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Sanjibani Sabha
''Sanjibani'' is a Bengali drama film directed by Sukumar Dasgupta. This movie was released under the banner of M. P. Productions Pvt. Ltd. The film narrates the journey of a young aspiring writer. It stars Uttam Kumar, Reba Devi, Jahar Ganguly, Jiben Bose and Sandhyarani. Both Sandhyarani and Uttam Kumar won critical favour for their performance in the film. Cast * Uttam Kumar as Ravi * Reba Devi * Sandhyarani * Dhiraj Das * Gurudas Bandyopadhyay * Jahar Ganguly * Jiben Bose * Kanu Banerjee * Padma Devi Padma Devi (1917–1983) was a popular Indian Bengali Hindi/Hindustani Film Actress and playback singer of Indian cinema, in the silent era and the early talkies. Starting her career with the main role in ''Sea Goddess'' (1931), directed by Dhiru ... * Probha Debi References External links * 1952 films Bengali-language Indian films 1952 drama films 1950s Bengali-language films Indian drama films {{1950s-Bengali-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar ( bn, উত্তম কুমার; born Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay; 3 September 1926 – 24 July 1980), popularly known as the Mahanayak, was an Indian actor, producer, director, Screenwriter, script writer, composer, and singer who predominantly worked in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Kumar was one of the most successful actors in Bengali cinema history. Kumar's career spanned three decades, from the late 1940s until his death in 1980. He appeared in over 200 films. Some of his best known films are ''Agni Pariksha (1954 film), Agni Pariksha'', ''Harano Sur'', ''Bicharak'', ''Saptapadi (1961 film), Saptapadi'', ''Jhinder Bandi'', ''Sesh Anka'', ''Deya Neya'', ''Lal Pathore'', ''Jatu Griha'', ''Thana Theke Aschi'', ''Chowringhee'', ''Nayak (1966 film), Nayak'', ''Antony Firingee (film), Antony Firingee'', ''Amanush (1975 film), Amanush'', ''Bagh Bondi Khela'' and ''Chiriyakhana'' (1967). Early life Arun Kumar Chattopadhyay was born on 3 September 1926 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhiraj Das
''Dhiraj'' (Patience) is a Bollywood social film. It was released in 1942. The film was directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi for Ranjit Movietone. Gyan Dutt was the music director, with lyrics by Pandit Indra. The cast included Sitara Devi, Ishwarlal, Kesari, Nurjehan. ''Dhiraj'' was doing successful business at the box-office when it was banned by the British government on the request of the Advisors to the governors. "They had grown intolerant of introduction of symbols like pictures of national leaders in films". Cast * Sitara Devi * Ishwarlal Ishwarlal was a Bollywood Hindi actor, director and producer, active from 1930 to 1966. He was born 9 October 1911 at Waghania, Bombay Presidency, British India as Hariprashad Joshi. He died on 22 January 1969 in Bombay (Mumbai), India aged 57 ... * Kesari * Nurjehan * Khatoon * dhiraj Rajkumari Soundtrack The music was composed by Gyan Dutt and the lyricist was Pandit Indra. The singers were Ishwar Lal, Gyan Dutt, Nur Jehan, Kesari. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Drama Films
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali-language Indian Films
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Films
The year 1952 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films United States The top ten 1952 released films by box office gross in the United States are as follows: International Events *January 10 – Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic, '' The Greatest Show on Earth'', is premièred at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. *March 27 – The MGM musical '' Singin' in the Rain'' premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. *May 26 – Decision reached in Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson determining that certain provisions of the New York Education Law allowing a censor to forbid the commercial showing of any non-licensed motion picture film, or revoke or deny the license of a film deemed to be "sacrilegious," was a "restraint on freedom of speech" and thereby a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. *September 19 – While Charlie Chaplin is at sea on his way to the United Kingdom, the United States Attorney-General, James P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Padma Devi
Padma Devi (1917–1983) was a popular Indian Bengali Hindi/Hindustani Film Actress and playback singer of Indian cinema, in the silent era and the early talkies. Starting her career with the main role in ''Sea Goddess'' (1931), directed by Dhirubhai Desai and produced by Saroj Film Company, Padma went on to act in over one hundred films in her career. Early years Padma Devi was born on 1917 in Bengal, British India. Her ancestral home was Madaripur. Her real name was Nilima. Career Padma Devi was one of the earliest action heroines of the Indian Cinema. She started her career with ''Sea Goddess'', filmed in 1931, and was often cast with "dare-devil" Boman Shroff in a stream of successful stunt films such as ''The Amazon'', directed and produced by JBH Wadia, released in 1933. In his unpublished autobiography, Jamshed Boman Homi Wadia wrote:“I made my last silent thriller 'The Amazon' or 'Dilruba Daku' th Padma in the stellar role. The ory was the reverse of 'Thunderb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kanu Banerjee
Kanu Banerjee (Kanu Bandyopadhyay) (20 June 1905 – 27 January 1983) was an Indian actor and director of Bengali cinema and theatre.Soumitra Das and Dalia Mukherje (5 August 2012)"The matter-of-fact actor of many parts"Kolkata, India: ''The Telegraph''. He is best known for his portrayal of Harihar Ray, father of Apu, in Satyajit Ray's classic ''Pather Panchali'' (1955) and ''Aparajito'' (1956), part of the Apu Trilogy. He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. He first appeared as an amateur artiste with Sisir Kumar Bhaduri in ''Biraj Bou'' (1934) as Netai at Naba Natyyamandir. In 1955, he also appeared as saint Ramakrishna in Prafulla Chakraborty’s biographical film ''Bhagaban Sri Sri Ramakrishna''. Legacy In 2012, his memoirs titled, ''Hariharer Panchali'', based on his long interview published in Sharadiya (Durga puja) magazine ''Baro Maas'' in 1979 and other interviews was published by ''Sutradhar'' and released by Sandip Ray, son of Satyajit Ray, at Nandan thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reba Devi
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Gurudas Bandyopadhyay
Sir Gooroodas Banerjee (also Gurudas or Gurudas Bandyopadhyay, bn, স্যার গুরুদাস ব্যানার্জী; 26 January 1844 – 2 December 1918) was a Bengali Indian judge of the Calcutta High Court. In 1890, he also became the first Indian Vice-Chancellor of University of Calcutta. Education He received his early education at the Oriental Seminary, and the Hare School at the Presidency College in Kolkata. the General Assembly's Institution (now Scottish Church College), the University of Calcutta.''Some Alumni of Scottish Church College'' in ''175th Year Commemoration Volume''. Scottish Church College, April 2008. page 592 He obtained an M.A. with a focus on Mathematics in 1865, winning a University medal for attaining first place in his examinations, and passed the B.L. examination in 1866. in 1877, he obtained a Doctorate in Law. Career Banerjee briefly taught as an Assistant Lecturer in Mathematics, before joining the General Assembly's Ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiben Bose
Jiben Bose (1915 – 21 March 1975) was a Bengalis, Bengali Indian actor known for his serious-comical side role performances in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Biography Bose was born in 1915 in Kolkata, British India. He was known for mainly supporting characters in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinemas. Bose started his career in the film ''Ankjijal'' in 1932 and performed continuously for five decades in film industry. He worked a number of movies with leading stars like Uttam Kumar. He died on 21 March 1975 in Kolkata. Selected filmography * ''Duranta Joy'' * ''Biraj Bou'' * ''Deshbandhu Chittaranjan'' * ''Maa O Meye'' * ''Antony Firingee (film), Antony Firingee'' * ''Rajdrohi'' * ''Mukhujey Paribar'' * ''Ashanata Ghoorni'' * ''Kinu Gowalar Gali'' * ''Tridhara'' * ''Bipasha'' * ''Kancher Swarga'' * ''Dui Bhai'' * ''Raja-Saja'' * ''Chaowa-Pawa'' * ''Indrani (film), Indrani'' * ''Bardidi'' * '' Sesh Paryanta'' * '' Sasibabur Sansar'' * '' Aasite Aasiyo Na'' * ''Kabuliwal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
