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.

Debaki Bose
Born
Debaki Kumar Bose

1898 (1898)
Burdwan
Died1971 (aged 72–73)
Calcutta
Alma materVidyasagar College
AwardsPadma Shri

Early life

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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.[2] He opened a shop in local market selling towels and he was also an editor of a local weekly named Shakti.[2] 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

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Filmography

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Director

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  • 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)
  • Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya (1953) (Hindi Title: Bhagaban Shrikrishna Chaitanya or Chaitanya Mahaprabhu)
  • Kavi (1954)
  • Bhalobasa (1955)
  • Nabajanma (1956)
  • Chirakumar Sabha (1956)
  • Sonar Kathi (1958)
  • Sagar Sangamey (1959) (English Title: Holy Island)
  • Arghya (1961)

Writer

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  • 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

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  • Flames of Flesh (1930) (Bengali title: Kamonar Agun)
  • Panchasar (1930)
  • Charitraheen (1931)

Awards

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Won an honorary diploma for Bengali movie Seeta (1934 film)

National Film Awards

Nominated at Golden Bear for Bangali movie Sagar Sangamey

References

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  1. ^ "Debaki Kumar Bose movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Pandya, Sonal. "Debaki Bose — The first internationally honoured Indian filmmaker". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 28 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Debaki Bose".
  4. ^ "An article from BFJA website". Archived from the original on 2 May 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  5. ^ IMDb page on awards won by Seeta
  6. ^ News info from TribuneIndia.com
  7. ^ IMDb awards page for Sagar Sangamey
  8. ^ "State Awards for Films (6th)". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 28 April 1959. pp. 2, 4. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  9. ^ IMDb page on Arhghya trivia
  10. ^ "My Grandmom was named Suchitra by Debaki Bose: Riya". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 4 September 2014.
  11. ^ "1st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
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