Mangal Gadhvi is an Indian actor, director, singer, and music director from Gujarat. Starting as a playback singer and musician, Gadhvi was known for bhajans and dayro, referring to a Gujarati community gathering meant for narrating folktales, singing folksongs, and other forms of entertainment. He began releasing devotional music in 2004, starting with singles such as Daiya Devni Manta and Dashama No Mandvo in collaboration with Bindu Bandopadhyay and Bhavna Rana, to an album called Dj Chunariya in 2017.
In 2023, Gadhvi released music such as Bhatijinko Danko, Bhatiji Arti Tane Vela Aavjo, Bhatiji Tara Lagan Levana, Ek Taro Aadhar Bhatiji, Halo Halo Bhathiji, Hathi Bhathi Be Bahi, Mare Gher Aavo Veera Bhatiji, and Yuddhe Chadiya...
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 to Gujarati cinema for the first time. Malela Jeev, a novel by Gujarati writer Pannalal Patel, was turned into a film in 1956. He directed ‘Kalapi&rs...
Manthan Purohit is an aspiring director in the Gujarati film industry. He is widely known as the director of the 2019 Gujarati comedy film- Chasani:Mithash Zindagi Ni, which had Sejal Shah, Maira Doshi, Divyang Thakkar, Sameer Rajda, and Ojas Rawal in lead roles. Manthan Purohit is also the director of a television mini-series, Warso. Apart from being a director, he is also an aspiring producer and has produced the 2019 film- Mitran Nu Shaunk Hathrayan Da. His debut film, Chasani, won the best film in the Toronto Gujarati Iconic Film Festival 2020 and was appreciated by everyone for its story and screenplay. Manthan Purohit also gives talks at various conferences as a guest speaker about the means to enter th...
Mayur Hardas is an Indian film editor who has worked on several notable films, including Postcard, Bioscope, Mr. & Mrs. Sadachari, Ranjan, and Avatarachi Goshta. Before filmmaking, he worked in ad films, corporate films, and theatre, writing, directing, and producing almost 50 of them. He has worked as an editor and cinematographer in the Marathi film industry for nearly eight years. He worked as the special effects coordinator in the 2015 film Bioscope and was the cinematographer for the 2015 Marathi film Siddhant.
In 2017, he worked as a cinematographer and editor on Kuldip Jadhav's Marathi drama movie "Tujha Tu Majha Mi." In 2019, he directed the Hindi film "Dark Light." He's also done many othe...