Cinemaazi remembers Krishnakant on his death anniversary.
24 Oct 2016
Cinemaazi remembers the actor-director Krishnakant on his death anniversary. Born as Krishnakant Maganlal Atmaram Bukhanwala, on 15 september, 1922 in Howrah Bengal, he started as a character actor and went on to direct films in Hindi and Gujarati for several decades. An electrical engineer by profession, Krishnakant or KK as he was fondly called joined Rooptara Studios in Bombay. Having assisted director Nitin Bose for about five years, led to a small role for KK in Bose’s 1950 film Mashal. This marked the beginning of many notably roles in films like Andolan (1951), Patita (1953), Howrah Bridge (1958), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971) among others. Along with his career in Hindi films he was quite a popular figure in the Gujarati theatre circuit, collaborating with stage legends like Pravin Joshi at the Indian National Theatre. He later worked extensively in Gujarati films, his directorial debut Dakurani Ganga(1976) and Visamo (1977) are considered his most revered work. Krishnakant succumbed to a heart attack on this day in 2016.
