand Sagar (1917), and Shekhar Kapur (1945). After him are Chetan Anand (1915), Govind Nihalani (1940), and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (1978).

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Filmography

Sholay
Director
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Aug 15o 19756.978 / 10
Shaan
Director
DSP Shiv Kumar returns home to his wife Sheetal and their young daughter and announces that he has been transferred to Bombay. Shiv Kumar has two brothers, Vijay and Ravi, who live in Mumbai. They are intelligent and capable guys, but spend their time loafing about the city and swindling unsuspecting people.
Dec 12o 19806.711 / 10
Seeta and Geeta
Director
The story is about identical twins who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
Nov 17o 19726.661 / 10