Anecdotes

Led the National School of Drama Repertory set up in 1964 in its early years.

He directed "Tuglaq", a play written by Girish Karnad in 1965. It was first staged in The National School of Drama.

His daughter, Ritu Shivpuri, has worked as a heroine in Aankhen (1993) starring opposite Govinda and Chunkey Pandey.

Colleague at NSD were Roshan Seth, Sushma Seth and Pankaj Kapoor. NSD has given actors like Siddharth Basu, Mira Nair, Lillette Dubey, Divya Seth, Pamela Rooks, Shah Rukh Khan and Manoj Bajpai.

Father of actress Ritu Shivpuri and assistant director Vineet Shivpuri.

Worked in 31 films with Rajesh Khnana as the lead hero.

Was going to direct a film titled "Aadhe Adhure" produced by Basu Bhattacharya. The film was shelved after the two had a falling out.

Starred in the shelved movie Kirpa Films "Humse Mile Tum"(1989) Starring Krish Malik,Parijat, Madan Jain,Om Shivpuri,Asha Sharma, Leena Das, Raju Srivastav,Music by Ramkumar Shankar, Produced by Dr. Rajendra Bhatt,Directed by K. Pramod.

Starred in the shelved movie Tejendra Films "Maa Ka Aashirvaad"(1988) Starring. Tejendra Omar, Tina Ghai,Om Shivpuri, Dr Shreeram Lagoo,Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Produced and Directed by Tejendra Omar.

Parents names are Raj Narain Shivpuri and Raj Naraini Shivpuri.