FILM DIRECTOR

Mahesh Bhatt

1948 - Today

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Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has received a number of accolades, including four National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards. A notable film from his earlier period is Saaransh (1984), screened at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mahesh Bhatt has received more than 13,036,776 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Mahesh Bhatt is the 213th most popular film director (up from 1,379th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from India (up from 730th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 8.63

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  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 213 out of 2,041. Before him are Dariush Mehrjui, Danny Boyle, Lina Wertmüller, Joe D'Amato, Thea von Harbou, and Alan J. Pakula. After him are Alfonso Cuarón, Robert Wise, Liliana Cavani, Carol Reed, Gojko Mitić, and Barry Levinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 86. Before him are William Daniel Phillips, Beppe Grillo, Giorgio Parisi, Siim Kallas, Ruud Geels, and Pedro López. After him are Amadou Toumani Touré, Michel Suleiman, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lars Lagerbäck, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and Giovanni Angelo Becciu.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 160 out of 1,861. Before him are V. V. Giri (1894), Pratibha Patil (1934), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (1820), Ravidas (1450), and Mangal Pandey (1827). After him are Abdul Qadeer Khan (1936), Zakir Husain (1897), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Madhvacharya (1199), Vikramaditya (-102), and Birsa Munda (1875).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 2. Before him are Satyajit Ray (1921). After him are M. Night Shyamalan (1970), Michael Radford (1946), Dadasaheb Phalke (1870), Lindsay Anderson (1923), Dara Singh (1928), Guru Dutt (1925), Ardeshir Irani (1886), Shyam Benegal (1934), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), and Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941).

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