Kidar Sharma

Kidar Sharma
Born
Kidar Nath Sharma

(1910-04-12)12 April 1910
Died29 April 1999(1999-04-29) (aged 89)
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • producer
  • lyricist
Years active1935–1998
SpouseRaj Dulari

Kidar Nath Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), also known as Kedar Sharma, was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of movies including Neel Kamal (1947), Bawre Nain (1950) and Jogan (1950), he is most remembered for starting the acting careers of popular Bollywood actors like Madhubala, Geeta Bali, Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha, Bharat Bhushan and Tanuja.