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{{Infobox person
| name = Nanubhai Vakil
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|05|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bulsar]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|12|29|1902|05|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Film Director, Film Producer, Writer
| spouse = Anuradha Vakil
| children = [[Rajesh Vakil]], Rupa Joshi, Pradeep Vakil, Sunil Vakil, Navin Vakil and Jayshree Ramachandran
| parents = Bhimbhai Desai
| relatives =
}}

'''Nanubhai Vakil''' (23 May 1902 – 29 December 1980) was a [[Hindi (language)|Hindi]] and [[Gujarati (language)|Gujarati]] film director. He was the first to make a Gujarati talkie film with a biopic on the saint [[Narsinh Mehta]] in 1932. ''[[Narsinh Mehta (1932 film)|Narsinh Mehta]]'s'' (1932) star cast included the actress [[Mehtab (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 film)|Taj Mahal]]'' (1941) by Vakil.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Vakil later remade several of the silent films "based on Parsi theatre plays".<ref name="Dharwadker2009">{{cite book|author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker|title=Theatres of Independence: Drama, Theory, and Urban Performance in India Since 1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&pg=PA442|accessdate=25 February 2015|date=1 November 2009|publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=978-1-58729-642-0|pages=442–}}</ref> 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]].<ref name="Ranchan2014">{{cite book|author=Vijay Ranchan|title=Story of a Bollywood Song|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3h2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT13|accessdate=25 February 2015|date=2 January 2014|publisher=Abhinav Publications|pages=13–|id=GGKEY:9E306RZQTQ7}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===As a director===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! 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 (1932 film)|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 (1941 film)|Taj Mahal]] || Hindi
|-
| 1943 || Naya Zamana || Hindi
|-
| 1946 || [[Baghdad Ka Chor]] || Hindi
|-
| 1947 || Chithrabahavali || Tamil
|-
| 1947 || Vedhalapuram || Tamil
|-
| 1954 || Gul Bahar || Hindi
|-
| 1955 || Hatimtai Ki Beti || Hindi, Producer
|-
| 1956 || Lalkaar || Hindi
|-
| 1957 || Bansari Bala || Hindi
|-
| 1958 || Pehla Pehla Pyar || Hindi
|-
| 1959 || Flying Rani || Hindi
|-
| 1964 || Idd Ka Chand || Hindi
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0883389}}

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[[Category:Gujarati-language film directors]]
[[Category:Film directors from Gujarat]]
[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:People from Valsad district]]
[[Category:Hindi film producers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Indian silent film directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian screenwriters]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

Nanubhai Vakil - Revision history

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