Madhu Bose
Modhu Bose | |
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Born | Kolkata, India | 12 February 1900
Died | 3 October 1969 Kolkata | (aged 69)
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
Spouse | Sadhana Bose |
Parent |
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Relatives | Romesh Chunder Dutt (maternal-grandfather) |
Modhu Bose (1900–1969), was an Indian film director, actor, singer and screenwriter during the thirties to sixties.
Education
He received his early education from Brahmacharya Balok Bidyaloy in Bolpur, Shantiniketan, after that some time in Darjeeling. His singing acting talent earned him favour from Rabindranath Tagore and he was chosen to work a part in Tagore's Valmiki-Pratibha play alongside the writer Tagore himself. But before the play was dragged his father was transferred and he had to go Ranchi and had to leave Shantiniketan. The family moved around the India often, which brought him in contact with different classes of people and different castes of people. He later studied at Vidyasagar College, Calcutta.[4]
Struggling days
He started working in a series of desk jobs for short stint. Bose came into acting under
He later scored himself an internship with Osten for a stipend of Rs. 200 every month. He diligently handled everything from production to marketing for the making of
Personal life
He married actress Sadhana Bose. He was an uncle of director Amit Bose. Madhu Bose died in 1969.
Awards
Selected filmography
- As a director
- Dahlia (1930)
- Khyber Falcon (1932)
- Selima (1935)
- Bala Ki Raat (1936)
- Alibaba (also acted) (1937)
- Abhinaya (1938)
- Kumkum the Dancer (1940)
- Raj Nartaki (1941)
- Meenakshi (1942)
- Giribala (1947)
- Michael Madhusudhan (1950)
- Raakhi (1953)
- Shesher Kabita (1953)
- Vikram Urvashi (1954)
- Mahakavi Girishchandra (1954)
- Paradhin (1954)
- Shubha Lagna (1956)
- Bireshwar Vivekananda(1964)
References
- ^ "Madhu Bose - Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow.
- ^ "Madhu Bose Complete Movies List from 1947 to 1933". www.bollywoodmdb.com.
- ^ N/A, 2005. Tribute to (a) forgotten master. The Telegraph, Calcutta. May 13, 2005. [1]
- ^ Das, Abhisek (13 February 2019). "In Memory of Modhu Bose, a Pioneer of Parallel Cinema in India". TheQuint.
- ^ "Modhu Bose – Indiancine.ma Wiki".
- ^ "In Memory of Modhu Bose, a Pioneer of Parallel Cinema in India". www.thequint.com/.
External links
- Madhu Bose at IMDb