Bimal Roy
Bimal Roy ( Bengali : বিমল রায় , Bimal Rāy ; born July 12, 1909 in Dhaka , † January 7, 1966 in Mumbai ) was an Indian film director, producer and cameraman. He is a representative of neorealism and dominated the 1950s of Hindi cinema . He is one of the most successful Indian filmmakers.
Live and act
Bimal Roy came from a wealthy Bengali family. He first worked as a cameraman in the 1930s and was involved in the production of PC Baruas Devdas (1936). Roy made his directorial debut in 1944 with a Bengali film . In 1952 he went to Mumbai and started working for the Bombay Talkies , but the following year he started his own production company.
With Do Bigha Zamin he had resounding success in film criticism in 1953 , also internationally; commercial success was moderate. The neorealistic film with Balraj Sahni in the lead role catapulted Bimal Roy into the front row of Indian directors and brought him his first Filmfare Award , he was awarded in the categories of Best Film and Best Director .
In 1955 he filmed a remake of Devdas with Dilip Kumar , Vyjayanthimala and Suchitra Sen . Roy created Madhumati in 1958 for commercial mainstream Bollywood based on the script by Ritwik Ghatak and with the music of Salil Choudhury ( Filmfare Award / Best Music ). The song Aaja re Pardesi from here is one of the best sung by Lata Mangeshkar .
Bimal Roy then turned back to realism and directed Sujata (1959, with Sunil Dutt ), a film about caste prejudice, with Nutan in the lead role , and the drama Bandini (1963, with Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra ), which flashes the story in subjective flashbacks one of the prisoners accused of jealous murder recounts.
Bimal Roy died in 1966 after a long and serious illness. He is a seven-time Filmfare Award winner for Best Director. His films also earned actors Meena Kumari , Dilip Kumar, Kamini Kaushal and Nutan Filmfare Awards.
In 1989 his daughter Rinki Bhattacharya wrote a monograph on him. In 2007 his son Joy Roy published Remembering Bimal Roy, the first film documentary about him.
Awards
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Filmfare Awards
- 1953 Do Bigha Zamin ( Two Acres of Land ) - Best Film , Best Director
- 1954 Parineeta - Best Director, Best Actress
- 1955 Biraj Bahu - Best Director, Best Actress
- 1956 Devdas - Best Actor , Best Supporting Actor , Best Supporting Actress
- 1958 Madhumati - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Music
- 1959 Sujata - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress
- 1960 Parakh - Best Director, Best Supporting Actor
- 1963 Bandini - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress
Filmography (direction only)
- 1941: Tins for India (documentary)
- 1943: Bengal Famine (documentary)
- 1944: Hamrahi
- 1944: Udayer Pathey
- 1948: Anjangarh
- 1949: Mantramugdha
- 1950: Pehla Aadmi
- 1952: Maa
- 1953: Two hectares of land (Do Bigha Zamin)
- 1953: Parineeta
- 1954: Naukri
- 1954: Biraj Bahu
- 1954: Baap Beti
- 1955: Devdas
- 1958: Madhumati
- 1958: Yahudi
- 1959: Sujata
- 1960: Parakh
- 1961: Immortal Stupa (documentary)
- 1962: Prem Patra
- 1963: Bandini
- 1964: Benazir
- 1964: Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda (documentary)
- 1967: Gautama the Buddha (documentary)
Individual evidence
- ^ Bimal Roy, not Bollywood, at Florence in Telegraph India, December 3, 2007
Web links
- Bimal Roy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bimal Roy and his films (Engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roy, Bimal |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian film director, producer and cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dhaka |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th January 1966 |
| Place of death | Mumbai |