Famous People with Name Mehul

Mehul Kumar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mehul Kumar: an Indian filmmaker, film director, producer and writer who works in the Bollywood industry. He primarily works as an independent film director in parallel cinema.Kumar started his career in 1977 with the low budget Gujarati film Santu Jamadar. Since then, he has directed over 35 Hindi and Gujarati films, in a range of film genres, including dramas, comedies and action films, though he is mostly recognised for his cinematic depiction of patriotism in his films.Kumar has worked with some of the most noted film actors in Bollywood, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor. Some of his famous works include Krantiveer, Kohram.

Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul: was a French composer and music educator. He served as the first director of the Royal Conservatory of Liège from 1826-1862; having been appointed to that post by William I of the Netherlands. In addition to his duties as director, he also taught courses in harmony and music composition at the school. Among his notable pupils were Adolphe Samuel, César Franck, and Jean-Théodore Radoux, the latter of whom succeeded him as conservatory director. In 1859 he was made a Commander of the Order of Leopold.[1]

Étienne Méhul            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Étienne Méhul: was a French composer, "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution."[1] He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic".[2] In 1778 or 1779 he went to Paris and began to study with Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, a harpsichord player and friend of Méhul's idol Christoph Willibald von Gluck. Méhul's first published composition was a book of harpsichord pieces in 1783. He also arranged airs from popular operas and by the late 1780s he had begun to think about an operatic career for himself.