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Filmmaker · India

Vijay Bhatt

Died in 1993

Vijay Bhatt was born on 12 May 1907 in Palitana, in Gujarat, into the modest family of a railway guard. He came to Bombay with his elder brother Shankarbhai, and with him founded Prakash Pictures, then the Prakash studios in Andheri, which produced sixty-four films. He directed mythological and musical films, was one of the founders of the guild of film and television producers, and died of a heart attack in October 1993.

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