Nanabhai Bhatt

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Nanabhai Bhatt
Born ( 1915-06-12 ) 12 June 1915
Porbandar , Porbandar State , Kathiawar Agency , Bombay Presidency , British India
(present-day Gujarat , India )
Died 24 April 1999 (1999-04-24) (aged 83)
Mumbai , Maharashtra
Nationality Indian
Other names Yeshwant Bhatt
Batuk Bhatt
Occupations
Years active 1942?1988
Spouse Hemlata Bhatt
Partner Shirin Mohammad Ali
Children 9 (including Mahesh Bhatt , Mukesh Bhatt & Robin Bhatt )
Relatives See Bhatt family

Nanabhai Bhatt (12 June 1915 ? 24 April 1999) was an Indian film director and producer who worked in Hindi and Gujarati cinema . [1] [2] He is known for making over a hundred fantasy and mythological films, [3] including Mr. X (1957), Zimbo Comes to Town (1960), Lal Qila (1960) and the blockbuster Kangan (1959) starring Nirupa Roy and Ashok Kumar . [4] [5] His first film, Muqabala (1942), was the first to feature the double-role or "twins" phenomenon in Indian cinema , wherein lead actress Fearless Nadia alternated between the good sister and the gangster's moll. The formula was subsequently emulated in numerous Hindi films . [6]

Early life and career [ edit ]

Bhatt, called Yeshwant Bhatt, was born in a Nagar Brahmin family [7] on 12 June 1915 in Porbandar , British India . [ citation needed ] [8] He started his early career in films as a sound recordist with Prakash Pictures, working under his brother Balwant Bhatt, and then by writing "scripts and stories" using the name Batuk Bhatt. [9] He began his directorial venture when he joined Homi Wadia's team at Basant Pictures [10] by co-directing two films with Babubhai Mistri , Muqabala (1942) and Mauj (1943), under the same name. [11] He directed two more films as Batuk Bhatt, Homi Wadia 's Hunterwali Ki Beti (1943) and Liberty Pictures Sudhar (1949). [12] Bhatt left Basant Pictures and started his own production company "Deepak Pictures" in 1946. [10]

Personal life [ edit ]

Bhatt was the patriarch of the Bhatt film family . [13] Nanabhai was in relationship with a Shia Muslim actress, Shirin Mohammad Ali since 1939. The couple had six children ? Sheila Bhatt, Purnima Bhasin, Kumkum Saigal, Mahesh Bhatt , Heena Suri and Mukesh Bhatt . [14] [15] Later, Nanabhai married Hemlata Bhatt ? with whom he had three children ? Robin Bhatt , Parmesh Bhatt , Mamta Bhatt. [16] [17]

He had five daughters and four sons, including film director and producer Mahesh Bhatt , Mukesh Bhatt , and Robin Bhatt . [18]

Bhatt died at Nanavati hospital in Mumbai from heart failure on 24 April 1999. [19] [20]

Filmography [ edit ]

Producer [ edit ]

Director [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "News: Limping at 75" . Screen . 4 May 2007. [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ^ " 'Dhollywood' at 75 finds few takers in urban Gujarat" . Financial Express . 22 April 2007.
  3. ^ Nanbhat Bhatt chapak.com.
  4. ^ "1959: Year that was" . Indian Express . 29 May 1998. [ permanent dead link ]
  5. ^ "Quicktakes: Bhatts bereaved" . Indian Express . 24 April 1999.
  6. ^ "SPECIAL: Is Old Gold?" . Screen . 26 March 2010. [ permanent dead link ]
  7. ^ "On Alia Bhatt's birthday, tracing her Kashmiri, Gujarati, German roots" . Hindustan Times . 15 March 2021 . Retrieved 9 January 2022 .
  8. ^ "Mahesh Bhatt tours riot-ravaged Ahmedabad ? Times of India" . The Times of India . Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
  9. ^ Sanjit Narwekar (1994). "Bhatt, Nanabhai". Directory of Indian film-makers and films . Flicks Books. p. 49. ISBN   9780948911408 . Retrieved 24 January 2015 .
  10. ^ a b Rachel Dwyer; Senior Lecturer in Indian Studies Rachel Dwyer (27 September 2006). Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema . Routledge. pp. 44?. ISBN   978-1-134-38070-1 . Retrieved 25 January 2015 .
  11. ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (26 June 1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema . British Film Institute. p.  63 . Retrieved 24 January 2015 .
  12. ^ "Batuk Bhatt Filmography" . Gomolo.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015 . Retrieved 24 January 2015 .
  13. ^ "Mahesh Bhatt tours riot-ravaged Ahmedabad" . The Times of India . Retrieved 25 February 2019 .
  14. ^ "Mahesh Bhatt's father didn't abandon either of his two wives, his claims about being illegitimate are 'dishonest': Nephew Dharmesh Darshan" .
  15. ^ "The Saraansh of Mahesh Bhatt's life" .
  16. ^ "ETimes BFFs: Did you know Faraaz producer Sahil Saigal is Alia Bhatt's cousin? Check out the long and complicated filmy lineage of the Bhatts!" .
  17. ^ "Age. 96 years Left for her heavenly abode on 18.9.2015 Robin Bhatt & Family" .
  18. ^ "The Dynamic Dynasties: What would the world of films be without them?" . Screen . 22 September 2000. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010.
  19. ^ "Filmmaker Nanabhai Bhatt dead" . Rediff. 23 April 1999. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016 . Retrieved 3 March 2016 .
  20. ^ "Nanabhai Bhatt dead" . The Tribune . 24 April 1999. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016 . Retrieved 3 March 2016 .

External links [ edit ]

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