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Nayak (1966 Film)
''Nayak'' (also released under the translated title ''The Hero'', and as ''Nayak: The Hero'') is a 1966 Indian Bengali-language drama film composed, written, and directed by Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's second entirely original screenplay, after ''Kanchenjungha'' (1962). The story revolves around a matinee idol on a 24-hour train journey from Kolkata to Delhi to receive a national award. However, he ends up revealing his mistakes, insecurities and regrets to a young journalist, who realises that behind all his arrogant facade lies a deeply troubled man as his life's story is gradually revealed through seven flashbacks and two dreams. The film starring Uttam Kumar in main protagonist and Sharmila Tagore played second lead. In ''Nayak'', Uttam Kumar plays Arindam Mukherjee with such poise and ease that it appears as if he is portraying his own life on the celluloid. Ray gives us a vulnerable hero hiding behind his cocky, larger-than-life façade. And, Kumar, to his credit, never mis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satyajit Ray
Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian director, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, author, essayist, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and music composer. One of the greatest auteurs of film-making, Ray is celebrated for works including ''The Apu Trilogy'' (1955–1959), ''The Music Room'' (1958), ''The Big City'' (1963) and ''Charulata'' (1964). Ray was born in Calcutta to nonsense rhyme author Sukumar Ray. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was drawn into independent film-making after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing Vittorio De Sica's Italian neorealist film ''Bicycle Thieves'' (1948) during a visit to London. Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. Ray's first film, ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. This film, along with ''Aparajito'' (1956) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of West Bengal
Tollywood, also known as Cinema of West Bengal, is an Cinema of India, Indian film industry of Bengali language, Bengali-language motion pictures. It is based in the Tollygunge region of Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The origins of the nickname Tollywood, a portmanteau of the words Tollygunge and Cinema of the United States, Hollywood, dates back to 1932. It was a historically important film industry, at one time the centre of Indian film production. The Bengali film industry is known for producing many of Cinema of India, Indian cinema's most critically acclaimed global Parallel Cinema and art films, with several of its filmmakers gaining prominence at the National Film Awards, Indian National Film Awards as well as international acclaim. Ever since Satyajit Ray's ''Pather Panchali (film), Pather Panchali'' (1955) was awarded Best Human Document at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival, Bengali films frequently appeared in international fora and film festivals for the next several dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamuna Sinha
Jamuna may refer to: Geography * Jamuna River (Bangladesh), one of three primary rivers in Bangladesh, a distributary of the Brahmaputra * Small Jamuna River, Bangladesh * Jamuna River (West Bengal), a river of India, tributary of the Ichimati in West Bengal * Yamuna River, or Jamuna, a major river of India, tributary of the Ganges * Jamuna, Nepal, a town in Nepal People *Jamuna Boro (born 1997), Indian woman boxer * Jamuna (actress) (born 1936), South Indian film actress, director, and politician * Jamuna Barua (1919–2005), Assamese actress * Jamuna Devi (1929–2010), Indian politician * Jamuna Gurung, Nepalese footballer * Jamuna Nishad (1953–2010), Indian politician * K. Jamuna Rani (born 1938), Indian playback singer Companies * Jamuna Bank, a commercial bank in Bangladesh * Jamuna Group, a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerate ** Jamuna TV, a Bengali language television channel * Jamuna Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Other uses * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subrata Sensharma
Subrata (Hindi/ Sanskrit: सुव्रत, Odia: ସୁବ୍ରତ Bengali: সুব্রত), also Subroto (Read and written as by Bengalis and Javanese) or Subrata/Subrat/Shubrat/Subroto/Suvrat (Read and Written as by Odias), is a common name in India, especially among Oriya and Bengali people and in Indonesia especially among Javanese and Sundanese people. The name is also somewhat common in Indonesia because many people there have Sanskrit derived names there as well (in Java, ''Subroto'' is more common due to Javanese spelling structure of changing 'a' into an 'o'. It means "devoted to what is right"). Subroto (Suvrat) is the name of the 20th Jain teerthankara Munisuvrata Nath who was born in Nalanda district. Subrata is also one among the thousands names of the god Vishnu listed in the Vishnu Sahasranama. People bearing the name include : *Subrata of Magadha, King c. 1210 – 1150 BC * Subrata Roy, Chairman and Managing Worker, Sahara India Group, India * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susmita Mukherjee
Susmita (also spelled as Sushmita and Sushmitha and Sushmithak) is a Hindu/Sanskrit Indian feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Susmita Bauri (born 1975), Indian politician *Sushmita Mitra, Indian computer scientist *Sushmita Sen (born 1975), Indian actress, model and winner of the 1994 Miss Universe pageant * Sushmitha Singha Roy (born 1984), Indian heptathlete *Susmita Bose Susmita Bose is an Indian-American scientist and engineer, best known for her research on biomaterials, 3D printing or additive manufacturing of bone implants and natural medicine. She is the Herman and Brita Lindholm Endowed Chair Professor in ..., Indian-American scientist and engineer, professor at Washington State University * Sushmita Mukherjee, an author and Indian actress who has starred in several Hindi movies and television shows. {{given name Hindu given names Indian feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Sonar Harin'' with Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas and Bhanu Bandopadhyay. He had gone to Satyajit Ray's house and approached Ray to act in his films and, thereafter, he worked with Ray in nine films. Mukherjee is known for his performances in different types of roles, both serious and comic, in Ray's films. His acting in the knife throwing scene in the film '' Joi Baba Felunath'' is one of the more remembered scenes from the filmmaker's oeuvre. He also starred in the films of Goutam Ghosh, Buddhadev Dashgupta and Arabinda Mukhopadhyay . Mukherjee died at the age of 72 on 6 December 2003 from rheumatoid arthritis in his home in Kolkata. Selected filmography * ''Sonar Harin'' (1959) as Abdulla * ''Charulata'' (1964) as cameo (uncredited) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lali Chowdhury
Lali may refer to: *Lali (drum), a type of drum used in Fiji *Lali, Humla. a village and municipality in Humla District in the Karnali Zone of northwestern Nepal *Lali, Mahakali, a village development committee in Darchula District in the Mahakali Zone of western Nepal *Lali (tribe), a Jat clan found in Punjab, Pakistan *Lali, Iran, a city in Khuzestan Province, Iran *Lali County, is a county in Khuzestan Province in Iran *''Lali'', a 2023 album by Lali Espósito People * Lali Armengol (born 1945), Spanish playwright, professor and theater director * Lali Singh (2008–2008), Indian girl with the diprosopus condition (two faces) * Lali Kandelaki, Georgian ballerina * Ali Askar Lali (born 1957), Afghan footballer * Lali Chetwynd (born 1973), British artist * Lali Kiknavelidze, Georgian film director * Lali Espósito (born 1991), Argentinian actress, singer, model and entrepreneur * Lali Tsipi Michaeli Lali Tsipi Michaeli ( he, ללי ציפי מיכאלי; born 1964) is an Israeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharati Devi
Bharati or Bharathi may refer to: Hinduism * Bharati, an epithet of the Hindu goddess of knowledge and music Saraswati * Bharati, consort of Hindu wind god, Vayu Given name * Bharathi (Tamil actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress * Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (born 1951), Indian actress who has performed in Tamil and Kannada languages * Bharathiraja (born 1941), South Indian filmmaker * Bharati Braille, a family of braille alphabets used in South Asia Surname * Agehananda Bharati (1923–1991), Austrian academic and Hindu monk * Gopalakrishna Bharati (1811–1896), Tamil poet and composer * Prabha Bharti (died 2000s), one of the first Indian women qawaali singer ( fl. 1960s-1990s) * Subramania Bharati (1882–1921), Indian Nationalist poet and revolutionary, also referred to as Bharathi Other uses * ''Bharathi'' (1948 film), an Indian Kannada film * ''Barati'' (1954 film), 1954 Indian film * ''Bharathi'' (2000 film), a 2000 Indian Tamil-language film starring Sayaji Shinde, De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranjit Sen
Ranjit can refer to: * Ranjit Singh (other) **Ranjit Singh (1780–1839), First Maharaja of the Sikh Empire **Ranjit Singh of Bharatpur (1776–1805), ruler of the Bharatpur princely state in Rajasthan, India ** K. S. Ranjitsinhji (1872–1933), cricketer and Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar **Ranjit Singh Dyal (1928–2012), Indian Army officer and administrator **Ranjit Singh Boparan, British Businessman **Ranjit Singh Gujjar (born 1984), Indian sportsperson *Ranjit Chowdhry, actor *Ranjit Mallick, Bengali film actor *Ranjit Hoskote, Indian poet *Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, Governor of Meghalaya, a state in India *Ranjit Studios, former film company *Ranjit Desai, Marathi writer *Ranjit Bolt, British playwright and translator *Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer *Ranjit Naik, architect and social worker *Ranjit Bhatia, Indian athlete *Ranjit Debbarma, current chairman of the All Tripura Tiger Force *Ranjit Kamble, Maharashtra minister *Marshall Manesh Marshall Manesh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumita Sanyal
Sumita Sanyal (9 October 1945 – 9 July 2017) was an Indian actress who is known for her work in Bengali and Hindi cinema. She made her debut opposite Uttam Kumar in Bibhuti Laha's ''Khokababur Pratyabartan'' (1960). She subsequently appeared in a series of Bengali films in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life She was born Manjula Sanyal in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India. Her father was Girija Golkunda Sanyal. Career Director Bibhuti Laha (of Agradoot) named her Suchorita for his film ''Khokababur Pratyabartan''. After that, director Kanak Mukhopadhay decided to make it shorter into Sumita. Famous actress Lila Desai was very much known to Sumita. Lila introduced her to Agradoot. After she got a chance in ''Khokababur Pratyabartan'', she acted in more than 40 films in Bengali, including ''Sagina Mahato'', opposite Dilip Kumar and in the lead role in ''Kuheli'', alongside Biswajit and Sandhya Roy. She also has acted in a number of Hindi films, the most notable of which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirmal Ghosh
Nirmal is a town and the district headquarters of Nirmal district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is famed for its toys made out of wood. The district headquarters is located in the town of Nirmal. It borders the Telangana districts of Adilabad, Nizamabad, Mancherial, Asifabad, Jagtial districts as well as Nanded district of the state Maharashtra. Near by Towns Bhainsa , Narsapur G Geography Nirmal is located at . It has an average elevation of 340 metres (1100 feet) on the foot hills of Nirmal range, which is located in the Deccan plateau. Demographics In the 2011 Indian census, the total population of Nirmal was 88,433. There are 44,053 males (49.82%) and 44,380 females (50.18%). 10,303 children are below 6 years of age. There 5,315 males and 4,988 females. . As per the house hold survey conducted by Telangana government in August 2014, the population of Nirmal is 116,800. Major languages are Telugu, and English. Telugu has been the official lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
