Chandrakant Gaur (1929-2012) Hindi B-movie director of action films and mythological movies. His work extends the Babubhai Mistri tradition, featuring Dara Singh (who also worked for Mistri) and Marathi star

Jayshree Gadkar Jayshree Gadkar (21 February 1942 – 29 August 2008) was a noted Marathi and Hindi movie actress and a star of Marathi cinema from the 1950s up to the 1980s. Personal life Jayshree was born into a Konkani-speaking family at Kanasgiri ( Sa ...

. He made Punjabi hits (e.g. Bhagat Dhanna Jat) reviving

Punjabi cinema Punjabi cinema, sometimes metonymously referred to as Pollywood or Punjwood is the Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The cinema of Punjab has its beginnings with the ...

. Also made Gujarati mythological films.

Career

In a career spanning nearly four decades, he directed 45 films including Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati films, acted in 7 films and wrote stories for many films. He composed music in Do Dost (1951) along with S. Mohinder. Bhagat Dhanna Jaat (1974), the Punjabi film directed by him is believed to have contributed to revival of Punjabi cinema. His debut film as a director was Riding Hero (1951), a stunt film made by Laxmi Productions of Chimanlal Trivedi. His acting career was from 1939 to 1952. He appeared in Midnight Mail (1939), Maataa (1942),

Swarna Bhoomi ''Swarna Bhoomi'' is a Bollywood film. It was released in Bollywood films of 1944, 1944. Cast * Swaran Lata (actress), Swaran Lata * Leela Chitnis * B. Nandrekar * Chandrakant Gaur, Chandrakant * Asha Lata * Sidha Aptay References External l ...

(1944), Seedha Rasta (1947), Mere Laal (1948), Shiva Ramoshi (1951 - Marathi Film) and Chhatrapati Shivaji (1952). He also produced few films like Balaram Shri Krishna (1968),

Hari Darshan ''Hari Darshan'' is a 1972 Bollywood religious film directed by Chandrakant. The film stars Dara Singh & other artists of Indian film Industry, who portray different characters during the time of Bhakt Prahlad. The story revolves around the dev ...

(1972), Har Har Mahadev (1974), Bajrangbali (1976), Bolo He Chakradhari (1977) under the banner of "Joy Films".

Filmography

As Director

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaur, Chandrakant 1929 births 2012 deaths Indian filmmakers Indian film producers Indian film directors Indian film actors Hindi-language film directors Punjabi-language film directors Hindi film producers