Babubhai Mistry (5 September 1918 – 20 December 2010) was an Indian film director and special effects pioneer who is best known for his films based on Hindu mythology, such as Sampoorna Ramayana (1961), Mahabharat (1965), and Parasmani (1963) as well as the television series Mahabharat.
Babubhai was a director and art director, known for Har Har Gange (1979), Chandrasena (1959) and Saat Sawal Yane Haatim Tai (1971). Babubhai died on 20 December 2010 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Babubhai is a masculine given name and honorific-suffixed form common among Gujarati speakers in western India, especially within Hindu communities but also found among Parsis and Jains.
Babubhai Mistry migrated to Bombay (now Mumbai) in the early 1930s, seeking opportunities in the rapidly expanding film industry, which was becoming a major hub for Indian cinema following the transition from silent films to talkies.
Babubhai Jagjivandas was established in 1919 by an enterprising young teenager – Babubhai Ravji Goradia – who had left his village in Gujarat to seek fortune in the promising land of Bombay.
Babubhai Mistry worked in the Direction department of the 1942 movie ‘Jungle Princess.’ He is one of the first people in India to use split-screen technology for a film with double roles.
So, here below, you will find Babubhai Mistry’s autobiographical take on how he started and how he went on to be the most celebrated trick photographer of his times.
Babubhai Mistry (5 September 1918 – 20 December 2010) was an Indian film director and special effects pioneer who is best known for his films based on Hindu mythology, such as Sampoorna Ramayana (1961), Mahabharat (1965), and Parasmani (1963).