Nemai Ghosh, or Nimai Ghosh
(1914–1988), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, best known for his film ''
Chinnamul'' (1950).
Career
Ghosh started his career as a stage actor with Little Theatre Group formed by
Utpal Dutt
Utpal Dutta () (29 March 1929 – 19 August 1993) was an Indian actor, director, and writer-playwright. He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the "Little Th ...
.
In addition to photography, he directed the highly acclaimed and neo-realistic ''
Chinnamul'' (1950), that dealt with
partition of Bengal during the
partition of India in 1947. Film director
Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik Kumar Ghatak (; 4 November 19256 February 1976) was a noted Indian film director, screenwriter, and playwright. Along with prominent contemporary Bengali filmmakers Satyajit Ray, Tapan Sinha and Mrinal Sen, his cinema is primarily rememb ...
started his film career as an assistant in this film.
However, despite critical acclaim, ''Chinnamul'' failed commercially. Thereafter Ghosh relocated to
Madras (now Chennai), and he worked in
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywo ...
as a cinematographer
in a few films and directed a film titled ''
Paathai Theriyudhu Paar'' that won
Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil.
His last film as a director was the Tamil film ''Sooravali'' (1981).
Ghosh was also active in the Film Society movement in Chennai and started the Madras Film Society which was the first society involved in that part of the country. This society came after Bombay and Calcutta Film Societies started in 1942 and 1947 respectively.
He was also a pioneer in the labour movement of employees of various hues working in the film industry in Madras which was the production centre for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films during those days.
Filmography
;As director
* ''
Chinnamul'' (1950)
* ''
Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar'' (1960)
* ''Sooravali'' (1981)
;As cinematographer
* ''Chinnamul'' (1950)
* ''
Anubavi Raja Anubavi
''Anubavi Raja Anubavi'' () is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by K. Balachander. The film stars Nagesh along with R. Muthuraman, Rajasree and Jayabharathi. It was released on July 1967. The film remade in Hindi a ...
'' (1967)
References
External links
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Cinematographers from West Bengal
1914 births
1988 deaths
Film directors from Kolkata
Bengali film directors
Tamil film cinematographers
20th-century Indian film directors
Kannada film cinematographers
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