Ravikant Nagaich

Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality.
He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu films, N.T. Rama Rao's "Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam" in 1961 being his first film. With "Farz", he turned to Hindi movies and direction. This low-budget thriller inspired by "James Bond" was a surprise hit and helped Ravikant and the film's lead pair's (Jeetendra and Babita) career. Dharmendra acted as Agent 116 Gopal in "Keemat" (1973). Jeetendra reprised his role as Agent 116, Gopalkishan Pandey in "Raksha" (1982) and again in "The Gold Medal".
He went on to direct 24 more films with "Duty" (1986) being his last. Though he had some big-budget hits like "Mere Jeevan Saathi" and "The Train", his low-budget fare such as "Surakksha" and "Wardat" - again in the secret agent mode like "Farz", "Keemat", and "Raksha" - are his remembered hits due to the tacky stunts and special effects and the fact that despite these drawbacks, the films did well. Mithun Chakravorty too benefitted from "Surakksha" to move to commercial films as Jeetendra had earlier with "Farz".
He also produced two films in the 1980s: "Wardaat" and "Shapath".