Jayant Desai

Jayant Desai (full name: Jayantilal Zinabhai Desai ; born February 28, 1909 in Surat , † April 19, 1976 in Bombay ) was an Indian film director and producer of Hindi films .

Life

Jayant Desai started out as a projectionist in Surat. In 1929 he came to the Ranjit Film Company , where he was initially employed as an assistant director for Chandulal Shahs Rajputani (1929) and Nandlal Jaswantlals Pahadi Kanya (1930). His first independent directorial work was Noor-e-Watan / Glory of India (1930). Until 1943 he was one of the leading directors at Ranjit Studios and made numerous mythological films such as Veer Babruwahan (1934) with Eddie Bilimoria in the lead role. For his holy film Sant Tulsidas (1939) Ranjit Movitone hired the author Shivram Vashikar and lead actor Vishnupant Pagnis from the successful Sant Tukaram (1936) from the Prabhat Film Company to share in the success of the film genre that was popular at the time. Desai's work for Ranjit Movitone ended with the historical film Tansen (1943). As an independent producer, he shot for his companies Jupiter Films, Jayant Desai Prod. And Hemlata Pics until the early 1960s. He also worked in the film projection and rental business. His best-known works in his own production were the historical film Samrat Chandragupta (1945) about the founder of the Maurya empire Chandragupta Maurya , the Saigal musical Tadbir (1945) and the mythological film Har Har Mahadev (1950) with Nirupa Roy .

Filmography

1930: Noor-e-Watan 1930: Jawan Mard 1930: Joban Na Jadu 1931: Mukti Sangram 1931: Banke Savaria 1931: Vilasi Atma 1931: Qatil Katari 1931: Vijay Lakshmi 1931: Fauladi Pahelwan 1932: Lal Swar 1932: Sipahsalaar 1932: Bhutia Mahal 1932: Char Chakram 1932: Thu Badmash 1933: Bhola Shikar 1933: Bhool Bhulaiyan 1933: Krishna Sudama 1934: Nadira 1934: Sitamgarh 1934: Toofan Mail 1934: Veer Babruwahan 1935: College Girl 1935: Noor-e-Watan

1936: Laheri Lala 1936: Matlabi Duniya 1936: Raj Ramani 1936: Rangila Raja 1937: Toofani Toli 1937: Mitti Ka Putla 1937: Zameen Ka Chand 1938: Ban Ki Chidiya 1938: Billi 1938: Prithvi Putra 1939: Sant Tulsidas 1940: Aaj Ka Hindustan 1940: Diwali 1941: Beti 1941: Shadi 1942: Chandni 1942: Fariyad 1943: Bansari 1943: Bhakta Raaj 1943: Tansen 1943: Zabaan 1944: Lalkaar 1944: Manorama

1945: Samrat Chandragupta 1945: Tadbir 1946: Maharana Pratap 1950: Har Har Mahadev 1950: Shaan 1950: Veer Bhimsen 1951: Dashavtar 1951: Shri Ganesh Janma 1952: Amber 1952: Nishan Danka 1952: Shivashakti 1953: Hazaar Ratein 1953: Manchala 1953: Naya Raasta 1954: Miss Mala 1954: Shiv Ratri 1955: Sati Madalasa 1956: Basant Panchami 1956: Hamara Watan 1957: Lakshmi Pooja 1961: Zamana Badal Gaya

literature

• Entry to Jayant Desai . In Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 84

Web links

• Jayant Desai in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.google.de/search?q=jayant+desai+1909&btnG=Nach+B%C3%BCchern+suchen&tbm=bks&tbo=1&hl=de
   also in Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema ; IMDb but currently still with the wrong year 1908