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Chandrakant Gor
BornChandrakant Gor
9th January, 1929
DiedJuly 23, 2012(2012-07-23) (aged 82)
Occupations
  • Film director
  • film producer
  • screenwriter
  • actor
Years active1939–1952 (as actor),
1951-1984 (as Director)
Notable work
SpousePrabhavati Gor

Chandrakant Gor (1929-2012), commonly referred to simply as Chandrakant ,is a Hindi B-movie director of action films and mythological movies. His work extends the Babubhai Mistri tradition, featuring Dara Singh (who also worked for Mistri) and Marathi star Jayshree Gadkar. He made Punjabi hits (e.g. Bhagat Dhanna Jat) reviving Punjabi cinema. Also made Gujarati mythological films.

Career

In a career spanning nearly four decades, he directed 45 films including Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati films, acted in 7 films and wrote stories for many films. He composed music in Do Dost (1951) along with S. Mohinder.

Bhagat Dhanna Jaat (1974), the Punjabi film directed by him is believed to have contributed to revival of Punjabi cinema. His debut film as a director was Riding Hero (1951), a stunt film made by Laxmi Productions of Chimanlal Trivedi.

His acting career was from 1939 to 1952. He appeared in Midnight Mail (1939), Maataa (1942), Swarna Bhoomi (1944), Seedha Rasta (1947), Mere Laal (1948), Shiva Ramoshi (1951 - Marathi Film) and Chhatrapati Shivaji (1952).

He also produced few films like Balaram Shri Krishna (1968), Hari Darshan (1972), Har Har Mahadev (1974), Bajrangbali (1976), Bolo He Chakradhari (1977) under the banner of "Joy Films".

Filmography

As Director

Year Film Language Cast Notes Production House
1951 Riding Hero Hindi Debut film as Director Laxmi Productions
1955 Ganga Maiya Hindi Prem Adib,
Sumitra Devi		 Kala Kendra
1956 Delhi Durbar Hindi
1957 Aadhi Roti Hindi Prem Adib,
Daisy Irani		 Gandhi & Choksi Productions
1957 Aadhi Raat Hindi
1957 Sant Raghu Hindi Anand Kumar,
Lalita Pawar,
Nirupa Roy
1958 Circus Sundari Tamil Kamal Kapoor,
Kamini Kaushal,
Mahipal		 (Co-Director: C.M.Trivedi)
1958 Great Show Of India Hindi Kamal Kapoor,
Kamini Kaushal,
Mahipal		 (Co-Director: C.M.Trivedi)
1959 Jagga Daku Hindi P. Jairaj,
Jabeen Jalil,
Minoo Mumtaz		 Dubbed into Telugu as "Veera Jaggadu" Chitra Bharti
1961 Ramleela Hindi Master Bhagwan,
Abhi Bhattacharya,
Moni Chatterjee
1962 Jadugar Daku Hindi Bela Bose,
Helen,
P. Jairaj
1963 Maya Mahal Hindi Bela Bose,
Helen,
Mahipal		 Mona Films
1963 Zingaro Hindi Bela Bose,
Laxmi Chhaya,
Aruna Irani
1964 Badshah Hindi Dara Singh,
Nishi,
Ramayan Tiwari		 Nav Kala Niketan
1964 Roop Sundari Hindi Bela Bose,
Mahipal,
Anita Guha		 Chitradoot
1964 Veer Bhimsen Hindi Dara Singh,
Mumtaz,
Sumitra Devi		 Dubbed into Telugu as "Bhima Pratigna"
1968 Balaram Shri Krishna Hindi Dara Singh,
Savitri,
Jayshree Gadkar		 Joy Films
1970 Tarzan 303 Hindi Chandgi Ram,
Shabnam,
K. N. Singh
1971 Kabhi Dhoop Kabhi Chhaon Hindi Dara Singh,
Ameeta,
Jagdeep
1971 Tulsi Vivah Hindi Abhi Bhattacharya,
Anita Guha,
Jayshree Gadkar		 Dubbed into Telugu as "Siva Jalandhara Yuddham"
1972 Hari Darshan Hindi Abhi Bhattacharya,
Dara Singh,
B.Saroja Devi		 Joy Films
1973 Maha Sati Savitri Hindi Jayshree Gadkar,
Upendra Trivedi,
D.K. Sapru		 Basant Pictures
1974 Bhagat Dhanna Jatt Punjabi Dara Singh,
Jayshree Gadkar,
Yogeeta Bali,
Padma Khanna		 (co-Director : Dara Singh) Dara Productions
1974 Har Har Mahadev Hindi Dara Singh,
Jayshree Gadkar,
Shahu Modak,
Padma Khanna		 Joy Films
1974 Kisan Aur Bhagwan Hindi Dara Singh,
Feroz Khan,
Yogeeta Bali,
Abhi Bhattacharya		 Dara Productions
1976 Bajrangbali Hindi Dara Singh,
Biswajeet,
Moushumi Chatterjee,
Durga Khote		 Joy Films
1977 Bolo He Chakradhari Hindi Dara Singh,
Bhavana Bhatt,
Sachin Pilgaonkar,
Rajni Sharma		 Joy Films
1977 Shri Krishna Sharanam Mama Gujarati
1979 Shankar Parvati Gujarati
1984 Shravan Kumar Hindi,
Gujarati		 Bharat Bhushan,
Jayashree Gadkar,
Abhi Bhattacharya,
Chandrima Bhaduri
1984 Krishna-Krishna Hindi Biswajeet,
vidya Sinha,
Dara Singh,
Anita Guha		 Upendra Films

References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/Cinemaazi/posts/cinemaazi-remembers-chandrakant-gaur-actor-director-and-story-writer-on-his-8th-/899607057191287/
  2. Ashish Rajyadhyaksha, Paul Willemen (1998). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. p. 74. ISBN 019-563579-5.
  3. ^ Sanjeet Narwekar (1994). Directory of Indian Film-Makers and Films (1 ed.). Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 69. ISBN 094-891140-9.
  4. Riding Hero page in IMDb
  5. Ganga Maiya page in IMDb
  6. Delhi Durbar page in IMDb
  7. Aadhi Roti page in IMDb
  8. Aadhi Raat page in IMDb
  9. Sant Raghu page in IMDb
  10. Circus Sundari page in IMDb
  11. Jagga Daku page in IMDb
  12. Ramleela page in IMDb
  13. Jadugar Daku page in IMDb
  14. Maya Mahal page in IMDb
  15. Zingaro page in IMDb
  16. Badshah page in IMDb
  17. Roop Sundari page in IMDb
  18. Veer Bhimsen page in IMDb
  19. Balaram Shri Krishna page in IMDb
  20. Tarzan 303 page in IMDb
  21. Kabhi Dhoop Kabhi Chhaon page in IMDb
  22. Tulsi Vivah page in IMDb
  23. Hari Darshan page in IMDb
  24. Maha Sati Savitri page in IMDb
  25. Har Har Mahadev page in IMDb
  26. Har Har Mahadev page in IMDb
  27. Bhagat Dhanna Jatt page in IMDb
  28. Bajrangbali page in IMDb
  29. Bolo He Chakradhari page in IMDb
  30. Shri Krishna Sharanam Mama page in IMDb
  31. Shravan Kumar page in IMDb
  32. Krishna-Krishna page in IMDb


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