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Indian film producer and director

Not to be confused with N. C. Sippy.

Gopaldas Parmanand Sipahimalani (14 September 1914 — 25 December 2007), better known as G.

P. Sippy, was an Indian film producer and director who worked in the Bollywood industry.

Biography

Sippy was born in Sindh, British India (now in Pakistan) into a wealthy trading family whose surname is actually "Sipahimalani".

Their trading interests meant that they interacted frequently with the British and other Europeans, who found it difficult to say the name "Sipahimalani".

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Therefore they started saying "Sippy" as a mark of informal affection and also because it was easier on the English tongue. Thus the family received the surname by which it is now famous.

Sippy's father's name was Parmanand Sipahimalani and the family are Sindhi Hindus.

The family was based in Karachi until 1947, when the partition of India took place and Pakistan was created. The entire province of Sindh became part of