Nanubhai Vakil (23 May 1902 â€" 29 December 1980) was a Hindi and
Gujarati film director. He was the first to make a Gujarati talkie
film with a biopic on the saint Narsinh Mehta in 1932. Narsinh Mehta's
(1932) star cast included the actress Mehtab.Vakil frequently
collaborated with Zubeida and Patience Cooper. The twelve-year-old
Suraiya, who had done minor roles as a child artist in films like Usne
Kya Socha (1937) was cast as the young Mumtaz in Taj Mahal (1941) by
Vakil. Vakil later remade several of the silent films "based on Parsi
theatre plays". W. M. Khan, who became famous as the first person to
sing in an Indian film, "De De Allah Ke Naam Pe Pyare" in Alam Ara
(1931) was made to reprise that song and role when he was seventy-one
years old by Nanubhai Vakil. The film was Vakil's version of Alam Ara
(1973), produced by Maffatlal Shah, with music by Iqbal Qureshi.
Gujarati film director. He was the first to make a Gujarati talkie
film with a biopic on the saint Narsinh Mehta in 1932. Narsinh Mehta's
(1932) star cast included the actress Mehtab.Vakil frequently
collaborated with Zubeida and Patience Cooper. The twelve-year-old
Suraiya, who had done minor roles as a child artist in films like Usne
Kya Socha (1937) was cast as the young Mumtaz in Taj Mahal (1941) by
Vakil. Vakil later remade several of the silent films "based on Parsi
theatre plays". W. M. Khan, who became famous as the first person to
sing in an Indian film, "De De Allah Ke Naam Pe Pyare" in Alam Ara
(1931) was made to reprise that song and role when he was seventy-one
years old by Nanubhai Vakil. The film was Vakil's version of Alam Ara
(1973), produced by Maffatlal Shah, with music by Iqbal Qureshi.
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