#GoldenFrames: Kishore Sahu - The multi-faceted talent of Indian Cinema

Kishore Sahu was born on November 22, 1915, in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. He was the son of the Prime Minister under Raja of Rajnandgaon. Sahu had gotten involved in theatre during his college years. He took part in the freedom struggle. He loved writing short stories and after graduating from Morris College at the University of Nagpur in 1937, his passion drove him towards cinema, where he started as an actor. Sahu came to Mumbai and met actor Ashok Kumar, who recommended him to Himanshu Rai, the owner of Bombay Talkies and husband of Devika Rani. Himanshu gave him his first break as a lead actor in 'Jeevan Prabhat' (1937) opposite his wife. The film was successful, but Sahu felt incomplete and returned to Nagpur. There he established a production company with the help of his friends — India Artists Limited. 'Bahurani' (1940) was the first movie Sahu made under his banner and it received a great deal of critical acclaim.