Nemai Ghosh, or Nimai Ghosh (1914–1988), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, best known for his film ''

Chinnamul Chinnamul (alternate spelling Chhinnamul, lit. ''The Uprooted'') was a 1950 Bengali film directed by Nemai Ghosh. This was the first Indian film that dealt with the partition of India. The story revolved around a group of farmers from East Paki ...

'' (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 T ...

. In addition to photography, he directed the highly acclaimed and neo-realistic ''

'' (1950), that dealt with partition of Bengal during the

partition of India The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...

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 remembe ...

started his film career as an assistant in this film. However, despite critical acclaim, ''Chinnamul'' failed commercially. Thereafter Ghosh relocated to

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city ...

(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 ''Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Nemai Ghosh. The film stars K. Vijayan and S. V. Subbaiah. The film had musical score by M. B. Sreenivasan. The film won the National Film Award for Best Fe ...

'' 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 * ''

'' (1950) * ''

Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar ''Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar'' () is a 1960 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Nemai Ghosh. The film stars K. Vijayan and S. V. Subbaiah. The film had musical score by M. B. Sreenivasan. The film won the National Film Award for Best F ...

'' (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 Hind ...

'' (1967)

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