Nanabhai Bhatt

Nanabhai Bhatt was a wellknown Indian film director and producer of Bollywood and Gujarati cinema, known for making over a hundred fantasy and mythological films, including Mr. X , Zimbo Comes to Town , Lal Qila and the blockbuster Kangan starring Nirupa Roy and Ashok Kumar. His first film, Muqabala , was the first to feature the doublerole or twins phenomenon in Indian cinema, wherein lead actress Fearless Nadia alternated between the good sister and the gangsters moll. The formula was subsequently emulated in numerous Hindi films.

Bhatt, called Yeshwant Bhatt, was born to a Gujarati family onJune 1915 in Porbandar, British India. 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. He began his directorial venture when he joined Homi Wadias team at Basant Pictures by codirecting two films with Babubhai Mistri, Muqabala and Mauj , under the same name. He directed two more films as Batuk Bhatt, Homi Wadias Hunterwali Ki Beti and Liberty Pictures Sudhar . Bhatt left Basant Pictures and started his own production company Deepak Pictures in 1946.

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