Vijay Bhatt

Vijay Bhatt
Bhatt in 1942
Born
Vrajlal Jagneshwar Bhatt

(1907-05-12)12 May 1907
Died17 October 1993(1993-10-17) (aged 86)
Occupation(s)Film producer, film director, screenwriter
Years active1929– 1977
SpouseRama Bhatt
ChildrenPravin Bhatt
Arun Bhatt
RelativesVikram Bhatt (grandson)
Chirantan Bhatt (grandson)
Awards1966: Filmfare Best Movie Award: Himalaya Ki God Mein (1965)
Websitevijaybhatt.net

Vijay Bhatt (born Vrajlal Jagneshwar Bhatt; 12 May 1907 – 17 October 1993) was a producer-director-screenwriter of Hindi cinema, who made such films as Ram Rajya (1943), Baiju Bawra (1952), Goonj Uthi Shehnai (1959) and Himalaya Ki God Mein (1965).

He founded Prakash Pictures, a film production company and Prakash Studios in Andheri East, Mumbai, which produced 64 feature films.[1] Bhatt was a founding member of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India.[2]

  1. ^ "About Founder Members". Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  2. ^ Founders, filmtvguildindia.org; accessed 30 July 2017. Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine