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Chandrakant Gaur
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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. He also made Gujarati mythological films.[2][3]
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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 he directed, is believed to have contributed to the 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), and Bolo He Chakradhari (1977) under the banner of "Joy Films".
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Filmography
As Director
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