Debaki Bose Explained

Debaki Bose
Birth Name:Debaki Kumar Bose
Birth Place:Burdwan
Death Place:Calcutta
Awards:Padma Shri

Debaki Bose (1898–1971), also known as Debaki Kumar Bose, was an Indian director, writer, and actor who is recognized for his contribution in Hindi as well as Bengali cinema.[1] He was born on 25 November 1898 in Akalposh, (now East Burdwan), Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, 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.[2] He graduated from Vidyasagar College but left the university.[3] 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).[4]

Career highlights

Filmography

Director

Writer

Actor

Awards

National Film Awards

All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film – Bhagavan Sri Krishna Chaitanya[11]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Debaki Kumar Bose movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228163415/https://www.cinestaan.com/people/debaki-kumar-bose-71228. dead. 28 February 2018. Cinestaan. 2018-02-27.
  2. Web site: Debaki Bose — The first internationally honoured Indian filmmaker. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228163342/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2016/nov/17/2946/debaki-bose-mdash-the-first-internationally-honoured-indian-filmmaker. live. 28 February 2018. Pandya. Sonal. Cinestaan. 2018-02-27.
  3. Web site: Debaki Bose .
  4. Web site: An article from BFJA website . 24 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080502101907/http://www.bfjaawards.com/archives/articles/198801.htm . 2 May 2008 . dead .
  5. http://imdb.com/title/tt0157008/awards IMDb page on awards won by Seeta
  6. http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99apr22/nation.htm News info from TribuneIndia.com
  7. http://imdb.com/title/tt0156987/awards IMDb awards page for Sagar Sangamey
  8. Web site: State Awards for Films (6th) . Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India . 2, 4 . 28 April 1959 . 2 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx . 20 October 2012 . dead .
  9. http://imdb.com/title/tt0156298/trivia IMDb page on Arhghya trivia
  10. News: My Grandmom was named Suchitra by Debaki Bose: Riya. Business Standard India. 4 September 2014. Press Trust of India.
  11. Web site: 1st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 21 August 2011.

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