Bimal Roy

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Bimal Roy (July 12, 1909–January 7, 1966) was one of the most successful Hindi film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his 1955 work Devdas, which starred Dilip Kumar as the lead. Roy was born in Dhaka, Eastern Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh).

Contents 1 Style 2 Music 3 Filmography 3.1 Director

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Bimal Roy entered the field of cinema as a camera assistant. During this time, he assisted director P.C. Barua on the hit 1955 movie Devdas, starring K.L. Saigal. In the 1940s and 1950s Roy was part of the parallel cinema movement in post-war India. He was famous for his romantic-realist melodramas that took on important social issues while still being entertaining. He was a filmmaker of great and in-depth understanding of human strengths and weaknesses.

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As far as the music for his films was concerned, Roy usually alternated between music directors Salil Chowdhury and S.D. Burman. His films featured beautiful and memorable songs, rendered by all the top playback singers of the day. Some of the notable songs from Roy's films include:

• Chali Radhe Rani from Parineeta (1953), sung by Manna Dey
• Aa Ri Aa Nindiya from Do Bigha Zameen (1953), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
• Ab Aage Teri Marzi from Devdas (1955), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
• Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen from Madhumati (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Mukesh
• Aaja Re Pardesi from Madhumati (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
• O Sajana Barkha Bahaar from Parakh (1960), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
• Mora Gora Ang Lai Le from Bandini (1963), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar
• O Jaanewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana from Bandini (1963), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Mukesh

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• Gautama the Buddha (1967)
• Benazir (1964)
• Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda (1964)
• Bandini (1963)
• Prem Patra (1962)
• Immortal Stupa (1961)
• Parakh (1960)
• Sujata (1959)
• Madhumati (1958)
• Yahudi (1958)
• Devdas (1955)
• Baap Beti (1954)
• Biraj Bahu (1954)
• Naukari (1954)
• Do Bigha Zameen (1953)
• Parineeta (1953)
• Maa (1952)
• Pehla Aadmi (1950)
• Mantramugdhu (1949)
• Anjangarh (1948)
• Hamrahi (1944)
• Udayer Pathey (1944)
• Bengal Famine (film) (1943)
• Radio Girl (1929) (as B. Roy)