1948 - Today
Mahesh Bhatt (born 20 September 1948) is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has received several 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 12,397,816 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mahesh Bhatt is the 1,385th most popular film director (down from 1,138th in 2019), the 734th most popular biography from India (down from 587th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Film Director.
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Among film directors, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 1,385 out of 1,581. Before him are Marion Hänsel, Bryan Forbes, Terence Davies, Paul McGuigan, Shyam Benegal, and François Dupeyron. After him are Lisa Cholodenko, Richard Dembo, Erle C. Kenton, Cristina Comencini, Kevin Macdonald, and John R. Leonetti.
1949 - 2020
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 1,379
1926 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,380
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 1,381
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 1,382
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 1,383
1950 - 2016
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 1,384
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 1,385
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.18
Rank: 1,386
1948 - 2004
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 1,387
1896 - 1980
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 1,388
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 1,389
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 1,390
1956 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 1,391
Among people born in 1948, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 567. Before him are Marañón, Jean-Pierre Haigneré, Guy Standing, Carlos Squeo, Jerzy Kaczmarek, and Rosemary Casals. After him are Josef Bierbichler, Marcia Strassman, Meir Sheetrit, Ken Ribet, Alfred Sant, and Eizo Kenmotsu.
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 561
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 562
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 563
1948 - 2019
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 564
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 565
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 566
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 567
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 568
1948 - 2014
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 569
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 570
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 571
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 572
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 573
Among people born in India, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 734 out of 1,493. Before him are Gul Mohammed (1957), Narinder Singh Kapany (1926), Mammootty (1951), Saira Banu (1944), Shyam Benegal (1934), and Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923). After him are Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Padmini (1932), Mira Nair (1957), Chiranjeevi (1955), Sunil Gavaskar (1949), and Chandrashekhar Agashe (1888).
1957 - 1997
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 728
1926 - 2020
HPI: 41.44
Rank: 729
1951 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 730
1944 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 731
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 732
1923 - 2014
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 733
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 734
1827 - 1869
HPI: 41.20
Rank: 735
1932 - 2006
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 736
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 737
1955 - Present
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 738
1949 - Present
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 739
1888 - 1956
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 740
Among film directors born in India, Mahesh Bhatt ranks 15. Before him are Guru Dutt (1925), Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Tarsem Singh (1961), Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914), Tapan Sinha (1924), and Shyam Benegal (1934). After him are V. Shantaram (1901), Deepa Mehta (1950), Subhash Ghai (1945), K. Balachander (1930), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), and Aparna Sen (1945).
1925 - 1964
HPI: 43.77
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 11
1914 - 1987
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 12
1924 - 2009
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 13
1934 - Present
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 15
1901 - 1990
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 17
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.25
Rank: 18
1930 - 2014
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 19
1922 - 2006
HPI: 37.64
Rank: 20
1945 - Present
HPI: 37.61
Rank: 21