Debaki Bose (Bengali: দেবকী বোস) (1898 – 1971), also known as Debaki Kumar Bose, was a top director, writer, actor of Bengali cinema/Indian cinema. The history of cinema in Bengal dates back to the 1890s when the first " Bioscopes quot were shown in theatres in Calcutta. The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of ticket sales and number of films produced annually (877 feature films and 1177 short films were released in the year 2003 He was born on 25th November, 1898 in Akalpoush, Burdwan, Bengal, British India. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Bardhaman (also Barddhaman; Bengali: বর্ধমান Bôrdhoman) is a city Etymology and ethnology The exact origin of the word Bangla or Bengal is unknown though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British He died on 17th November, 1971 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. West Bengal ( Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ Poshchim Bônggo poʃtʃim bɔŋgo is a state in eastern India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country He is known for his innovative use of sound and music in Indian Cinema. He worked first under the banner of British Dominion Films of Dhiren Ganguly and later with Pramathesh Barua's Barua Pictures and finally he joined New Theatres banner in 1932. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly ( Bengali: ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ গাঙ্গুলী (26 March 1893 - 18 November 1978 better known as Dhiren Ganguly Dhirendra Nath Ganguly ( Bengali: ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ গাঙ্গুলী (26 March 1893 - 18 November 1978 better known as Dhiren Ganguly Pramathesh Chandra ( PC) Barua ( Bengali: প্রমথেশ চন্দ্র বড়ুয়া Promothesh Chôndro Boŗua) (1903&ndash1951 New Theatres, Calcutta was formed by producer B N Sircar (Birendranath Sircar the recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award of 1970) He started his own production company, Debaki Productions, in 1945.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career highlights 3 Filmography 3.1 Director 3.2 Writer 3.3 Actor 4 References 5 External links

Early life

Debaki Bose was son of a successful advocate in Burdwan. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's call for non-cooperation movement, he walked out of an examination and started living on his own. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી moɦən̪d̪äs kəɾəmʧən̪d̪ gän̪d̪ʱi (2 October 1869 – 30 January The non-cooperation movement (असहयोग आन्दोलन was the first-ever series of nationwide people's movements of Nonviolent resistance and Civil Disobedience He opened a shop in local market selling towels and he was also an editor of a local weekly named Shakti. Dhiren Ganguly, better known as DG, an established film director from Calcutta, was visiting Burdwan at that time. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly ( Bengali: ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ গাঙ্গুলী (26 March 1893 - 18 November 1978 better known as Dhiren Ganguly DG met Debaki and as he came know about Deabki's writing skill, he invited Debaki to come to Calcutta and to write film scripts for him. This culminated into the first film made by British Dominion Films named Kamonar Agun (or Flames of Flesh). ^[1]

Career highlights

• Debaki Bose was a top Indian film director in his time. During this period, many of the Bengali fims made by him were also released in Hindi and even in Marathi and Tamil. Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India.
• Chandidas(1932), directed by him, contained background Music for the first time in Indian Cinema. Music Director was Raichand Boral, also known as R. Rai Chand (RC Boral (1903&ndash1981 was a famous Indian composer considered by music conoisseurs to be the father of Bollywood film music C. Boral.
• Seeta(1934), made under the banner of East India Film Company, was the first Indian talkie shown in any international film festival. A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image as opposed to a Silent film. It was shown in Venice Film Festival, where it won an Honorary Diploma. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world ^[2] He was the 1st Indian director to receive any international award. ^[3]
• Sagar Sangamey(1959) was nominated for Golden Bear in Berlin Film Festival (1959). The Berlin International Film Festival, also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading Film festivals and most reputable media events held in Berlin ^[4] This film got National Film Award for Best Film in 1959. The National Film Award (Golden Lotus Award for Best Film winners
• Arghya(1961) was a very special documentary film, produced by the Government of West Bengal on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birth centennary. ^[5] It was based on 4 poems of Tagore: Pujarini, Puratan Bhritya, Abhisar and Dui Bigha Jami.
• He received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Film Direction in 1957. Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Akademi Puraskar is given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi - India 's apex body for performing arts
• He received Padma Shri in Arts in 1958. Padma Shri (also spelt Padma Shree, Padmashree, Padma Sree and Padma Sri) is an award given by the Government of India generally

Filmography

Director

• Panchasar (1930)
• Shadows of the Dead (1931)
• Aparadhi (1931) (Hindi Title: Aparadhi Abla, English Title: The Culprit)
• Nishir Dak (1932)
• Chandidas (1932)
• Rajrani Meera (1933)
• Puran Bhagat (1933) (English title: The Devoted)
• Meerabai (1933)
• Dulari Bibi (1933)
• Seeta (1934)
• Jeevan Natak (1935)
• Inquilab (1935)
• Sonar Sansar (1936) (Hindi Title: Sunhera Sansar)
• Bidyapati (1937) (Hindi Title: Vidyapati)
• Sapera (1939) (English Title: The Snake-Charmer, Bengali Title: Sapurey)
• Nartaki (1940) (Hindi Title: Nartaki)
• Abhinava (1940)
• Apna Ghar (1942) (Marathi Title: Apule Ghar)
• Shri Ramanuja (1943)
• Swarg Se Sundar Desh Hamara (1945)
• Meghdoot (1945)
• Krishna Leela (1946)
• Alakananda (1947)
• Chandrashekhar (1947)
• Sir Sankarnath (1948)
• Kavi (1949)
• Ratnadeep (1951) (Tamil title: Ratnadeepam)
• Pathik (1953)
• Kavi (1954)
• Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1954) (Hindi Title: Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu)
• Bhalobasa (1955)
• Nabajanma (1956)
• Chirakumar Sabha (1956)
• Sonar Kathi (1958)
• Sagar Sangamey (1959) (English Title: Holy Island)
• Arghya (1961)

Writer

• Flames of Flesh (1930) (screenplay) (Bengali title: Kamonar Agun)
• Aparadhi/Aparadhi Abla/The Culprit (1931) (story)
• Chandidas (1932) (writer)
• Meerabai/Rajrani Meera (1933) (screenplay) (story)
• Jeevan Natak (1935) (screenplay) (story)
• Inquilab (1935) (screenplay) (story)
• Sonar Sansar /Sunehra Sansar (1936) (writer)
• Bidyapati (1937) (writer + screenplay)
• Sapurey/Sapera (1939) (writer)
• Nartaki (1940) (story + screenplay)
• Chandrashekhar (1947) (screenplay)
• Sagar Sangamey (1959) (English Title: Holy Island)

Actor

• Flames of Flesh (1930) (Bengali title: Kamonar Agun)
• Panchasar (1930)
• Charitraheen (1931)

References

External links

• IMDb Page on Debaki Bose
• Bengali page on Debaki Bose in abasar.net

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