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Nanubhai Vakil

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DOB : 23-05-1902
Date of death: 29-12-1980
Lived For : 78 Years
Language : Gujarati
Star Sign : Gemini
Gender : Male

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Nanubhai Vakil was a film director, writer and producer who predominantly worked in the Gujarati and Hindi film industry. As a filmmaker, he was heralded for directing the first ever Gujarati talkie film ‘Narsinh Mehta’ which was a biopic of the infamous poet-saint by the same name.

Nanubhai was born on 23 May 1902 in Valsad, Gujarat, which during the British period was known as Bulsar. He attended a law school in Bombay and graduated as a lawyer in 1926, after which he entered the film industry. He worked at Sharda Films as a scenarist before being part of the Jagdish Films by Chandulal Shah Chandulal Shah was born on 13th April 1898 in Jamn >> Read More... . Later, he worked as a director at the studio Ranjit and Sagar, being part of which earned him several opportunities in direction. In 1934, he co-founded Mahalakshmi Cinetone with the evergreen actress Zubeida, popular for her work in Alam Ara, India’s first talkie film. Many a time in his directorial journey, he collaborated with Patience Cooper Patience Cooper was an Angolo-Indian, who was born >> Read More... and Zubeida frequently. He had also worked with popular film houses like Jayashree Cinetone in Calcutta, Paramount Films of Kikubhai Desai etc. He had directed around 21 silent plays till 1960, many among them were remakes of Parsi theatre plays. In his 1941 film Taj Mahal, he made a twelve year old child artist play the role of Mumtaz. The scripts of his movies like Yahudi Ki Beti and Flying Ranee were written by the poet Kaifi Azmi Kaifi Azmi is born as Sayyid Akhtar Hussein Rizvi. >> Read More... . His 1934 film Seva Sadan starring Zubeida, Jaddanbai, and Shahu Modak Shahu Modak was born on 25th April 1918 in Ahmedna >> Read More... was based on a novel written by Premchand. Some of his other significant works include Ranakdevi, Kumud Kumari, Baghdad Ka Chor, Jadui Bandhan, Naya Zamaana, Mr. and Mrs. Bombay, Pehla Pehla Pyaar, Tit for Tat, Sheikh Chilli, and so many more.

He was the son of Bhimbhai Desai. He married Anuradha Vakil and had six children namely Rajesh, Rupa, Pradeep, Sunil, Navin and Jayshree Vakil. He died on 29 December, 1980 in Mumbai, Maharashtra.