Vaju Kotak

Vaju Kotak (30 January 1915 – 29 November 1959) was a Gujarati writer, publisher, journalist, and an Indian film director and screenwriter. He primarily worked in Gujarati film industry and in Bollywood during his career span. He is known to be the co-founder of weekly news magazine Chitralekha, published in Gujarati and Marathi. Vaju Kotak was born on 30 January 1915 in Rajkot, Gujarat. He studied up to the first year of BA. In 1937, he came to Ahmedabad for a job and from 1939, settled in Bombay. Kotak married Madhuribahen in 1946. He died on 29 November 1959 in Hurkisondas Hospital, Bombay following a heart attack.