Romesh Sharma

Romesh Sharma born July 27 1947 is an Indian director producer and actor with a career spanning over five decades Born in Kalimpong and educated at McGill University he made his screen debut in Conrad Rooks Siddhartha 1972 before establishing the Moving Picture Company and Romesh Films He earned widespread critical acclaim for directing the investigative political thriller New Delhi Times 1986 winning the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the National Film Awards Alongside producing commercial Bollywood hits such as Amitabh Bachchans Hum 1991 and Diljalaa 1987 Sharma gained international recognition as a documentary filmmaker He codirected and produced the Emmynominated HBO documentary The Journalist and the Jihadi The Murder of Daniel Pearl 2006 directed Ahimsa Gandhi The Power of the Powerless 2021 and served on the Caméra dOr jury at the Cannes Film Festival