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Indian filmmaker and writer

Mohammed Ibrahim Baloch (or Bloch; born 1949), better known as Mehul Kumar, is an Indian filmmaker and writer in Bollywood.^[2][3] He is known for directing the films Tirangaa (1992), Krantiveer (1993) and Kohram (1999).^[1] His other works include Mrityudaata (1997) and Kitne Door Kitne Paas (2002) among others as well as several Gujarati films.

Early life and work

Mehul Kumar was born as Mohammed Baloch into a Makrani Baloch family in the city of Jamnagar, Gujarat in 1949. Graduating from Bombay University he started as a journalist during the early 1970s which included writing film reviews.

He then moved to work in Gujarati theatre.^[1]

Career

He made his directorial debut with a Gujarati comedy Chandu Jamadar (1977), a remake of Dada Kondke's highly successful lowbrow Marathi comedy Pandu Havaldar (1975).^[1] Though it was Kumar's 1977 bilingual Hindi-Gujarati f