13 Facts About Chaturbhuj Doshi

Chaturbhuj Doshi was a Hindi and Gujarati writer-director of Indian cinema.

Chaturbhuj Doshi was one of the top Gujarati screenplay writers, who helped script stories for the Punatar productions.

Chaturbhuj Doshi is stated to be one of the leading figures who launched the Gujarati film industry with work on notable films like Gunsundari and Nanand Bhojai.

Chaturbhuj Doshi 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.

Chaturbhuj Doshi's forte was socials, regularly adapting stories and novels for films.

Chaturbhuj Doshi worked initially on comedies like Secretary and Musafir, but then "shifted to more significant films".

Chaturbhuj Anandji Doshi was born in Kathiawar, Gujarat, British India.

Chaturbhuj Doshi was educated at the University of Bombay, and after graduation he started work as a journalist for a daily, Hindustan, working for editor Indulal Yagnik.

Chaturbhuj Doshi joined Ranjit Movietone in 1929, and wrote stories and screenplay for several of Ranjit films.

Chaturbhuj Doshi helped enormously in the development of the Gujarati cinema.

In 1949, Chaturbhuj Doshi directed another Gujarati film, Vevishal, an adaptation of Meghani's novel of the same name.

Chaturbhuj Doshi wrote stories, and one of his stories Pati Bhakti was used in the Tamil film En Kanawar produced by Ajit Pictures, which starred the Veena maestro, S Balachander, who was the debut director and music composer for the film.

Chaturbhuj Doshi died on 21 January 1969 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.