| Name
/ Title |
DEBAKI
Kumar BOSE |
| Date of
Birth |
November 25, 1898
(Born in Akalpoush, Burdwan, Bengal, India) |
| Date of
Death |
November 17, 1971
(Calcutta, West Bengal, India) |
| Identity |
Indian director, writer, actor of Bengali cinema. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1932: Chandidas, directed
by him, contained background Music for the first
time in Indian Cinema. Music Director was
Raichand Boral, also known as R.C. Boral.
- 1934: His film Seeta
(1934), made under the banner of East India Film Company,
was the first Indian talkie shown in any
international film festival. It was shown in
Venice Film Festival, where it won an Honorary Diploma.
- 1945: He started his own
production company, Debaki Productions.
- 1957: He received Sangeet
Natak Akademi Award for Film Direction.
- 1958: He received Padma
Shri in Arts from the Govt of India.
- 1959: Sagar Sangamey was
nominated for Golden Bear at the 9th Berlin International
Film Festival. This film got National Film Award for Best
Feature Film at the 6th National Film Awards ceremony in
1959.
- 1961: He directed a very
special documentary film, produced by the Government of West
Bengal on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birth
centennial. It was based on four poems of Tagore: Pujarini,
Puratan Bhritya, Abhisar and Dui Bigha Jami.
|
| General |
- He is known for his innovative use of sound and music in
Indian Cinema.
- He was the 1st Indian director to receive
any international award.
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