| 1 | '''Mehul Kumar (b. 1949)''' |
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| 4 | Gujarati and Hindi director, aka Mohammed |
| 5 | Baloch. Born in Jamnagar; graduated from |
| 6 | Bombay University and worked as a journalist, |
| 7 | including film reviews in the magazine |
| 8 | Chitarang. Involved in Gujarati theatre (1974- |
| 9 | 5), then assistant to Chandrakant Sangani |
| 10 | (1975-6) and to Tahir Hussain. His début is a |
| 11 | Gujarati remake of Dada Kondke’s |
| 12 | spectacularly successful lowbrow Marathi |
| 13 | comedy, Pandu Havaldar (1975). 80s work |
| 14 | mainly in mid-budget Hindi masala films, |
| 15 | introducing this formula into Gujarati and |
| 16 | achieving a broader acceptance and larger |
| 17 | budgets. Marte Dam Tak, featuring the senior |
| 18 | star Raaj Kumar alongside Govinda, made him |
| 19 | one of the best-known vendetta action |
| 20 | directors. He then yoked this genre |
| 21 | successfully to a highly rhetorical story about |
| 22 | nationalism to make the biggest Hindi hit of |
| 23 | 1992, Tiranga, getting Raaj Kumar to act with |
| 24 | the younger character actor, Nana Patekar. |
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| 27 | '''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1977: Chandu Jamadar; |
| 28 | Janam Janamna Saathi/Phir Janam Lenge |
| 29 | Hum; 1978: Kanchan Ane Ganga; 1979: |
| 30 | Rajputani; 1981: Ranchandi; Garvi Naar |
| 31 | Gujaratni; Gamdeni Gori; Kanchan Aur |
| 32 | Ganga; 1982: Maa Vina Suno Sansar; Dholi; |
| 33 | Anokha Bandhan; Naseeb No Khel; 1983: |
| 34 | Dhola Maru; Maradno Mandvo; 1984: |
| 35 | Hiranne Kanthe; Love Marriage; 1985: Meru |
| 36 | Malan; Preet Na Karsho Koi; Bhauji Maay; |
| 37 | 1986: Sayba Mora; Ujali Meraman; 1987: |
| 38 | Marte Dam Tak; 1989: Na Insaafi; Nafrat Ki |
| 39 | Aandhi; Jungbaaz; Aasmaan Se Ooncha; |
| 40 | 1990: Paap Ki Aandhi; Mandano Mor; 1991: |
| 41 | Meet Mere Man Ke; 1992: Tiranga; 1993: |
| 42 | Aansoo Bane Angarey; 1994: Krantiveer. |
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| 44 | [[Director]] |