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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|07|05}}
| birth_place = [[Atrauli]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]], [[British India]]
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| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
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| occupation = Director<br>Cinematographer
| yearsactive = 1955–1988
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'''Ravikant Nagaich''' (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality.

He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu films, [[N.T. Rama Rao]]'s ''[[Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam]]'' in 1961 being his first film. With ''[[Farz (1967 film)|Farz]]'', he turned to Hindi movies and direction. This low-budget thriller inspired by ''[[James Bond]]'' was a surprise hit and helped Ravikant and the film's lead pair's ([[Jeetendra]] and [[Babita]]) career. Dharmendra acted as Agent 116 Gopal in ''[[Keemat (1973 film)|Keemat]]'' (1973). Jeetendra reprised his role as Agent 116, Gopalkishan Pandey in ''[[Raksha (1982 film)|Raksha]]'' (1982) and again in ''[[The Gold Medal (film)|The Gold Medal]]''.

He went on to direct 24 more films with ''Duty'' (1986) being his last. Though he had some big-budget hits like ''[[Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972 film)|Mere Jeevan Saathi]]'' and ''[[The Train (1970 film)|The Train]]'', his low-budget fare such as ''[[Surakksha]]'' and ''[[Wardat]]'' - again in the secret agent mode like ''Farz'', ''Keemat'', and ''Raksha'' - are his remembered hits due to the tacky stunts and special effects and the fact that despite these drawbacks, the films did well. [[Mithun Chakravorty]] too benefitted from ''Surakksha'' to move to commercial films as Jeetendra had earlier with ''Farz''.

He also produced two films in the 1980s: ''Wardaat'' and ''Shapath''.

==Filmography==
===1960s===
* ''[[Seeta Rama Kalyanam (1960 film)|Seeta Rama Kalyanam]]'' (1961) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Gulebakavali Katha]]'' (1962) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Sri Krishnarjuna Yuddhamu]]'' (1963) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Sri Krishna Pandaveeyam]]'' (1966) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Gudachari 116]]'' (1967) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Farz (1967 film)|Farz]]'' (1967) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Raja Aur Runk]]'' (1968) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Jigri Dost]]'' (1969) (director)
* ''Mahabaladu'' (1969) (director)

===1970s===
* ''[[The Train (1970 film)|The Train]]'' (1970) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Himmat (1970 film)|Himmat]]'' (1970) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Pyar Ki Kahani]]'' (1971) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Haseenon Ka Devata]]'' (1971) (director)
* ''[[Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972 film)|Mere Jeevan Saathi]]'' (1972) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Keemat (1973 film)|Keemat]]'' (1973) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Kaala Sona]]'' (1975) (director and cinematographer)
* ''[[Rani Aur Lalpari]]'' (1975) (director)
* ''[[Sita Kalyanam (1976 film)|Seeta Kalyanam]]'' (1976) (cinematographer)
* ''[[Daku Aur Mahatma]]'' (1977) (director)
* ''[[Jadu Tona]]'' (1977) (director)
* ''Thief of Baghdad'' (1977) (director)
* ''[[Surakksha]]'' (1979) (director)

===1980s===
* ''[[Morchha]]'' (1980) (director, cinematographer)
* ''Rajadhi Raju'' (1980) (cinematographer)
* ''Sahhas'' (1981) (director)
* ''Wardaat'' (1981) (producer and director)
* ''[[Laparwah]]'' (1981) (director)
* ''[[Raksha (1982 film)|Raksha]]'' (1982) (director)
* ''Saugandh'' (1982) (director)
* ''Shapath'' (1984) (producer and director)
* ''Tarkeeb'' (1984) (director)
* ''The Gold Medal'' (1984) (director)
* ''[[Duty (1986 film)]]'' (director)

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0619102|name=Ravikant Nagaich}}
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[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:People from Aligarh district]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Tamil film cinematographers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian photographers]]
[[Category:Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu]]

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