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| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] |
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'''Ruma Guha Thakurta''' (3 November 1934 – 3 June 2019) was an Indian actress and singer primarily associated with [[Bengali language|Bengali]] language films.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 2016 |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/read-about-4-wives-of-kishore-kumar-27263.html |title=Read about 4 wives of Kishore Kumar |work=India TV News |access-date=30 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710194601/https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/read-about-4-wives-of-kishore-kumar-27263.html |archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mansworldindia.com/entertainment/4-weddings-women-kishore-kumars-life/ |title=4 Weddings And More: The Women In Kishore Kumar's Life |website=mansworldindia.com |access-date=30 May 2018 |date=3 August 2017}}</ref> She founded [[Calcutta Youth Choir]] in 1958. |
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'''Ruma Guha Thakurta''' ({{lang-bn|রুমা গুহঠাকুরতা}}) is a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] actress and singer. |
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==Early life== |
== Early life == |
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Ruma Guha Thakurta was born as Ruma Ghosh on 3 November 1934 to Satyen Ghosh (Monty Ghosh) and singer Sati Devi.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actress Ruma Guha Thakurta, Kishore Kumar's first wife, dies at 84 in Kolkata |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/actress-ruma-guha-thakurta-kishore-kumar-s-first-wife-dies-at-84-in-kolkata-1541408-2019-06-03 |access-date=27 November 2019 |work=India Today |date=3 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329171450/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/actress-ruma-guha-thakurta-kishore-kumar-s-first-wife-dies-at-84-in-kolkata-1541408-2019-06-03 |archive-date=29 March 2022}}</ref><ref name="Wire_Jul2019">{{cite news |last1=Lohani |first1=Vinayak |title=Remembering Ruma Guha Thakurta: The First Lady of Indian Choir Music |url=https://thewire.in/the-arts/ruma-guha-thakurta-calcutta-youth-choir-singing |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=The Wire |date=11 July 2019}}</ref> Her family was culturally inclined to [[Brahmo Samaj]], a societal component of [[Brahmoism]]. Her mother Sati was eldest sister of [[Bijoya Ray]], the wife of [[Satyajit Ray]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kishore Kumar's first wife Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away in Kolkata at 84 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/kishore-kumar%E2%80%99s-first-wife-ruma-guha-thakurta-passes-away-in-kolkata-at-84-782497 |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Tribune |date=3 June 2019}}</ref> |
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She was born in 1934 as Ruma Ghosh. She hails from a [[Brahmo]] Bengali family. Her father was Satyen Ghosh (known as Montey Ghosh) and her mother was Sati Devi, a singer. Sati Devi's younger sister Bijoya married film director [[Satyajit Ray]]. Thakurta had her formal education in many places including [[Santiniketan]] for a brief period. She was educated first in Loretto and then in Gokhale School and thereafter Sacred Heart School, [[Lahore]]. She was also one of the earliest child students of [[Uday Shankar]] Cultural Centre in [[Almora]] in its formative years where her mother had been a music teacher. [[Kishore Kumar]] married Ruma Ghosh in May 1951 in [[Bombay]], and their son [[Amit Kumar]] was born the following year. The couple divorced in 1958. She settled in [[Calcutta]] and married Arup Guha Thakurta and had two children by him, Ayan and Sromana. In 1958 she set up [[Calcutta Youth Choir]] with [[Salil Chowdhury]] and [[Satyajit Ray]]. |
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Guha Thakurta was a trained vocalist and a dancer. She started training in music at Swarabitan in [[Kolkata]], which had been established by her parents. In later years, she studied under Abdul Rehman Khan of [[Patiala gharana]], the [[Ustad]] of [[Nirmala Devi|Nirmla Devi]] and [[Lakshmi Shankar]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. She also trained in dance at "[[Uday Shankar]] India Cultural Centre" at Almora.<ref name="Wire_Jul2019"/> |
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== Singing career == |
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As a solo singer Ruma Guha Thakurta recorded a few [[Rabindra Sangeet]] like ''Maya Bono Biharini Harini'' with [[Kishore Kumar]] in Lookochuri, ''Sukher Majhe tomai dekhechi'' in Jodi Jantem, and ''Potho Hara Tumi Pothika'' and some [[Rabindra Sangeet]] in 'Bakshaw Badal', 'Bajey Karun Surey' in [[monihar]], 'Momochitte Nite Nritey' in Ponchoshor and others. HMV recorded ''Kotha Baire Dure'', ''Khone Khone Mone Mone'' and few others. In Bangla Adunik (modern) songs genre, Guhathakurta recorded a number of songs such as, ''Mon Je amar kemon kemon...' in Polatak, 'Ei To Hethai Kunja...' with [[Kishore Kumar]] in Lookochuri, 'Tomar Geeti'' with [[Hemant Kumar]] in Lookichuri, ''Jodi Akash Hote'' in Ashi te Ashio na (only used in film), ''Sukh Sari'' with [[Manna Dey]] in Antony Firengee, ''Sudhu Poth Chey thaka''in Baghini , and the baithaki songs in the movie Benarasi. In 1969, HMV recorded ''Ek Khana Megh Bheshe elo akase'' and ''Bathan Bathan'' by her, which were super hits. Her duet songs like ''Sajea Dopati'' with [[Bhupen Hazarika]] are also memorable. In the year 1993, after [[Satyajit Ray]] died, she recorded ''Puroskare Sommane'' as a tribute to him. She also sang a song as tribute to [[Mother Teresa]], after she had passed away. Most of the songs sung by her is always related for awakening the society. The most excellent Bengali choral version of [[Ol' Man River]] is performed regularly on their concerts by Calcutta Youth Choir arranged by Ruma. Other noted songs include 'Tomar Amar Thikana', 'Ei Amader Desh', 'Bharat Jai Jan', '[[Sare Jahan Se Accha]]', etc. The bengali version of [[We Shall Overcome]], translated by [[Shibdas Bandyopadhyay]], "Ek Din Surjyer Bhor" (literally translated as "One Day The Sun Will Rise") was recorded by the [[Calcutta Youth Choir]] arranged by her during the 1971 [[Bangladesh War of Independence]] and became one of the largest selling Bengali records. |
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She married [[Kishore Kumar]] in 1951 and had a son [[Amit Kumar]] by this marriage. The couple divorced in 1958 and she married Arup Guha Thakurta in 1960.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://m.mid-day.com/articles/bappi-lahiri-catches-up-with-kishore-kumars-wives-ruma-guha-thakurta-and-leena-chandavarkar/19113174 |title=Bappi Lahiri catches up with Kishore Kumar s wives Ruma Guha Thakurta and Leena Chandavarkar |date=25 February 2018 |work=mid-day |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> The couple had two children, Ayan and Sromona. Sromona is also a singer. |
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== Acting career == |
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Her career started in [[Bollywood]] as a child artist. Thakurta acted in more than 100 movies in Bengali. Most of her Hindi movies were released in the 1950s. She joined Bollywood as a child artist at a remuneration of {{INRConvert|500}} at the age of thirteen in the [[Prithvi Theatre]]. She acted in number Hindi movies like ''Rajani'', ''Raagrang'', ''Samar'', ''Afsar'', and [[Bairaag]]. In 1944 Devikarani gave her a break in ''Jwar Bhata'' after seeing her dance. [[Ritwik Ghatak]] wanted her to act in the lead role in his film ''[[Meghe Dhaka Tara]]'', but she was busy in shooting Rajen Tarafdar’s ''Ganga'' so she could not accept the offer. She performed as a lead actress in films such as ''Khaneker Athithi'', ''Benarasi'', ''Ashi te Asio Na'', ''Personal Asst'', ''Ganga'', ''[[Abhijan]]'', ''Nirjan Soikote'', ''[[Ponchosor]]'', ''Arogya Niketon'', and ''[[Ganashatru]]''. She performed as a supporting actress in ''Cheley Kar'', ''Gar Nasimpur'', ''Bhaghini'', ''Jodi Jantem'', ''Hanghsa Mithun'', ''Balika Badhu'', ''Chakranto'', ''Malabadal'', ''Chowdury Paribar'', ''Aakrosh'', and ''Aagoon''. She won the award for best actress for her performance in ''Nirjan Saikate''. She acted as a mother character in ''Amar Songa'', ''Anuraher Chhoya'', ''Trayee'', ''[[Dadar Kirti]]'', ''Arogya Niketon'', ''Papi'', ''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]'', ''[[Amrita Kumbher Sandhane]]'', and ''Srodhanjoli''. She also played characters in Mega TV serials like ''Prabaho'', ''Ghum Nei'', and ''Pritibimbo''. In 2006 she also acted in [[Mira Nair]]'s ''[[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]''. |
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Guha Thakurta made her acting debut in Amiya Chakravarty's ''[[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]]'' (1944)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jwar-bhata-1078 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603062644/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/jwar-bhata-1078 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2019 |title=Jwar Bhata (1944) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |website=Cinestaan |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref> at age ten. This was the debut film of [[Dilip Kumar]]. Her next film as Ruma Ghosh was [[Nitin Bose]], whose first cousin was her aunt's father-in-law,'s ''Mashaal'' (1950) in [[Hindi]], which had a [[Bengali language|Bengali]] version called ''Samar'', adapted from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel ''Rajani''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/manaivi-ready-17640 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215064811/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/manaivi-ready-17640 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 February 2020 |title=Manaivi Ready (1987) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |website=Cinestaan |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref> She portrayed a blind girl, Sarla. |
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Thakurta received the [[Soviet Land Nehru Peace Award]] in the year 1982, the [[President's Medal]] for her performance in ''[[Nirjan Saikate]]'' in [[1963]], and the [[Bharat Nirman Award]] from the [[Government of India]]. |
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After her divorce, Ruma moved to Calcutta to act in [[Rajen Tarafdar]]’s ''Ganga'' based on [[Samaresh Basu|Samaresh Bose]]’s eponymous cult novel. She acted as one of two leading ladies, with [[Sandhya Roy]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/jun/5/21035/sandhya-roy-debashree-roy-grateful-for-their-mentoring-by-co-artiste-ruma-guha-thakurta |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007071423/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2019/jun/5/21035/sandhya-roy-debashree-roy-grateful-for-their-mentoring-by-co-artiste-ruma-guha-thakurta |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 October 2019 |title=Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy grateful for their mentoring by co-artiste Ruma Guha Thakurta |last=Sarkar |first=Roushni |website=cinestaan.com |access-date=12 June 2019}}</ref> ''Ganga'' won the National award for Best Feature Film that year and Ruma's portrayal of Himi received critical acclamation. In the same year, she acted in ''Personal Assistant'' opposite to [[Bhanu Bandopadhyay|Bhanu Bandopadhayay]] and in ''Khaniker Atithi'' by Tapan Sinha. |
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Her film career revived in 1962 with ''Benarasi,'' produced by her and directed by her husband. It was the tale of a courtesan who tries to lead a life of dignity and respect, when her childhood sweetheart, Ratan, takes her away from her terrible environment. It flopped, but won the BFJA Award for Best Feature Film the following year. |
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==Filmography== |
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=== As an actress === |
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| 1944 ||''[[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]]'' || || Amiya Chakrvarty || Hindi || |
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|rowspan=2| 1950 || ''Mashaal'' || Sarala Das || [[Nitin Bose]] || Hindi<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/mashal-14254 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515192437/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/mashal-14254 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2018 |title=Mashal (1950) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos {{!}} Cinestaan |website=Cinestaan |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://osianama.com/film-titles/mashal-1950 |title=Mashal |website=osianama.com |access-date=30 May 2018}}</ref> || |
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| ''[[Afsar (1950 film)|Afsar]]'' || || [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]] || Hindi || |
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| 1952 || ''Rag Rang'' || Digvijay || Ruma Devi || Hindi || |
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|rowspan=3| 1959 || ''Personal Assistant'' || Rumali Sen || || Chitrakar Bengali || (as Ruma Devi) |
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| ''Khaniker Atithi'' || Mita || [[Tapan Sinha]] || Bengali || (as Ruma Ganguly) |
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| ''[[Ganga (1959 film)|Ganga]]'' || [[Rajen Tarafdar]] || Himi || Bengali || |
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| 1960 || ''Benarasi'' || Sona || [[Arup Guhathakurta]] || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=3| 1962 || ''Banarasi'' || || || || |
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| ''[[Abhijan (1962 film)|Abhijan]]'' || Neeli || [[Satyajit Ray]] || Bengali || |
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| ''Benarasi'' || || || || |
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|rowspan=2| 1963 || ''Polatak'' || Moyna || [[Tarun Majumder]] || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Nirjan Saikate]]'' || Chhoto Bou || [[Tapan Sinha]] || Bengali || |
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| rowspan=4| 1964 || ''Kinu Gowalar Gali'' || Theater Actress || [[O. C Ganguly]] || Bengali || |
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| ''Subha O Debatar Gras'' || || || || |
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| ''Sindoore Megh'' || || || || |
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| ''Prabhater Rang'' || || Ajoy Kar || Bengali || |
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| 1966 || ''Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar'' || || [[Ajit Lahiri]] || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=3| 1967 || ''[[Antony Firingee (film)|Antony Firingee]]'' || Jogweshwari || [[Sunil Bannerjee]] || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Balika Badhu (1967 film)|Balika Badhu]]'' || || [[Tarun Majumdar]] || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Ashite Ashiona]]'' || || || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=4| 1968 || ''Hangsa Mithun'' || || || Bengali || |
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| ''Garh Nasimpur'' || || || Bengali || |
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| ''Panchashar'' || || [[Arup Guhathakurta]] || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Baghini]]'' || || [[Bijoy Bose]] || Bengali || |
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| 1969 || ''[[Arogya Niketan]]'' || Pradyot's mother || [[Bijoy Bose]] || Bengali || |
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| 1973 || ''Nishi Kanya'' || || || || |
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| 1974 || ''[[Jadi Jantem]]'' || Ranu Basu || [[Yatrik]] || Bengali || |
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| 1976 || ''[[Bairaag]]'' || Pushpa || [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]] || Hindi || |
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| 1979 || ''Dour'' || || || || |
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|rowspan=2| 1980 || ''[[Dadar Kirti]]'' || Saraswati, Beena's Mother || [[Tarun Majumdar]] || Bengali || |
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| ''Bandhan'' || || || || |
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|rowspan=3| 1981 || ''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]'' || Nandita's Mother || || English || |
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| ''[[Swami Stree]]'' || || || Bengali || |
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| ''Maa Bipat Tarini Chandi'' || || || || |
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|rowspan=2| 1982 || ''[[Troyee]]'' || || || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Amrita Kumbher Sandhane]]'' || || || Bengali || |
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| 1983 || ''Samarpita'' || || || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=2| 1984 || ''Paar'' || || || || |
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| ''Didi'' || || || || |
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| 1985 || ''[[Bhalobasa Bhalobasa (1985 film)|Bhalobasa Bhalobasa]]'' || Keya's Mother || || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=2| 1986 || ''Anurager Chhonya'' || || || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Amar Sangi]]'' || Jhilik's Mother || [[Sujit Guha]] || Bengali || |
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| rowspan=2|1987 || ''Gayok'' || || [[Shantanu Bhowmick]] || || |
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| ''Ekanto Apon'' || || || || |
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|rowspan=3| 1988 || ''Agun'' || || || || |
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| ''Tumi Koto Sundar'' || || || || |
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| ''[[Aagoon (film)|Aagoon]]'' || || [[Victor Banerjee]] || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=3| 1989 || ''[[Ganashatru]]'' || Maya Gupta || [[Satyajit Ray]] || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Asha O Bhalobasha]]'' || Roopa's Mother || [[Sujit Guha]] || Bengali || |
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| ''[[Aakrosh (1989 film)|Aakrosh]]'' || Samrat's Foster Mother || [[Sujit Guha]] || Bengali || |
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|rowspan=4| 1990 || ''Anuraag'' || || || || |
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| ''Garmil'' || || || || |
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| ''Papi'' || || || || |
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| ''Abhishkar'' || || || || |
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|rowspan=2| 1991 || ''[[Path O Prasad]]'' || || || Bengali || |
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| ''Bidhilipi'' || || || || |
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| 1992 || ''[[Indrajit]]'' || || [[Anjan Choudhury]] || Bengali || |
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| 1994 || ''[[Wheel Chair]]'' || Sushmita's Mother || [[Tapan Sinha]] || || |
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| 1995 || ''[[Sangharsha]]'' || || [[Haranath Chakraborty]] || Bengali || |
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| 1996 || ''[[Himghar]]'' || || || Bengali || |
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| 1998 || ''Choudhury Paribar'' || || || || |
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| 2000 || ''[[Malabadal]]'' || || Raj Mukherjee || Bengali || |
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| 2006 || ''[[The Namesake (film)|The Namesake]]'' || Ashoke's Mother || || English || (final film role) |
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=== As a playback singer=== |
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| 1958 || ''[[Lukochuri]]'' |
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|rowspan=2| 1963 || ''[[Barnali (film)|Barnali]]'' |
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| ''[[Polatak]]'' |
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| 1961 || ''[[Tin Konya]]'' |
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| 1966 || ''[[Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar]]'' |
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| 1967 || ''[[Antony Firingee (film)|Antony Firingee]]'' |
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| 1968 || ''[[Baghini]]'' |
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| 1970 || ''[[Bakso Badal]]'' |
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| 1974 || ''[[Jodi Jantem]]'' |
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| 1976 || ''[[Mera Dharam Meri Maa]]'' |
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| 1982 || ''[[Amrita Kumbher Sandhane]]'' |
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== Awards == |
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* [[BFJA Awards]] (1964) for Best Actress in supporting role – [[Palatak]] |
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* [[IFFI Best Actor Award (Female)]] (1965) for "[[Nirjan Saikate]]" at [[3rd International Film Festival of India|3rd IFFI]]<ref>{{cite web |title=IFFI: A TRIP DOWN THE MEMORY LANE - |url=https://pickle.co.in/markets/iffi-a-trip-down-the-memory-lane/ |website=Pickle Media |date=23 November 2019 |access-date=15 July 2023}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[List of notable Calcuttans]] |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 18:43, 23 March 2024
Ruma Guha Thakurta | |
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Born | Ruma Ghosh 3 November 1934 |
Died | 3 June 2019 | (aged 84)
Occupations |
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Spouse(s) |
Arup Guha Thakurta
(m. 1960, died 2004) |
Children | 3, including Amit Kumar |
Musical career | |
Genres | Film music |
Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
Years active | 1944–2019 |
Ruma Guha Thakurta (3 November 1934 – 3 June 2019) was an Indian actress and singer primarily associated with Bengali language films.[1][2] She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958.
Early life
Ruma Guha Thakurta was born as Ruma Ghosh on 3 November 1934 to Satyen Ghosh (Monty Ghosh) and singer Sati Devi.[3][4] Her family was culturally inclined to Brahmo Samaj, a societal component of Brahmoism. Her mother Sati was eldest sister of Bijoya Ray, the wife of Satyajit Ray.[5]
Guha Thakurta was a trained vocalist and a dancer. She started training in music at Swarabitan in Kolkata, which had been established by her parents. In later years, she studied under Abdul Rehman Khan of Patiala gharana, the Ustad of Nirmla Devi and Lakshmi Shankar in Bombay. She also trained in dance at "Uday Shankar India Cultural Centre" at Almora.[4]
She married Kishore Kumar in 1951 and had a son Amit Kumar by this marriage. The couple divorced in 1958 and she married Arup Guha Thakurta in 1960.[6] The couple had two children, Ayan and Sromona. Sromona is also a singer.
Career
Guha Thakurta made her acting debut in Amiya Chakravarty's Jwar Bhata (1944)[7] at age ten. This was the debut film of Dilip Kumar. Her next film as Ruma Ghosh was Nitin Bose, whose first cousin was her aunt's father-in-law,'s Mashaal (1950) in Hindi, which had a Bengali version called Samar, adapted from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Rajani.[8] She portrayed a blind girl, Sarla.
After her divorce, Ruma moved to Calcutta to act in Rajen Tarafdar’s Ganga based on Samaresh Bose’s eponymous cult novel. She acted as one of two leading ladies, with Sandhya Roy.[9] Ganga won the National award for Best Feature Film that year and Ruma's portrayal of Himi received critical acclamation. In the same year, she acted in Personal Assistant opposite to Bhanu Bandopadhayay and in Khaniker Atithi by Tapan Sinha.
Her film career revived in 1962 with Benarasi, produced by her and directed by her husband. It was the tale of a courtesan who tries to lead a life of dignity and respect, when her childhood sweetheart, Ratan, takes her away from her terrible environment. It flopped, but won the BFJA Award for Best Feature Film the following year.
Filmography
As an actress
Year | Title | Role | Director | Language | Notes |
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1944 | Jwar Bhata | Amiya Chakrvarty | Hindi | ||
1950 | Mashaal | Sarala Das | Nitin Bose | Hindi[10][11] | |
Afsar | Chetan Anand | Hindi | |||
1952 | Rag Rang | Digvijay | Ruma Devi | Hindi | |
1959 | Personal Assistant | Rumali Sen | Chitrakar Bengali | (as Ruma Devi) | |
Khaniker Atithi | Mita | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | (as Ruma Ganguly) | |
Ganga | Rajen Tarafdar | Himi | Bengali | ||
1960 | Benarasi | Sona | Arup Guhathakurta | Bengali | |
1962 | Banarasi | ||||
Abhijan | Neeli | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | ||
Benarasi | |||||
1963 | Polatak | Moyna | Tarun Majumder | Bengali | |
Nirjan Saikate | Chhoto Bou | Tapan Sinha | Bengali | ||
1964 | Kinu Gowalar Gali | Theater Actress | O. C Ganguly | Bengali | |
Subha O Debatar Gras | |||||
Sindoore Megh | |||||
Prabhater Rang | Ajoy Kar | Bengali | |||
1966 | Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar | Ajit Lahiri | Bengali | ||
1967 | Antony Firingee | Jogweshwari | Sunil Bannerjee | Bengali | |
Balika Badhu | Tarun Majumdar | Bengali | |||
Ashite Ashiona | Bengali | ||||
1968 | Hangsa Mithun | Bengali | |||
Garh Nasimpur | Bengali | ||||
Panchashar | Arup Guhathakurta | Bengali | |||
Baghini | Bijoy Bose | Bengali | |||
1969 | Arogya Niketan | Pradyot's mother | Bijoy Bose | Bengali | |
1973 | Nishi Kanya | ||||
1974 | Jadi Jantem | Ranu Basu | Yatrik | Bengali | |
1976 | Bairaag | Pushpa | Asit Sen | Hindi | |
1979 | Dour | ||||
1980 | Dadar Kirti | Saraswati, Beena's Mother | Tarun Majumdar | Bengali | |
Bandhan | |||||
1981 | 36 Chowringhee Lane | Nandita's Mother | English | ||
Swami Stree | Bengali | ||||
Maa Bipat Tarini Chandi | |||||
1982 | Troyee | Bengali | |||
Amrita Kumbher Sandhane | Bengali | ||||
1983 | Samarpita | Bengali | |||
1984 | Paar | ||||
Didi | |||||
1985 | Bhalobasa Bhalobasa | Keya's Mother | Bengali | ||
1986 | Anurager Chhonya | Bengali | |||
Amar Sangi | Jhilik's Mother | Sujit Guha | Bengali | ||
1987 | Gayok | Shantanu Bhowmick | |||
Ekanto Apon | |||||
1988 | Agun | ||||
Tumi Koto Sundar | |||||
Aagoon | Victor Banerjee | Bengali | |||
1989 | Ganashatru | Maya Gupta | Satyajit Ray | Bengali | |
Asha O Bhalobasha | Roopa's Mother | Sujit Guha | Bengali | ||
Aakrosh | Samrat's Foster Mother | Sujit Guha | Bengali | ||
1990 | Anuraag | ||||
Garmil | |||||
Papi | |||||
Abhishkar | |||||
1991 | Path O Prasad | Bengali | |||
Bidhilipi | |||||
1992 | Indrajit | Anjan Choudhury | Bengali | ||
1994 | Wheel Chair | Sushmita's Mother | Tapan Sinha | ||
1995 | Sangharsha | Haranath Chakraborty | Bengali | ||
1996 | Himghar | Bengali | |||
1998 | Choudhury Paribar | ||||
2000 | Malabadal | Raj Mukherjee | Bengali | ||
2006 | The Namesake | Ashoke's Mother | English | (final film role) |
As a playback singer
Year | Title |
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1958 | Lukochuri |
1963 | Barnali |
Polatak | |
1961 | Tin Konya |
1966 | Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar |
1967 | Antony Firingee |
1968 | Baghini |
1970 | Bakso Badal |
1974 | Jodi Jantem |
1976 | Mera Dharam Meri Maa |
1982 | Amrita Kumbher Sandhane |
Awards
- BFJA Awards (1964) for Best Actress in supporting role – Palatak
- IFFI Best Actor Award (Female) (1965) for "Nirjan Saikate" at 3rd IFFI[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Read about 4 wives of Kishore Kumar". India TV News. March 2016. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "4 Weddings And More: The Women In Kishore Kumar's Life". mansworldindia.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Actress Ruma Guha Thakurta, Kishore Kumar's first wife, dies at 84 in Kolkata". India Today. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b Lohani, Vinayak (11 July 2019). "Remembering Ruma Guha Thakurta: The First Lady of Indian Choir Music". The Wire. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Kishore Kumar's first wife Ruma Guha Thakurta passes away in Kolkata at 84". Tribune. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Bappi Lahiri catches up with Kishore Kumar s wives Ruma Guha Thakurta and Leena Chandavarkar". mid-day. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Jwar Bhata (1944) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Manaivi Ready (1987) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ Sarkar, Roushni. "Sandhya Roy, Debashree Roy grateful for their mentoring by co-artiste Ruma Guha Thakurta". cinestaan.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ "Mashal (1950) – Review, Star Cast, News, Photos | Cinestaan". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Mashal". osianama.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "IFFI: A TRIP DOWN THE MEMORY LANE -". Pickle Media. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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