Naval Gandhi
Naval Gandhi (* 1897 in Karachi , British India , † after 1952) was an Indian film director of Hindi films and producer of war documentaries.
Life
Gandhi graduated from Ahmedabad in 1919 and then went to Europe. In 1923 he found a job as a director in Ardeshir Irani's newly founded film company Majestic Films. As one of several co-directors with Irani, he shot Paap No Fej , one of the studio's most successful films , in 1924 .
His best-known work is the film adaptation of the Thakur drama Bisarjan under the title Balidan with the stars Sulochana , Zubeida and Master Vithal . This much-discussed film from 1927 was shot largely in Rajasthan and its original was advertised with the high literary quality. By 1931 Gandhi made four more films with Zubeida for the film companies Orient Pics and Kohinoor United Artists . His last and only sound film Shikari was made in 1932.
During the Second World War, Gandhi worked for the Directorate of Services Kinematography - the film division of the armed forces - where he produced documentaries for PV Pathy . In the early 1950s he was a sales manager at General Radio & Appliances Ltd. in Bombay.
Filmography
- 1924: Chandan Malayagiri
- 1924: Mumbai Ni Sethani
- 1924: Paap No Pashchatap
- 1924: Shahjehan
- 1924: Paap No Fej
- 1924: Sanyasi
- 1926: Yauvan Chakra
- 1927: Balidan
- 1930: Devadasi
- 1930: Veer Rajput
- 1931: Nadira
- 1931: Diwani Duniya
- 1932: Shikari
literature
- Entry on Naval Gandhi in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 96 f.
Web links
- Naval Gandhi in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1952 Asian Film Directory and Who's Who , p. 365
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gandhi, Naval |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film director of Hindi films and producer of war documentaries |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karachi , British India |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1952 |