Nanubhai Vakil

Nanubhai Vakil (23 May 1902 – 29 December 1980) was a Hindi and Gujarati film director. He directed the first Gujarati feature film, in 1932, with a biopic on the saint Narsinh Mehta, Narsinh Mehta, whose cast included the actress Mehtab.

Career Vakil frequently collaborated with Zubeida and Patience Cooper. The twelve-year-old Suraiya, who had done minor roles as a child artist in films like Usne Kya Socha (1937) was cast as the young Mumtaz in Taj Mahal (1941) by Vakil. Vakil later remade several of the silent films "based on Parsi theatre plays". W. M. Khan, who became famous as the first person to sing in an Indian film, "De De Allah Ke Naam Pe Pyare" in Alam Ara (1931) was made to reprise that song and role when he was seventy-one years old by Nanubhai Vakil. The film was Vakil's version of Alam Ara (1973), produced by Maffatlal Shah, with music by Iqbal Qureshi.

Filmography

As a director

Year Film Notes 1929 Veer Pujan Silent film 1929 Tit For Tat Silent film 1929 Sinhaldweep Ki Sundari Silent film 1929 Kumud Kumari Silent film 1929 Dehna Daan Silent film 1930 Vifreli Waghan Silent film 1930 Vanraj Silent film 1930 Sorathi Baharvatiyo Silent film 1930 Sheikh Chilli Silent film 1930 Rasili Radha Silent film 1930 Ranakdevi Silent film 1930 Madhbhar Mohini Silent film 1930 Desh Deepak Silent film 1931 Noor-E-Alam Silent film 1931 Mojili Mashuq Silent film 1931 Hoor-E-Roshan Silent film 1931 Baghdad Nu Bulbul Silent film 1931 Azadi Nu Jung Silent film 1931 Albeli Mumbai Silent film 1932 Nakhreli Nar Silent film 1932 Baghdad Ka Badmash Silent film 1932 Narsinh Mehta First Gujarati talkie 1932 Bulbule Baghdad Hindi 1933 Bulbule Punjab Hindi 1934 Rashk-e-Laila Hindi, Writer 1934 Nand Ke Lala Hindi 1935 Birbal Ki Beti Hindi 1936 Mr. and Mrs. Bombay Hindi 1937 Fakhre Islam Hindi 1938 Banke Sanvaria Hindi 1941 Jadui Bandhan Hindi 1941 Taj Mahal Hindi 1943 Naya Zamana Hindi 1946 Baghdad Ka Chor Hindi 1947 Chithrabahavali Tamil 1947 Vedhalapuram Tamil 1948 Desh Seva Hindi 1950 Raj Mukut Hindi 1954 Gul Bahar Hindi 1955 Hatimtai Ki Beti Hindi, Producer 1956 Lalkaar Hindi 1956 Yahudi Ki Beti Hindi 1957 Bansari Bala Hindi 1958 Pehla Pehla Pyar Hindi 1959 Flying Rani Hindi 1964 Idd Ka Chand Hindi 1971 Shaan-e Khuda Hindi 1973 Alam Ara Hindi