Birendranath Sircar

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B. N. Sircar (Birendranath Sircar)
Born	1901
Died	November 28, 1980(1980-11-28)^[1] Calcutta, India
Occupation	film producer

B. N. Sircar /Sarkar (Birendranath Sircar) (1901–1980) was an Indian film producer and the Founder of New Theatres Calcutta. He made Bengali films that were noted for introducing many Famous Film Directors. He was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1971 and the third highest civilian award in India - Padma Bhushan in 1972.^[2]

Early life

He was born in Bhagalpur to the then Advocate-General of Bengal, Sir N. N. Sircar. He studied Engineering at the University of London and on returning to India he was asked to build a Cinema Hall. He then decided to build one for himself and involved himself in making of two silent ventures.

Career

In 1931, he created the legendary New Theatres Calcutta. A stickler for quality, Sircar attracted directors such as P.C. Barua, Premankor Atharthi, Debaki Bose, Dhiren Ganguly, Bimal Roy and Phani Majumdar under his wings. Actors such as KL Saigal, Pahadi Sanyal, Amar Mullick, Kanan Devi, Chandrabati Devi, Lila Desai Leela Desai and Prithviraj Kapoor were on his payroll. Technicians like Mukul Bose (Sound Recordist- Director), Yusuf Moolji (Cameraman), Nitin Bose (Cameraman-Director) and Subodh Mitra (Editor) were well aware of the various technical innovations being introduced in Hollywood and Europe and were able to adapt many of these within the limitations of the New Theatres Studio lot. Music composers and singers such as RC Boral, Timir Baran and Pankaj Mullick too were associated with New Theatres productions.^[3] He was the President of the BMPA in the late 1940s^[2]^[4]

New Theatres

New Theatres Calcutta was formed by producer B. N. Sircar (Birendranath Sircar, the recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award of 1970). It was formed on 10 February 1931.

Dena Paona, a Bengali talkie, was released in 1931, directed by Premankur Atarthi and produced by New Theatres. Famous musician Raichand Boral composed for this movie.

In 1935, P.C. Barua directed and acted in Devdas, based on Saratchandra Chatterjee's novel Devdas, and this film became phenomenally successful in the industry.

In 1935, playback singing was first used in India in the Bengali film Bhagya Chakra by Nitin Bose. The singers were K C Dey, Parul Ghosh and Suprabha Sarkar.^[5] Dhoop Chhaon, Hindi remake of this film, was the first Hindi film to use playback singing.^[6]

Kanan Devi was the first popular star actress, who appeared in many films produced by New Theatres. Also there was a group of talented actors with New Theatres like K.L. Saigal, K. C. Dey, Prithviraj Kapoor, Chhabi Biswas, Bikash Roy, Pahari Sanyal, Basanta Choudhury.

Top directors like Premankur Atarthi, P.C. Barua, Debaki Bose and Nitin Bose worked in New Theatres films. The Famous musicians who worked there include R. C. Boral, Pankaj Mullick and Timir Baran.

Filmography^[7]

Dena Paona (Released 30 December 1931) - Directed by Premankur Atarthi
Natir Puja (Released 22 March 1932)
Punarjanma (Released 2 April 1932) - Directed by Premankur Atarthi
Chirakumar Sabha (Released 28 May 1932) - Directed by Premankur Atarthi
Pallisamaj (Released 1 July 1932) - Directed by Sisir Bhaduri
Chandidas (Released 24 September 1932) - Directed by Debaki Bose
Kapalkundala (Released 20 May 1933) - Directed by Premankur Atarthi
Mastuto Bhai (short) (Released 20 May 1933) - Directed by Dhirendranath Gangopadhyay
Sita (Released 26 October 1933) - Directed by Sisir Bhaduri
Mirabai (Released 11 November 1933) - Directed by Debaki Bose
Excuse Me Sir (short) (Released 30 March 1934) - Directed by Dhirendranath Gangopadhyay
Ruplekha (Released 14 April 1934) - Directed by P.C. Barua
P.Brothers (Cartoon) (Released 23 June 1934) - Directed by Raichand Boral
Mahua (Released 31 August 1934) - Directed by Hiren Bose
Devdas (Released 30 March 1935) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Abaseshe (short) (Released 24 August 1935) - Directed by Dineshranjan Das
Bhagyachakra (Released 3 October 1935) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Grihadaha (Released 10 October 1936) - Directed by P.C. Barua
Mando Ki (short) (Released 21 October 1936) - Directed by Tulsi Lahiri
Maya (Released 23 December 1936) - Directed by P.C. Barua
Didi (Released 3 April 1937) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Mukti (Released 18 September 1937) - Directed by P.C. Barua
Arghya (short) (Released 25 September 1937)
Bidyapati (Released 2 April 1938) - Directed by Debaki Bose
Abhignan (Released 11 June 1938) - Directed by Prafulla Ray
Desher mati (Released 17 August 1938) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Achinpriya (Released 29 October 1938) - Directed by Dhirendranath Gangopadhyay
Sathi (Released 3 December 1938) - Directed by Phani Majumdar
Adhikar (Released 12 January 1939) - Directed by P.C. Barua
Baradidi (Released 7 April 1939) - Directed by Amar Mullik
Sapure (Released 27 May 1939) - Directed by Debaki Bose
Rajat Jayanti (Released 12 August 1939) - Directed by P.C. Barua
Jiban Maran (Released 14 October 1939) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Parajoy (Released 22 March 1940) - Directed by Hemchandra Chandra
Daktar (Released 31 August 1940) - Directed by Phani Majumdar
Abhinetri (Released 30 November 1940) - Directed by Amar Mullik
Nartaki (Released 18 January 1941) - Directed by Debaki Bose
Parichoy (Released 25 April 1941) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Pratishruti (Released 14 August 1941) - Directed by Hemchandra Chandra
Shodhbodh (Released 28 March 1942) - Directed by Soumen Mukhopadhyay
Minakshi (Released 12 June 1942) - Directed by Madhu Bose
Priyo Bandhabi (Released 23 January 1943) - Directed by Soumen Mukhopadhyay
Kashinath (Released 2 April 1943) - Directed by Nitin Bose
Dikshul (Released 12 June 1943) - Directed by Premankur Atarthi
Udayer Pathey (Released 1 September 1944) - Directed by Bimal Roy
Dui Purush (Released 30 August 1945) - Directed by Subodh Mitra
Biraj Bou (Released 5 July 1946) - Directed by Amar Mullik
Nurse Sisi (Released 27 April 1947) - Directed by Subodh Mitra
Ramer Sumati (Released 24 December 1947) - Directed by Kartik Chattopadhyay
Pratibad (Released 19 June 1948) - Directed by Hemchandra Chandra
Anjangarh (Released 24 September 1948) - Directed by Bimal Roy
Mantramugdha (Released 14 January 1949) - Directed by Bimal Roy
Bishnupriya (Released 7 October 1949) - Directed by Hemchandra Chandra
Rupkatha (Released 13 October 1950) - Directed by Soren Sen
Aadur Prem,^[8] 2011 - Directed by Somnath Gupta

References

↑ http://books.google.de/books?id=wfHgzS4etAkC&pg=PA522&dq=B.N.+Sircur+November+1980&hl=de&sa=X&ei=W1_pUIe_NYfltQaVnYHYAQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=B.N.%20Sircur%20November%201980&f=false
↑ 2.0 2.1 B.N. Sircar : भारतीय सिनेमा के विकास की नींव के एक निर्माता | Cine Manthan
↑ B.N.Sircar Upperstall Profile
↑ Bagiswar Jha : B.N. Sircar : A monograph; Seagull Books, Calcutta (1990)
↑ "Bhagya Chakra (1935)". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
↑ "Dhoop Chhaon (1935)". www.imdb.com. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
↑ Sur, Ansu (1999). Ansu Sur, ed. Bengali film directory. Nandan, Calcutta. p. 319.
↑ New Theatres Is Back

External links

v t e Dadasaheb Phalke Award

1969–1980	Devika Rani Chaudhuri Roerich (1969) B. N. Sircar (1970) Prithviraj Kapoor (1971) Pankaj Mullick (1972) Ruby Myers (1973) Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy (1974) Dhirendranath Ganguly (1975) Kanan Devi (1976) Nitin Bose (1977) Rai Chand Boral (1978) Sohrab Modi (1979) Paidi Jairaj (1980)

1981–2000	Naushad Ali (1981) L. V. Prasad (1982) Durga Khote (1983) Satyajit Ray (1984) V. Shantaram (1985) B. Nagi Reddy (1986) Raj Kapoor (1987) Ashok Kumar (1988) Lata Mangeshkar (1989) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1990) Bhalji Pendharkar (1991) Bhupen Hazarika (1992) Majrooh Sultanpuri (1993) Dilip Kumar (1994) Rajkumar (1995) Sivaji Ganesan (1996) Pradeep (1997) B. R. Chopra (1998) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1999) Asha Bhosle (2000)

2001–present	Yash Chopra (2001) Dev Anand (2002) Mrinal Sen (2003) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (2004) Shyam Benegal (2005) Tapan Sinha (2006) Manna Dey (2007) V. K. Murthy (2008) D. Ramanaidu (2009) K. Balachander (2010) Soumitra Chatterjee (2011) Pran (2012)

Persondata
Name	Sircar, B. N.
Alternative names
Short description	indian film producer
Date of birth	1901
Place of birth
Date of death	November 28, 1980
Place of death	Calcutta, India

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