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- Mangesh Desai, is a legendary sound recordist in Indian Film History. One of the most significant contributor to the Indian Cinema with his special skills in Sound Recording & Mixing, Mangesh Desai worked with the best film makers in Indian Cinema like V Shantaram, Satyajit Ray, Raj Kapoor, Shyam Benegal, Kamaal Amrohi, Ramesh Sippy, Sunil Dutt, Yash Chopra, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, Vijay Anand & Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Mangesh Desai has more than 500 films to his credits including Sholay, Deewar, Paakeezah, Jhanak Jhanak. Paayal Baaje, Anand, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, Teesri Manzil, Mera Naam Joker, Silsila to name a few. He was a trusted source for post production specially for his exceptional skills & innovative sound recording techniques. As Sunil Dutt said about him "He upgraded our cinema"..
- IMDb mini biography by: Pavan Jha
- Granduncle of Janina Gavankar.
- Maternal uncle to author and director Nilu N. Gavankar. Nilu directed the shelved film Aankhon Mein Sapne Liye starring Janina and Samraat Mukherjee. Nilu is also the sister of Pete Gavankar (father of actress Janina Gavankar).
- Mangesh's maternal nephew Pete Gavankar is the father of world famous journalist and former Miss District of Columbia 1997, Sonya Gavankar.
- Maternal nephew Pete (Ganesh ) Gavankar produced Rahul Dev Burman's International album Pantera.
- Brother of documentary editor Sadanand Desai.
- Mangesh Desai upgraded our cinema - Sunil Dutt
- Sholay would not have been the same without him - Ramesh Sippy
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