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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Babubhai Mistry<br />
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| birth_name = Abdus Samad<br />
| birth_date = {{birth-date|5 September 1918}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Surat]], Gujarat<br />
| death_date = {{death-date and age|20 December 2010|5 September 1918}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| other_names = Babubhai Mistri<br />
|years_active= 1933-1991<br />
| known_for = special effects, mythological films<br />
| occupation = film director, special effects director<br />
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'''Babubhai Mistry''' (5 September 1918 – 20 December 2010) was an [[India]]n film director and [[special effects]] pioneer who is best known for his films based on [[Hindu mythology]], such as ''[[Sampoorna Ramayana]]'' (1961), ''[[Mahabharat (1965 film)|Mahabharat]]'' (1965), and ''[[Parasmani]]'' (1963).<br />
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In 1999, Mistry received the [[Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement|Lifetime Achievement Award]] at the [[Zee Cine Awards]].<ref name=ex>[http://www.expressindia.com/fe/daily/19990301/fco01018.html Zee awards] ''Indian Express'', 1 March 1999.</ref> In 2009, he was honored "for his contribution to [[Bollywood]] as the master of special effects" at an event, "Immortal Memories," held to honor the "living legends" of the [[Hindi film industry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/53064.html|title=When yesterday blessed today|publisher=IndiaGlitz}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Babubhai was born in [[saiyedpura]] area of [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]] and studied until class four.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.socialcommunication.org/images/pop-htm/Babubhai-Mistry.htm|title=Babubhai Mistry}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Babubhai was a regular art director for various movies produced [[Wadia Movietone]] owned by [[JBH Wadia|JBH]] and [[Homi Wadia]] brothers along with [[Fearless Nadia]]. Here he discovered his penchant for handling camera and trick photography. He trained with [[Vijay Bhatt]] at Basant Pictures as a special effects director from 1933 to 1937. ''[[Khwab Ki Duniya]]'' (1937) came to him after Vijay Bhatt asked him to go and watch American film ''[[The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]]'' (1933) and later asked whether he would be able to replicate them for a film, thus started his career in special effects.<ref name=enc>[[#Gu|Gulzar., p. 490]]</ref> In fact his special effects in the film earned him the nickname ''Kala Dhaga'' (black thread) for the black threads he used in the film for performing various tricks. Thus ''Khwab Ki Duniya'' was the first film in which he was credited as "trick photographer". In the coming years, he also received acclaim for his effects in Basant Pictures' ''Hatimtai'' (1956) directed by [[Homi Wadia]] and [[Ellis R. Duncan|Ellis Duncan]]'s ''[[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]]'' (1954).<ref name=enc/><ref>[[#Dw|Dawyer, p. 171]]</ref><br />
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Mistry soon became a director and a cameraman. He started his directing career by co-directing his first two films, ''[[Muqabala]]'' (1942) and ''[[Mauj]]'' (1943) with [[Nanabhai Bhatt]], both starred Fearless Nadia. Over the next four decades, he gathered stories from diverse religious, epical and language texts, such ''[[Puranas]]'',<ref>[[#Wa|Watkins, p. 85]]</ref> and went on to direct over 63 fantasy, mythological and religious films, including ''[[Sampoorna Ramayana]]'' (1961), "a milestone in the history of Hindu mythology",<ref>[[#Wa|Watkins, p. 89]]</ref> ''[[Parasmani]]'' (1963) and '' Mahabharat'' (1965). Later, he also remained a consultant for [[Ramanand Sagar]]'s television epic series, ''[[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayan]]'' (1987-1988). He was also in search of special effects in [[B.R. Chopra]]'s [[Mahabharat (1988 TV series)|Mahabharat]].<br />
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In 2005, at the annual [[Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image|MAMI]] festival he was awarded the Kodak Trophy for Technical Excellence for his contribution to Indian cinema.<ref>[[#Dw|Dawyer, p. 44]]</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
;Director<br />
* ''[[Muqabala]]'' (1942)<br />
* ''[[Mauj]]'' (1943)<br />
* ''[[Sampoorna Ramayana]]'' (1961)<br />
* ''King Kong'' (1962)<br />
* ''[[Parasmani]]'' (1963)<br />
* ''[[Mahabharat (1965 film)|Mahabharat]]'' (1965)<br />
* ''[[Bhagwan Parshuram]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''Daku Man Singh'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Saat Sawal]]'' (1971)<br />
* ''[[Hanuman Vijay]]'' (1974)<br />
* ''Alakh Niranjan'' (1975)<br />
* ''Maya Maschindra'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Amar Suhagin]]'' (1978)<br />
* ''[[Har Har Gange]]'' (1979)<br />
* ''[[Sant Ravidas Ki Amar Kahani]]'' (1983)<br />
* '' Kalyug Aur Ramayan'' (1987)<br />
* ''[[Hatim Tai (1990)|Hatim Tai]]'' (1990)<br />
*''Mahamayi'' (1991) (Tamil)<br />
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;Special effects<br />
* ''[[Khwab Ki Duniya]]'' (1937)<br />
* ''[[Aladdin Aur Jadui Chirag]]'' (1952)<br />
* ''[[Jungle Ka Jawahar]]'' 1953 <br />
* ''[[Hatim Tai (1956 film)|Hatim Tai]]'' (1956)<br />
* ''[[Meera (1945 film)|Meera]]'' (1954)<br />
* ''[[Zimbo (film)|Zimbo]]'' (1958)<br />
* ''[[Angulimaal (film)|Angulimaal]]'' (1960)<br />
* ''[[Guru (1980 film)|Guru]]'' (1980)<br />
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;Cinematographer<br />
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* ''[[Kaash]]'' (1993)<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema: An Enchanting Close-Up of India's Hindi Cinema|author= Gulzar|author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT514&dq=Babubhai+Mistri&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WxfKUMz9DcyOrge0k4CgAg&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA |ref=Gu }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Filming the Gods: Religion And Indian Cinema|author=Rachel Dwyer |publisher=Psychology Press |year=2006|isbn=0415314240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qjKJ0yk-gQC&pg=PA44&dq=Babubhai+Mistry&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cg7KUO_-Ocr5rAeT4IHYBA&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Babubhai%20Mistry&f=false |ref=Dw }}<br />
* {{cite book |title=Teaching Religion and Film|author=Gregory J Watkins|publisher=Oxford University Press |year= 2008|isbn=0195335988 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPl2tS1xDPMC&pg=PA89&dq=Babubhai+Mistry&hl=en&sa=X&ei=cg7KUO_-Ocr5rAeT4IHYBA&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=Babubhai%20Mistry&f=false |ref=Wa }}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [http://shashwatdc.com/2011/08/babubhai_mistry/ Babubhai Mistry: The Father of Indian 'Trick Photography']<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb name|0592985}}<br />
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