Debaki Bose

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Debaki Bose (Bengali: দেবকী বোস) (1898 – 1971), also known as Debaki Kumar Bose, was a top director, writer, and actor of Bengali cinema/Indian cinema. He was born on 25 November 1898 in Akalpoush, Burdwan, Bengal, British India. He died on 17 November 1971 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. 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. He started his own production company, Debaki Productions, in 1945.

Early life

Debaki Bose was son of a successful advocate in Burdwan. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's call for non-co-operation movement, he walked out of an examination and started living on his own. 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. DG met Debaki and as he came know about Debaki'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

Filmography

Director

  • Panchasar (1930)
  • Shadows of the Dead (1931)
  • Aparadhi (1931) (Hindi Title: Aparadhi Abla, English Title: The Culprit)
  • Nishir Dak (1932)
  • Chandidas (1932)
  • Puran Bhagat (1933) (English title: The Devoted)
  • Meerabai (1933)
  • Rajrani Meera (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)

Awards

National Film Awards

References

  1. An article from BFJA website
  2. IMDb page on awards won by Seeta
  3. News info from TribuneIndia.com
  4. IMDb awards page for Sagar Sangamey
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