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Arabinda Mukhopadhyay
Arabinda Mukhopadhyay (18 June 1919 – 10 February 2016) was an Indian filmmaker, film director and editor, who directed all-time classics like Nishi Padma (1970), Dhanyee Meye (1971) and Mouchak (1974). He also wrote stories and screenplays. Early life and education Mukhopadhyay was born in Katihar District, Bihar on 18 June 1919. His family originally hailed from Sehakhala situated in Hooghly District of present-day West Bengal. His father, Satyacharan Mukhopadhyay, was a doctor, and his mother was Mrinalini Devi. His elder brother was the noted Bengali writer Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay. Career In a career spanning four decades, he directed total 26 full-length films, 3 telefilms and 1 television serial. His very first directorial effort “Kichukkhon” in 1959 give him a nomination for the president's award. Another movie of his, “Ahban”, was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 1961. His inspiration was Bengali Filmmakers like Agradoot, Debaki Bose, Bimal Roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katihar
Katihar is a city situated in the eastern part of the state of Bihar in India. It is the regional headquarter of Katihar district. It is one of the important cities of Bihar. Also it's a main route of Delhi - Guwahati railway line. History Katihar is a part of the Mithila region. Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas). During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Kingdom of the Videhas became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Kingdom of the Videhas were called Janakas. The Mithila Kingdom was later incorporated into the Vajjika League, which had its capital in the city of Vaishali, which is also in Mithila. Later it was dominated by Chaudhary family who were the biggest landlord of kosi commisionery and holds approx 15000 acre land in katihar district and 8500 acre in Purnia district. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niren Lahiri
Niren Lahiri or Nirendranath Lahiri (17 July 1908 – 2 December 1972) was a Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and Hindi film director. He received 9th Annual BFJA Awards in 1946 and 2nd National Film Awards in 1955. Career Lahiri was born in Kolkata, British India in 1907. His father's name was Jitendra Nath Lahiri. Initially he started his career as an actor in Pramathesh Barua’s studio. He worked with Mr. Barua at New Theatres. He acted in ''Abhinav'' in 1940 directed by Debaki Bose. Lahiri was the music director of ''Ashiana'', ''Tarubala'' and ''Annapurnar Mandir'' in 1936. In 1940 he made his directional debut in the film ''Byabodhan''. He became popular after directing ''Bhabhi Kaal'' in 1945. He directed about 27 films including Bengali and Hindi cinema. Lahiri died in 1972. Filmography * ''Raat Dastey'' * ''Rajdrohi'' * ''Chhabi'' * ''Indrani (film)'' * ''Tansen'' * ''Boro Maa'' * ''Madhumalati'' * ''Prithibi Amare Chaay'' * ''Bhola Master'' * ''Shankar Narayan Bank'' * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paka Dekha
''Paka Dekha'' is a Bengali comedy drama film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay and produced by Mohan Mallick based on a story of Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay in the same name. This film was released in 1980 in the banner of Reba Films. Hemanta Mukhopadhyay scored the music in the film. Plot Aparna's father, a police officer, fixes her marriage of his own choice. Aparna does not agree with her father and she flees from home. Her father arrests Aparna's friends and interrogates them one by one. Cast * Utpal Dutt as Aparna's father * Mahua Roychoudhury as Aparna * Rabi Ghosh * Tarun Kumar Chatterjee * Santosh Dutta * Sobha Sen *Kamu Mukherjee Kamu Mukherjee (14 June 1931 – 6 December 2003) was a Bengali actor, best known for his role as Mandar Bose in ''Sonar Kella'' and Harun in Sandip Ray's first film ''Phatik Chand''. Career Mukherjee's first film appearance was in the 1959 film ... * Haridhan Mukhopadhyay * Koushik Bandyopadhyay * Sambhu Bhattachayra * Reba Debi * N. Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadi Theke Sagare
''Nadi Theke Sagare'' (Bengali: নদী থেকে সাগরে) () is a 1978 Bengali feature film directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. The film was written by Prasanta Chowdhury. The screenplay was written by Sunil Gangopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. It stars Soumitra Chatterjee, Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy, Mithun Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi, Rabi Ghosh and Anup Kumar. Debashree Roy was credited as Rumki Roy in the film. The music of the film was composed by Hemanta Mukherjee with lyrics penned by Pulak Bandyopadhyay and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. As described by the director, the character played by Mithun Chakraborty undergoes a journey of his life. This is the film where Debashree Roy, for the first time played a leading role. She played the unfathered daughter to the character played by Sandhya Roy and had to enact the adolescence as well as the adulthood of the character she was given. She drew critical favour for her gaze in the film. Soumitra Chatterjee and Ajitesh Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnishwar
''Agnishwar'' (অগ্নীশ্বর) is a 1975 Indian Bengali-language drama film about the life and career of a patriotic, idealistic doctor. The story is inspired by the Bengali novel ''Agnishwar'' written by Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay, based on the life of his teacher, Banabihari Mukhopadhyay . Directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, the film stars Uttam Kumar, Madhabi Mukherjee, Partha Mukherjee and Tarun Kumar. Plot The plot revolves around a patriotic doctor who lends moral backbone to the broken society of Bengal. Cast * Uttam Kumar as Agnishwar Mukhopadhyay * Madhabi Mukherjee as Agnishwar's wife * Tarun Kumar Tarun Kumar (born 8 January 1980) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in few Tamil and Malayalam films. He has received three state Nandi Awards and the National Film Award for his works. H ... as Sarbeshwar * Partha Mukherjee as Agnishwar's son * Dilip Roy as Khagen * Sumitra Mukherjee as Suchhan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nishipadma
''Nishi Padma'' is a 1970 Bengali drama film written and directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, based on a short story ''Hinger Kochuri'' by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, and starring Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee as leads. The film had music by Nachiketa Ghosh, and went on to win two awards at the 1970 National Film Awards: Manna Dey won Best Male Playback Singer for "Ja Khushi Ora Bole", while Sandhya Mukherjee won the Best Female Playback Singer for "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo". The film was remade into a Hindi film, ''Amar Prem'' (1972) directed by Shakti Samanta, with screenplay by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay, and starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna as leads. Plot Pushpa's (Sabitri Chatterjee) uncle forcefully sells her to a brothel in Calcutta. On her first night there, an unhappy married man named Ananda (Uttam Kumar) falls in love with her over her singing abilities and decides to visit her regularly. Cast * Uttam Kumar as Ananda * Sabitri Chatterjee as Pushp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amar Prem
''Amar Prem'' () is a 1972 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta. It is a remake of the Bengali film '' Nishi Padma'' (1970), directed by Arabinda Mukherjee, who wrote screenplay for both the films based on the Bengali short story ''Hinger Kochuri'' by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay. The film portrays the decline of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of a boy's innocent love for a neighbourhood courtesan. The movie is about a school boy, who is ill-treated by his step mother, and becomes friends with a prostitute neighbour. The film stars Sharmila Tagore playing a prostitute with a heart of gold, with Rajesh Khanna in the role of a lonely businessman and Vinod Mehra as adult Nandu, the young child, who they both come to care for. The film is noted for its music by R. D. Burman; numbers sung by famous playback singers like Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman's father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar; lyrics were by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
20th Filmfare Awards
The 20th Filmfare Awards were held in 1973, awarding the films made in 1972. ''Be-Imaan'' led the ceremony with 8 nominations, followed by ''Amar Prem'' and ''Shor'' with 7 nominations and ''Pakeezah'' with 5 nominations. ''Be-Imaan'' won 7 awards, thus becoming the most-awarded film at the ceremony. Pran, who won Best Supporting Actor for ''Be-Imaan'' refused to accept the award, on the grounds that the Best Music award should have gone to Ghulam Mohammed for ''Pakeezah'' and not Shankar-Jaikishan for ''Be-Imaan''. Main Awards Best Film ''Be-Imaan'' *'' Anubhav'' *''Pakeezah'' Best Director ''Sohanlal Kanwar – Be-Imaan'' *''Kamal Amrohi – Pakeezah'' *''Manoj Kumar – Shor'' Best Actor ''Manoj Kumar – Be-Imaan'' *''Rajesh Khanna – Amar Prem'' *''Rajesh Khanna – Dushman'' Best Actress ''Hema Malini – Seeta Aur Geeta'' *''Meena Kumari – Pakeezah'' *''Raakhee – Aankhon Aankhon Mein'' *''Sharmila Tagore - Amar Prem'' Best Supporting Act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Film Festival Of India
The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the film art; contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos, and promoting friendship and cooperation among people of the world. The festival is conducted jointly by the National Film Development Corporation of India (under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the state Government of Goa. Vision ''Ayam nijam paroveti gananā laghuchetasām, Udāracharitānām tu vasudhaiva kutumbakam'' (Extract from the Vedic scripture Maha Upanishad, meaning "This is for me and that is for other – is the thinking of a narrow-minded person. For those who are broad-minded, liberals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandhya Mukherjee
Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee (also spelled Mukhopadhyay; 4 October 1931 – 15 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and musician, specialising in Bengali music. She received Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honour of the Indian state of West Bengal in 2011. She also won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her songs in the films ''Jay Jayanti'' and '' Nishi Padma'' in the year 1970. Early and personal life Mukherjee was born in Dhakuria, Calcutta, on 4 October 1931 to Narendranath Mukherjee, a railway official, and Hemprova Devi. She was the youngest of six children. Her grandfather was a police officer, and the family had lived in Dhakuria since 1911. She was married to noted lyrist Shyamal Gupta, until his death in 2010. Training & career Sandhya started her music training under the direction of Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor A T Kannan, and Professor Chinmoy Lahiri. However, her ''guru'' was Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manna Dey
Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhendibazaar Gharana and was trained under Ustad Aman Ali Khan. He is considered one of the most versatile and celebrated vocalists of the Hindi film industry, often credited with the success of Indian classical music in Hindi commercial movies. As a musician, Dey is best known for infusing Indian classical music in a pop framework that ushered the golden period in Hindi cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, Dey recorded total 3,047 songs, though most primarily in Bengali and Hindi; Dey also sang in 14 other Indian languages, including Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, and Chhattisgarhi. The mid-50s to 70s were considered the peak of his musical career. The Government of India honored him with the Padma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. History The Awards were first presented in 1954. The Government of India conceived the ceremony to honor films made across India, on a national scale, to encourage the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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