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B.R.Isharas's real name is Roshanlal Sharma and he is from Himachal Pradesh. He ran away from home and came to Bombay and began working as a tea boy on the sets of Hindi films. As is normal, a small boy in India is addressed as Babu. So he became Babu and very soon graduated to becoming a spot boy on the sets. The producer he was working for had a guru by the name of Roshanlal and he did not like to call this new spot boy by his guru's name. Babu it remained. But young Babu soon discovered a felicity with words and began to assist various dialogue writers. To add dignity he added Ram to his name and called himself Babu Ram. One dialogue gave him the pen name of "Ishara" as an "indicator" of things to come. Thus was born Babu Ram (B.R.) Ishara.
He wrote dialog for many small films and came in touch with producer-editor I.M.Kunnu. Ishara had several hard-hitting stories which revolved around sexual hypocrisy in the middle class. He questioned the middle class morals of Indian families and Kunnu was willing to taker a risk and produce the films. The first film they ventured into was Zaroorat but it had so many sex scenes that it just kept doing the rounds of the censors. In the meantime they had made Chetna with Rehana Sultan and Anil Dhawan (both graduates of the FTII, Pune). The film did not have too many daring scenes though it had a daring story and real hard hitting dialog. Chetna created a sensation. By then a much watered down version of Zaroorat had made it through the censors and that was soon released. These small films with hard hitting stories and even harder hitting dialog created a wave and many other imitators like Ram Dayal etc came to the fore.In the late eighties he directed Superstar Rajesh Khanna in Woh Phir Ayegi, a horror film, which was a silver jubilee hit at the box office.In 90's his film Sautela Bhai was critically acclaimed.
Ishara today lives in a Mumbai suburb, married to his first heroine Rehana Sultan who made a name for herself and had Gold Medal at the FTII, Pune (graduated in 1966) and her terrific start in Dastak (National Award as Best Actress 1970).- David Barby was born on 23 April 1948 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, UK. He died on 25 July 2012 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK.
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Petra Tschörtner was born on 6 May 1958 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic. She was an assistant director and director, known for Berlin - Prenzlauer Berg. Begegnungen zwischen dem 1. Mai und dem 1. Juli 1990 (1991), Marmor, Stein und Eisen (1994) and Herzsprung (1992). She died on 25 July 2012 in Berlin, Germany.- Arsène Souffriau was born on 26 February 1926 in Ixelles, Belgium. He was a composer, known for Déjà s'envole la fleur maigre (1960), La mort trouble (1970) and L'amoureuse (1972). He died on 25 July 2012 in Belgium.
- Joan Hanson was born on 10 August 1930 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for A Pleasure Doing Business (1979) and West Country Tales (1982). She was married to Alan B. Hanson. She died on 25 July 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
- Karel Jancák was born on 10 July 1964 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He died on 25 July 2012 in Chotebor, Czech Republic.
- Jeb Platt was born on 31 August 1953 in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Heavy Hands (2012). He died on 25 July 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.