Chaturbhuj Doshi

rdf:langString Chaturbhuj Doshi

rdf:langString Chaturbhuj Doshi

rdf:langString Chaturbhuj Doshi

rdf:langString Bombay, Maharashtra, India

rdf:langString Chaturbhuj Anandji Doshi

rdf:langString From Filmindia September 1938

rdf:langString Writer, director

rdf:langString Chaturbhuj Doshi (1894–1969) was a Hindi and Gujarati writer-director of Indian cinema. He was one of the top Gujarati screenplay writers, who helped script stories for the Punatar productions. He is stated to be one of the leading figures who launched the Gujarati film industry with work on notable films like Gunsundari (1948) and Nanand Bhojai (1948). Doshi, was “well known” for his family socials and had become “a celebrity in his own right”. He made a name for himself as a journalist initially and was referred to as the "famous journalist" and publicist by Baburao Patel, editor of Filmindia. His debut film as a director was Gorakh Aya (1938), produced by Ranjit Movietone, though he joined Ranjit in 1929, as a scriptwriter. In 1938, he directed another film for Ranjit, a social comedy, The Secretary, and both films were box-office successes for Doshi. His forte was socials, regularly adapting stories and novels for films. He worked initially on comedies like Secretary and Musafir (1940), but then "shifted to more significant films".

rdf:langString Chaturbhuj Anandji Doshi