Krishna Dev Mehra
Krishna Dev Mehra ( Panjabi ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੇਵ ਮਹਿਰਾ ; * 1907 in Sarsa , British India ; † February 6, 1995 in Bombay , Maharashtra ) was an Indian film director of Punjabi and Hindi films .
Life
Krishna Dev Mehra comes from the village of Sarsa in the Bhiwani district in Haryana today . He started working in the film industry at Roshan Lal Shoreys film company Punjab Film Corporation in Lahore . He moved to Calcutta in 1933 , where he worked as a technical consultant and was involved in the script for Jyotiprasad Agarwala's Assamese film Joymati (1935). Mehra made his film debut as a director with the first sound film in Panjabi: Sheila - also known as Pind Di Kudi - (1935), with which the film career of actress and singer Noor Jehan began. The film was an adaptation of Lev Tolstoy's " Resurrection " and the first big hit of punjabi cinema. It was made in Calcutta with the support of the Madan Theaters as well as the following film Heer Syal .
Mehra moved to Bombay after the partition of India and later worked for Baldev Raj Chopra BR Films.
Filmography
- 1935: Sheila (aka Pind Di Kudi )
- 1938: Heer Syal
- 1939: Surdas
- 1940: Mera Punjab
- 1944: Bhai
- 1950: Posti
literature
- Krishna Dev Mehra. In: Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , pp. 145 f.
Web links
- Krishna Dev Mehra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data India , Press Institute of India, 1995, p. 119
- ↑ Interesting Facts - KD Mehra and Pind Di Kuri (1935) (with photo by KD Mehra)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mehra, Krishna Dev |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mehra, KD; ਮਹਿਰਾ, ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਦੇਵ (Punjabi) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film director of Panjabi and Hindi films |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarsa , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1995 |
| Place of death | Bombay , Maharashtra |