Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ruma Guha Thakurta | |
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Born | Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India | 21 November 1934
Died | 3 June 2019 Kolkata, India | (aged 84)
Genres | Film music |
Occupation(s) | actress, singer |
Instrument(s) | Vocalist |
Years active | 1944–2019 |
Spouse(s) |
Ruma Guha Thakurta (born Bengali: রুমা গুহঠাকুরতা; 21 November 1934 – 3 June 2019) was an Indian Bengali actress and singer.[1][2] She founded Calcutta Youth Choir in 1958. She was the daughter of Satyen Ghosh (Monty Ghosh) and her mother was singer Sati Devi. Her family was culturally inclined to Brahmo Samaj, a societal component of Brahmoism and her mother, Sati Ghosh, was a trained vocalist, and elder sister to Bijoya Ray, wife of Satyajit Ray. She began her girlhood as a dancer though her mother and all aunts were exceptionally good vocal artists. Later she went to Almora Academy of Uday Shakar at Lahore to start her career as a dancer. She also started her early training in music in a school named Swarabitan in Kolkata established by her parents. In the later years she took training under Abdul Rehman Khan of Patiala gharana, the ustad of Nirmla Devi and Lakshmi Shankar in Bombay. She was married to Kishore Kumar in 1951 and had a son Amit Kumar by this marriage. The couple got divorced in 1958 and she married Arup Guha Thakurta in 1960.[3] She married Arup Guhathakurta and the couple had two children, Ayan and Sramana who is also a singer.
She made her acting debut with Amiya Chakravarty's Jwar Bhata (1944),[4] when she was just ten years old. This also happened to be the debut film of the legendary actor Dilip Kumar. Her next film as Ruma Ghosh was Mashaal (1950) in Hindi which had a Bengali version called Samar, adapted from Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Rajani. She portrayed a blind girl Sarla, who suddenly finds herself an heir to riches and the world’s perspective towards her changes. After her divorce with Kishore Kumar, Ruma shifted to Calcutta to act in the famous classic, Rajen Tarafdar’s Ganga based on Samaresh Bose’s cult novel of the same name as one of the two parallel leading ladies the other one being Sandhya Roy. Ganga got the National award for the best feature film that year and Ruma's character play as Himi received critical acclamation.
Filmography
As an actress
Year | Movie | Director | Role | Language | |
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1944 | Jwar Bhata | Amiya Chakrvarty | Hindi | ||
1950 | Mashaal | Nitin Bose | Sarala Das | Hindi[5][6] | |
Afsar | Chetan Anand | Hindi | |||
1952 | Rag Rang | Digvijay | Ruma Devi | Hindi | |
1959 | Ganga | Rajen Tarafdar | Himi | Bengali | |
Personal Assistant | Chitrakar | Rumali Sen (as Ruma Devi) | Bengali | ||
khaniker Atithi | Tapan Sinha | Mita (as Ruma Ganguly) | Bengali | ||
1962 | Abhijan | Satyajit Ray | Neeli | Bengali | |
1963 | Nirjan Saikate | Tapan Sinha | Chhoto Bou | Bengali | |
Polatak | Tarun Majumder | Moyna | Bengali | ||
1964 | Prabhater Rang | ||||
1966 | Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar | Ajit Lahiri | Bengali | ||
1967 | Balika Badhu | Tarun Majumdar | Bengali | ||
Antony Firingee | Sunil Bannerjee | Jogweshwari | Bengali | ||
Ashi te Asio Na | Bengali | ||||
1968 | Panchashar | Arup Guhathakurta | Bengali | ||
Baghini | Bijoy Bose | Bengali | |||
Hangsa Mithun | Bengali | ||||
Garh Nasimpur | Bengali | ||||
1969 | Arogya Niketan | Bijoy Bose | Pradyot's mother | Bengali | |
1974 | Jadi Jantem | Yatrik | Ranu Basu | Bengali | |
1976 | Bairaag | Asit Sen | Pushpa | ||
1980 | Dadar Kirti | Tarun Majumdar | Saraswati, Beena's Mother | Bengali | |
1981 | 36 Chowringhee Lane | Nandita's Mother | English | ||
Swami Stree | Bengali | ||||
1982 | Troyee | Bengali | |||
Amrita Kumbher Sandhane | Bengali | ||||
1983 | Samarpita | Bengali | |||
1985 | Bhalobasa Bhalobasa | Keya's Mother | Bengali | ||
1986 | Anurager Chhonya | Bengali | |||
1987 | Gayok | Shantanu Bhowmick | |||
Amar Sangi | Sujit Guha | Jhilik's Mother | Bengali | ||
1988 | Agun | Victor Banerjee | |||
1989 | Asha O Bhalobasha | Bengali | |||
Aakrosh | |||||
Ganashatru | Satyajit Roy | Maya Gupta | Bengali | ||
1991 | Path O Prasad | Bengali | |||
1992 | Indrajit | Anjan Choudhury | Bengali | ||
1994 | Wheel Chair | Tapan Sinha | Sushmita's Mother | ||
1995 | Sangharsha | Haranath Chakraborty | Bengali | ||
1996 | Himghar | Bengali | |||
2006 | The Namesake | Ashoke's Mother | English |
As a Playback singer
Year | Movie |
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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 |
See also
References
- ^ "Read about 4 wives of Kishore Kumar". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "4 Weddings And More: The Women In Kishore Kumar's Life". www.mansworldindia.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ "Mashal (1950) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos | Cinestaan". Cinestaan. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Mashal". osianama.com. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
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