Ramesh Sippy is an Indian film director, best known for directing the popular and critically acclaimed film Sholay. He is a winner of the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 2013. He was born on 23 January 1947 in Karachi, British Raj. 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 1971 Although this was only a moderate success,his second film Seeta Aur Geeta in 1972 was highly successful.In 1975 he directed Sholay which went on to become one of the biggest hits in Bollywood film history and won him lots of acclaim. He then directed Shaan (1980), Shakti (1982) and Saagar (1985) which were moderately successful. His last three films as a director Barashtachar, Akayla and Zamana Deewana were box office flops. Some other succesful movies directed by Ramesh Sippy are,Zamana Deewana (1995),Zameen (1995),Akayla (1991),Bhrashtachar (1989) Saagar (1985), Shakti (1982), Shaan (1980), Sholay (1975), Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Andaz (1971).