Ravikant Nagaich
Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality born in Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India. 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. 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.
Ravikant Nagaich
- Name
- Ravikant Nagaich
- Born
- 5 July 1931
- Birthplace
- Atrauli, Aligarh United Provinces, British India
- Died
- 6 January 1991
- Place of death
- Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
- Occupation
- Director Cinematographer
- Spouse
- Rani
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
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Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality born in Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India. 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. 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.
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Dharmendra acted as Agent 116 Gopal in Keemat (1973). Jeetendra reprised his role as Agent 116, Gopalkishan Pandey in Raksha (1982) and again in 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 and 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.
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• Name — Ravikant Nagaich • Born — 5 July 1931 • Birthplace — Atrauli, Aligarh United Provinces, British India • Died — 6 January 1991 • Place of death — Madras, Tamil Nadu, India • Occupation — Director Cinematographer • Years Active — 1955–1988 • Spouse — Rani
1960s
1960s
• 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) (director and cinematographer) • Raja Aur Runk (1968) (cinematographer) • Jigri Dost (1969) (director) • Mahabaladu (1969) (director and cinematographer)
1970s
1970s
• The Train (1970) (director and cinematographer) • Himmat (1970) (director and cinematographer) • Pyar Ki Kahani (1971) (director and cinematographer) • Haseenon Ka Devata (1971) (director) • Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) (director and cinematographer) • Keemat (1973) (director and cinematographer) • Kaala Sona (1975) (director and cinematographer) • Rani Aur Lalpari (1975) (director) • Seeta Kalyanam (1976) (cinematographer) • Daku Aur Mahatma (1977) (director) • Jadu Tona (1977) (director) • Thief of Baghdad (1977) (director) • Surakksha (1979) (director)
1980s
1980s
• Morchha (1980) (director, cinematographer) • Rajadhi Raju (1980) (cinematographer) • Sahhas (1981) (director) • Wardat (1981) (producer and director) • Laparwah (1981) (director) • Raksha (1982) (director) • Saugandh (1982) (director) • Shapath (1984) (producer and director) • Tarkeeb (1984) (director) • The Gold Medal (1984) (director) • Duty (director) • Super Boy 3D (1988) (Kannada) (director)
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