13 Facts About Ravindra Dave

Ravindra Dave was an Indian film director, producer, editor and screenwriter.

Ravindra Dave directed more than 30 Hindi films in the 1950s and 1960s including several hits like Nagina, Agra Road, Post Box 999, Satta Bazaar, Dulha Dulhan and Raaz.

Ravindra Dave turned to Gujarati cinema with his blockbuster Jesal Toral and directed more than 25 Gujarati films in the 1970s and 1980s.

Ravindra Dave was born on 16 April 1919 in Karachi, British India in a Brahmin family.

Ravindra Dave learned editing from producer and director Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.

Ravindra Dave's next noir film, Dhamki, was a suspense thriller.

Ravindra Dave directed social dramas, comedies, mythological as well as patriotic films.

Ravindra Dave produced Satta Bazaar, starring Balraj Sahni and Meena Kumari, and Dulha Dulhan, starring Raj Kapoor and Sadhana under the banner of Nagina Films.

Ravindra Dave worked with some of the leading composers of the time, including: Ghulam Haider, Husnlal Bhagatram, Vijaysinghraje Patwardhan, Shankar Jaikishan, C Ramchandra, Chitragupta, O P Nayyar, Manna Dey, S D Burman, Roshan, Kalyanji-Anandji and Ravi.

Ravindra Dave had planned to remake his blockbuster Nagina with Leena Chandavarkar and Sanjay Khan, but the project was delayed.

Ravindra Dave directed Jesal Toral based on the local legend of Gujarat launching the careers of Upendra Trivedi and Ramesh Mehta.

Ravindra Dave made films for a rural audience which were well received by the urban audience.

Ravindra Dave was fondly known as Ravinbhai in the Hindi film industry and Bapa in the Gujarati film industry.