Veteran Bombay distributor Mavjibhai Shah passed away in Bombay today (25th July). He was 95 years old and was the elder brother of music directors Kalyanji, Anandji and Babla Shah.
Mavjibhai had distributed Don, starring Amitabh Bachchan, in Bombay circuit. He was also the distributor of Sajid Nadiadwala’s Zulm Ki Hukumat and many other films. He was known for his keen sense of editing and used to often suggest to producers and directors scenes for deletion. Many of his suggestions were carried out to good effect. He used to himself edit scenes if he felt, they would bore the audience. Distributors used to take the liberty of themselves deleting scenes in prints circulating in their circuits in the good old days when Mavjibhai Shah was a distributor.