Arun Bhatt (1934–2001) was an Indian film director and producer active in

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and Gujarati cinema during the 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

Arun Bhatt was born on 26 September 1934. He was the eldest son of the movie producer and director

Vijay Bhatt Vijay Bhatt (born Vrajlal Jagneshwar Bhatt; 12 May 1907 – 17 October 1993) was a producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as '' Ram Rajya'' (1943), ''Baiju Bawra'' (1952), ''Goonj Uthi Shehnai'' (1959) and '' Himal ...

, the founder of Prakash Pictures.

Career

Bhatt started his career as an assistant to his father. In the early 1960s he made short films and documentaries as "Vijay Films", a production company started by Bhatt and his brother-in-law Kishore Vyas. He produced several documentary films for the

Government of Gujarat The Government of Gujarat, also known as Gujarat Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Gujarat and its 33 districts. It consists of an executive of the legislators appointed by the Governor of Gujarat, a judiciar ...

. In 1971, he founded Vijay Films International. His first film was ''Verno Vaaras'', a dramatization of a folk tale in Gujarati, starring Arvind Joshi and Usha Solanki. Later, he made '' Vardaan'' in Hindi with Vinod Mehra, Reena Roy and

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. Mehmood received a Filmfare Award for his role as a Gujarati businessman. In May 1977, the Gujarati film ''Maa Baap'' was released, and ran for more than 25 weeks in cinemas, a so-called " Silver Jubilee". Throughout the 1980s, Bhatt produced several Gujarati films, including ''Mota Ghar Ni Vahu'' which was also a Silver Jubilee, ''Lohi Ni Sagaai'', ''Ghar Ghar Ni Vaat'', and ''Hiro Ghoghe Jai Aavyo''. In Hindi, Bhatt directed '' Ghar Jamai'' for producer Rajkumar Shahbadi which starred Mithun Chakraborty, Varsha Usgaonkar and Kadar Khan, and ''

Jawani Zindabad ''Jawani Zindabad'' () is an Indian romance film directed by Arun Bhatt. This film was released in 1990, starring by Aamir Khan and Farha Naaz. It was released on 17 August 1990 and turned out to be Below Average at the box office. It was a r ...

'' for Jay Mehta starring Aamir Khan, Farha and Kadar Khan. Bhatt worked with music directors, such as

Avinash Vyas Avinash Vyas was an Indian music composer, lyricist and singer of Gujarati films who composed music for over 190 Gujarati films. He was a winner of Gujarat State Film award for the best lyricist and best music 25 times. He was honoured by the ...

, and his son Gaurang Vyas to write songs for his films.

Awards

The documentaries ''Poet Saints of Gujarat'' and ''Industries in Gujarat'', produced for the Government of Gujarat, won awards as Best Documentary Film 1962-63 and Second best Documentary Film 1962-63 respectively, from the Government of Gujarat. Bhatt also won several awards from the Government of Gujarat for Best Director: for ''Pooja Na Phool'', ''Sona Ni Jaal'', ''Ghar Ghar Ni Vaat'', ''Shetal Tara Oonda Pani'' and ''Lakhtar Ni Laadi Ne Vilayat No Var''. His last completed film ''Lakhtar Ni Laadi'' won 11 Gujarat State Awards including the Best Screenplay and Second Best Director Award.

Death

Bhatt died on 17 April 2001, leaving his last Gujarati film, ''Rangaai Jaane Rangma'', incomplete.

Family

Bhatt's son,

Chirantan Bhatt Chirrantan Bhatt is an Indian musician, composer and singer. He is active in the Indian film industry, Bollywood, and has also composed music for Telugu films. He is best nown for his melody compositions. He is a member of the Gujarati Bhatt ...

is a music composer working in

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

and in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, Hy ...

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
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Article
in

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