Mother India (1957)

Born in Bilimora, Gujarat, India. Writer, director and producer who entered Indian film as the writer-director of JUDGEMENT OF ALLAH / AL HILAL (1935). Working primarily as a director, some of his other notable credits include MANMOHAN and DECCAN QUEEN (both 1936), JAQIRDAR / LANDLORD (1937), WATAN (also writer) and HUM TUM AUR WOH / WE THREE (both 1938), EK HI RAASTA / THE ONLY WAY (1939), AURAT / WOMAN and ALIBABA (both 1940), BAHEN / MY SISTER (1941), ROTI (1942), TAQDEER / DESTINY and NAJMA (both 1943), HUMAYUN (1945, also producer), ANMOL GHADI / PRECIOUS TIME (1946, also producer), ELAAN (1947), ANOKHI ADA (1948), ANDAZ / A MATTER OF STYLE (1949), AAN / SAVAGE PRINCESS (1952, also producer), AMAR (1955, also producer), MOTHER INDIA (1957, also writer & producer), A HANDFUL OF GRAIN (1959) and his last film, SON OF INDIA (1962).  Nominated for Foreign Language Film 1957: MOTHER INDIA - Producer 1 nomination