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Gujarati Director Manhar Raskapur
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Manhar Rangildas Raskapur was an Indian film director best known for his Gujarati films. He was born in Surat, Gujarat, India, in 1922. Before entering the film profession, he completed first year of college. Jogidas Khuman was the first movie, which he recreated twice. During the 1940s, he was the only person who constantly created Gujarati films, together with his producer, Champsibhai Nagda. Mehndi Rang Lagyo (1960), his second best-known picture, was a constant blockbuster.

In 1955, he led Mulu Manek, a Rajput war tale movie in which he brought Marathi vocalist Shanta Apte Shanta Apte was an Indian playback singer and acto >> Read More... to Gujarati cinema for the first time. Malela Jeev, a novel by Gujarati writer Pannalal Patel Pannalal Nanalal Patel was an Indian author primar >> Read More... , was turned into a film in 1956. He directed ‘Kalapi’, a biopic of Gujarati poet Kalapi, in 1966. He led Miya Fuski 007, a children's movie, in 1978. Furthermore,he planned a third version of Jogidas Khuman when he died in Halol in 1980. His Mehndi Rang Lagyo work also earned him a national award in 1960.

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