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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Baburao Patel<br />
| image = Baburao_Patel.jpg<br />
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| caption =<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| occupation = <br />
| birth_date = 4 April 1904<br />
| birth_place = Maswan, Palghar<br />
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1982|1904}}<br />
| spouse = Shirin (second), [[Sushila Rani Patel]] (third)<br />
| parents = {{unbulleted list| Pandurang Vithal Patil | Jamuna }}<br />
| children =<br />
| relatives = Geeta Patel-D'Souza (Grandchild from Second Wife)<br />
| website =<br />
| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Shajapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)|Shajapur]]<br />
| term = 1967-1971<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = Jagannathrao Joshi<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Baburao Patel''' (1904–1982) was an Indian [[publisher]] and [[writer]], associated with films and politics.<br />
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==Career==<br />
He was the editor and publisher of India's first film trade magazine, ''[[Filmindia]]'', the first edition of which was published in 1935.<br />
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Baburao was also the founder and editor of a political magazine, ''[[Mother India (magazine)|Mother India]]'' (different from the magazine of the same name started by the [[Aurobindo]] group).<br />
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He was elected to the Lok Sabha as the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Jana Sangh]] candidate from [[Shajapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Shajapur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] in 1967.<ref name="elections 1967">{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4114-general-election-1967-vol-i-ii/ |title=General Election, 1967 (Vol I, II) - General Election Archive (1951-2004) - Election Commission of India |date= |author= |accessdate= December 10, 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Baburao Patel was born Baba Patil to politician Pandurang Patil (Pandoba Patil) near Mumbai, but changed his name to Baburao Patel because he mostly dealt with Gujarati community in professional life.<ref>Sarma, Ramya (August 29, 2015). [https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/review-of-the-patels-of-filmindia-by-sidharth-bhatia/article7590779.ece "The Patels of Filmindia: A delicious potboiler"]. ''[[The Hindu]]''.</ref><br />
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He was married three times. His third wife was singer and actor [[Sushila Rani Patel]] (nee Tombat), originally from Chennai. He directed her in a couple of films in the 1940s.<br />
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==Books==<br />
* ''The Rosary and the Lamp'' (1966), Girnar Publications<br />
* ''Burning Words: A Critical History of Nine Years of Nehru's Rule from 1947 to 1956'' (1956), Sumati Publications<br />
* ''Grey Dust'' (1949), Sumati Publications<br />
* ''A Blueprint of Our Defence'' (1962), Sumati Publications<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
'''As director & scriptwriter '''<br />
*''Kismet''(1929)<br />
*''Sati Mahananda'' (सती महानन्दा) (1933)<br />
*''Chand ka Tukda'' (1933-'35)<br />
*''Bala Joban'' (1934)<br />
*''Maharani '' (1934)<br />
*''Pardesi Saiyan'' (1935)<br />
*''Draupadi '' (1944)<br />
*''[[Gwalan]]'' (1946)<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071107120910/http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=18&page=39 Organizer.org Centenary profile]<br />
*[http://movietalkies.in/artists/index.asp?ArtistId=50040 Movie Talkies listing]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021064817/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772751,00.html?promoid=googlep ''Time'' magazine article profiling ''Filmindia'' question answer page by Baburao Patel]<br />
*[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=7760 Screen India Profile]<br />
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