Nanabhai Bhatt | |
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Born |
Porbandar,
Porbandar State,
Kathiawar Agency,
Bombay Presidency,
British India (present-day Gujarat, India) | 12 June 1915
Died | 24 April 1999 | (aged 83)
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]
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]
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]
Nanabhai Bhatt | |
---|---|
Born |
Porbandar,
Porbandar State,
Kathiawar Agency,
Bombay Presidency,
British India (present-day Gujarat, India) | 12 June 1915
Died | 24 April 1999 | (aged 83)
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]
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]
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]