
The filmmaker also made several documentaries for Films Division such as Raidas,Bargad Ki Aap Beeti,Andhere Se Ujale Mein and Brahmin. Among them are Kanan Devi,Chandrabati,Umashashi and Chhaya Devi. This was to be his last film.īut Bose,in his lifetime,introduced actors who later became legends of the silver screen. The poems chosen were Pujarini,Avhishar,Puraton Britto and Dui Bigha Jomi. Bidhan Chandra Roy,to mark Tagores centenary. The film was made at the express request of the then-chief minister of West Bengal,Dr.

Arghya (1961) marked a new form in putting Rabindranath Tagores poems on celluloid. Puranbhagat featured the blind vocalist and composer,Krishna Chandra Dey,uncle of Manna Dey,in the title-role. He introduced background music in Chandidas (1932). He was the first to introduce artificial lighting in the two-language Aparadhi. Before Seeta placed him on the international map,Bose had already established himself with Aparadhi (1931) and Puranbhagat (1933). Lesser known are the 17 Hindi movies he directed,often bilinguals drawing a separate acting cast for the two versions depending on the actors knowledge of Hindi. Other films screened were Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954) in two versions,Bengali and Hindi,Pathik (1953),Arghya (1961) Nabajanma (1956) and Sagar Sangame (1959).īose is also renowned for introducing innovative techniques in cinema,for the unforgettable musical scores of his films,for introducing new actors and singers and for his long oeuvre spread over three decades beginning with silent films. Kavi (1949) based on a novel by Tarasankar Bandopadhyay,was the inaugural film. The Tapan Sinha Foundation and Nandan,the West Bengal Governments cultural complex,recently organised a three-day retrospective of his films to celebrate 75 years of Seeta having been recognised in Venice. His work would have remained archived for eternity because of his oeuvre devotional films soaked in rich music and spiritual songs dedicated to several Indian saints and poet saints. What is less known is the passion with which he placed the lives of these saints and/or their religious preachings on celluloid. Bose was renowned for his scholarship on religious saints and their ideological principles. His six silent movies that were once preserved at the National Film Archives in Pune are lost. And yet,few of the 50 films he made survive in print. Nor do we provide warranty that such content will be accurate, complete or up-to-date.Bose received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1957) and the Padma Shri (1958). Views or opinions of the various authors or content shared and distributed on the Cinemaazi website and/or the Cinemaazi Platforms are solely those of the specified author and does not necessarily represent the views of Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation or Cinemaazi. Any discrepancy in information may please be brought to the notice of Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation by writing on with evidence in support. We will not be responsible for any loss or prejudice caused to anyone on account of inaccuracy of information. Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation does not make any specific promises about their accuracy.

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