Kanti Shah

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Kanti Shah
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Shah (right) with actress Sapna Sappu
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s) Film Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1988 – present -->

Kanti Shah is a Bollywood hindi movies director, producer, screenwriter and writer of Hindi movies, especially horror and adult movies.[ clarification needed ] He is best known for directing films featuring Mithun Chakraborty and Dharmendra in later half of the 1990s, like Gunda in 1998, [1] Loha in 1997 and "Kanti Shah ke Angoor". [2]

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Early life

Kanti Shah is a Gujarati by origin. [3]

Selected filmography

NoMovie NameYear of ReleaseDirectorProducerWriter
1 Maar Dhaad 1988Yes
2 Ganga Jamuna Ki Lalkar 1991YesYes
3 Basanti Tangewali 1992YesYes
4 Ganga Bani Shola 1992Yes
5 Phoolan Hasina Ramkali 1992YesYesYes
6Aag Kaa Toofan1993YesYes
7Rani Aur Maharani1993Yes
8 Aag Aur Chingari 1993Yes
9 Aag Aandhi Aur Toofan 1994Yes
10 Veer 1995YesYes
11Rangbaaz1996YesYes
12 Loha (1997 film) 1997Yes
13 Gunda (film) 1998Yes
14 Bhoot Ka Darr 1999Yes
15Dacait Queen1999Yes
16 Munnibai 1999YesYes
17 Daku Ramkali 2000Yes
18Jallad No. 12000Yes
19Meri Jung Ka Elaan2000Yes
20 Daku Ganga Jamuna 2000Yes
21 Aag Ke Sholay 2001Yes
22 Aaj Ka Gunda 2001Yes
23 Galiyon Ka Badshah 2001Yes
24Jagira2001Yes
25Jungle Ki Sherni2001Yes
26Qatil Chudail2001Yes
27 Zaroorat 2001Yes
28 Darwaza 2002Yes
29 Duplicate Sholay 2002Yes
30Khooni Shaitan2002Yes
31Shola Bai2002Yes
32Jung Ke Sholay2003Yes
33Meri Ganga Ki Saugandh2003Yes
34Pyaasa Haiwan2003Yes
35Pyaasi2003Yes
36Pyaasi Bhootni2003Yes
37 Angoor 2005YesYes
38 Garam 2005YesYes
39Galiyon ka Badshaah2006Yes
40Jagira2006Yes
41Free Entry2006Yes
42MMS Kand2014Yes
43OK2015Yes
44Haunted Jungle2015Yes
45Sapna ki Jawani2015Yes
46Maut 22015Yes

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References

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  2. Javeri, Lakshmi Govindrajan. "The porn identity" (PDF). Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. "'પીકે' બાદ ગુજરાતી ડિરેક્ટરની ફિલ્મ 'ઓકે'માં અભિનેત્રી થઈ ન્યૂડ" [Gujarati director Kanti Shah copied Aamir Khan's PK poster] (in Gujarati). Mumbai: Divya Bhaskar.