Tarun Bose

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Tarun Bose
Born (1928-09-28)September 28, 1928
Kolkata, India
Died March 8, 1972(1972-03-08) (aged 43)
Years active 1957–1972

Tarun Bose (September 14, 1928 - March 8, 1972) was an Indian film actor, active in Bollywood during the 1960s and 1970s.

Early life and education

Bose was born in Kolkata, though he grew up in Nagpur, where he studied at St. Francis High School. Early in his teen he started performing a local plays and at age 15 he auditioned for the newly opened All India Radio, Nagpur, where he went on to work in radio plays.[1]

Career

After completing his education, he started working with the Post and Telegraph Department, so that he could have pursue acting on side, without family pressure.[1]

Bose made his film debut in 1957 in the Asit Sen film, Apradhi Kaun? (1957), which also starred Mala Sinha and Abhi Bhattacharya.

Bose was noted for his intense performances in movies such as Gumnaam, Bandini (1963), Anupama (1966), Devar, Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), Aan Milo Sajna and several other movies in the sixties and early seventies. He has worked with eminent actors like Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Balraj Sahni and Amitabh Bachchan among others. From the directors, he has worked with Bimal Roy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Satyen Bose, Asit Sen, Dulal Guha and others.

He starred in at least 41 films between 1957 and 1974 and gained a reputation for playing middle class professional figures, particularly doctors and occasionally judges or lawyers. He died on March 8, 1972.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tarun Bose Biography". memsaabstory.com. July 23, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Tarun Bose (Part 5): Favourite directors". memsaabstory.com. August 24, 2010. Retrieved May 27, 2013. 

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