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{{short description|Indian film director and producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kanti Shah
| image = Kanti shah.jpg
| image_caption = Shah (right) with actress Sapna
| image_size = 220px
| alt =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| occupation = [[Film Director]], [[Film Producer|producer]], [[screenwriter]]
| nationality = Indian
| relatives =
| years_active = 1988 – present
| spouse = Surekha Gawli
| children = Nidhi Shah (daughter)<br />Karan Shah (son)
| website =
}}
'''Kanti Shah''' is a [[Bollywood]] director, producer and writer of [[B movie#C movie|B grade and C grade]] Hindi movies, especially [[Horror film|horror]] and adult movies.{{clarify|reason=this usually means porn|date=November 2020}} He is best known for directing films featuring [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Dharmendra]] in later half of the 1990s, like [[Gunda (1998 film)|Gunda]] in 1998,<ref>{{cite web|title=Your weekend fix|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/Weekend/Your-weekend-fix/Article1-823118.aspx|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>[[Loha (1997 film)|Loha]] in 1997 and "Kanti Shah ke Angoor".<ref>{{cite web|last=Javeri|first=Lakshmi Govindrajan|title=The porn identity|url=http://kirtu.com/press/deccanchronicle.pdf|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=31 May 2015}}</ref>

==Early life==
Kanti Shah is a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] by origin.<ref>{{cite news |language=gu |url=https://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/ENT-BOL-gujarati-director-kanti-shah-copied-aamir-khans-pk-poster-4744452-PHO.html |title='પીકે' બાદ ગુજરાતી ડિરેક્ટરની ફિલ્મ 'ઓકે'માં અભિનેત્રી થઈ ન્યૂડ|trans-title=Gujarati director Kanti Shah copied Aamir Khan's PK poster|location=[[Mumbai]]|publisher=[[Divya Bhaskar]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kanti Shah married Surekha Gawli on 6 August 1992 in Mumbai. They have two children, Nidhi Shah and Karan Shah. Nidhi Shah is a television actress.<ref>{{cite news |language=gu |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/television/celebrity/story/anupamaa-actress-nidhi-shah-pens-emotional-note-on-her-family-s-tough-fight-with-covid-1803107-2021-05-16|title=Anupamaa actress Nidhi Shah pens emotional note on her family's tough fight with Covid|newspaper=Hindustan Times|access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#ccc; align:center,"
! No !! Movie Name !! Year of Release !! Director !! Producer !! Writer
|-
| 1 || [[Maar Dhaad]] || 1988 || || Yes ||
|-
| 2 || [[Ganga Jamuna Ki Lalkar]] || 1991 || Yes || Yes ||
|-
| 3 || [[Basanti Tangewali]] || 1992 || Yes || Yes ||
|-
| 4 || ''[[Ganga Bani Shola]]'' || 1992 || Yes || ||
|-
| 5 || [[Phoolan Hasina Ramkali]] || 1992 || Yes || Yes || Yes
|-
| 6 || [[Aag Toofan|Aag kaa Toofan]] || 1993 || Yes || || Yes
|-
| 7 || [[Rani Aur Maharani]] || 1993 || Yes || ||
|-
| 8 || [[Aag Aur Chingari]] || 1993 || Yes || ||
|-
| 9 || [[Aag Aandhi Aur Toofan]] || 1994 || Yes || ||
|-
| 10 || [[Veer (1995 film)|Veer]] || 1995 || Yes || || Yes
|-
| 11 || [[Rangbaaz (1996 film)|Rangbaaz]] || 1996 || Yes || Yes ||
|-
| 12 || [[Loha (1997 film)]] || 1997 || Yes || ||
|-
| 13 || [[Gunda (1998 film)|Gunda (film)]] || 1998 || Yes || ||
|-
| 14 || [[Bhoot Ka Darr]] || 1999 || Yes || ||
|-
| 15 || [[Dacait Queen]] || 1999 || Yes || ||
|-
| 16 || [[Munnibai]] || 1999 || Yes || || Yes
|-
| 17 || ''[[Daku Ramkali]]'' || 2000 || Yes || ||
|-
| 18 || [[Jallad No. 1]] || 2000 || Yes || ||
|-
| 19 || Meri Jung Ka Elaan || 2000 || Yes || ||
|-
| 20 || [[Daku Ganga Jamuna]] || 2000 || Yes || ||
|-
| 21 || [[Aag Ke Sholay]] || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 22 || [[Aaj Ka Gunda]] || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 23 || [[Galiyon Ka Badshah (2001 film)|Galiyon Ka Badshah]] || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 24 || ''[[Jagira]]'' || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 25 || [[Jungle Ki Sherni]] || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 26 || [[Qatil Chudail]] || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 27 || [[Zaroorat]] || 2001 || Yes || ||
|-
| 28 || [[Darwaza]] || 2002 || Yes || ||
|-
| 29 || [[Duplicate Sholay]] || 2002 || Yes || ||
|-
| 30 || [[Khooni Shaitan]] || 2002 || Yes || ||
|-
| 31 || [[Shola Bai]] || 2002 || Yes || ||
|-
| 32 || [[Jung Ke Sholay]] || 2003 || Yes || ||
|-
| 33 || [[Meri Ganga Ki Saugandh]] || 2003 || Yes || ||
|-
| 34 || ''[[Pyaasa Haiwan]]'' || 2003 || Yes || ||
|-
| 35 || [[Pyaasi]] || 2003 || Yes || ||
|-
| 36 || [[Pyaasi Bhootni]] || 2003 || Yes || ||
|-
| 37 || [[Angoor (2005 film)|Angoor]] || 2005 || Yes || Yes ||
|-
| 38 || [[Garam (2005 film)|Garam]] || 2005 || Yes || Yes ||
|-
| 39 || [[Galiyon ka Badshaah]] || 2006 || Yes || ||
|-
| 40 || [[Jagira]] || 2006 || Yes || ||
|-
| 41 || [[Free Entry]] || 2006 || Yes || ||
|-
| 42 || [[MMS Kand]] || 2014|| Yes || ||
|-
| 43 || [[OK (2015 film)|OK]] || 2015|| Yes || ||
|-
| 44 || [[HAUNTED JUNGLE]] || 2015|| Yes || ||
|-
| 45 || [[SAPNA KI JAWANI]] || 2015|| Yes || ||
|-
| 46 || [[MAUT 2]] || 2015 || Yes || ||
|-
|}

== References ==
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