Nabendu Ghosh

Nabendu Ghosh
Born 27 March 1917
Dhaka, British India (present Bangladesh)
Died 14 April 2015 (aged 98)
Nationality Indian
Occupation Author, screenplay writer

Nabendu Ghosh (27 March 1917 – 14 april 2015) was an acclaimed Indian author in Bengali literature, and screenwriter. He has written screenplays of classic Bollywood movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas, Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam. He has written stories for movies like Baap Beti, Shatranj, Raja Jani. He has also acted briefly in Do Bigha Zameen, Teesri Kasam and Lukochuri. Later in his career, he directed four movies as well.

Biography

Nabendu Ghosh was born 27 March 1917 in Dhaka (presently in Bangladesh). At the age of 12 he became a popular actor on stage. As an acclaimed dancer in Uday Shankar style, he won several medals between 1939 and 1945. Ghosh lost a government job in 1944 for writing Dak Diye Jaai, set against the Quit India Movement launched by Indian National Congress. The novel catapulted him to fame and he moved to Calcutta in 1945. He soon ranked among the most progressive young writers in Bengali literature.

After partition, Urdu was declared the state language of East Pakistan; thereby banning all Bengali literature and films. It was this political division that prompted Nabendu Ghosh to join Bimal Roy in 1951, when he left New Theatres in Kolkata, to make films for Bombay Talkies. Others in the team who also shifted were Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Asit Sen, Paul Mahendra, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. After Bimal Roy's death, Ghosh worked extensively with Hrishikesh Mukherjee.[1]

Nabendu Ghosh has written on all historical upheavals of 1940s – famine, riots, partition – as well as love. His oeuvre bears the distinct stamp of his outlook towards life. His literary efforts are 'pointing fingers.' There is a multi-coloured variety, a deep empathy for human emotions, mysterious layers of meaning, subtle symbolism, description of unbearable life. Love for humanity is also reflected in his writings. He has to his credit 26 novels and 14 collections of short story. He directed the film Trishagni (1988), based on Saradindu Bandopadhyay's historical short story Maru O Sangha.

He died on 14th april 2015. He is survived by two sons, Dr Dipankar and filmmaker Shubhankar, and daughter Ratnottama Sengupta, a noted journalist with The Times of India. His wife Kanaklata had died in 1999.[2] His autobiography, Eka Naukar Jatri was published in March 2008.[3]

Filmography

Screenwriter
Director

Awards

Literary awards

Film awards

References

  1. ↑ "Memories and melodies of a golden era". The Hindu. 13 April 2001. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Obituary – Nabendu Ghosh". Sify Movies. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Frames from the past: For the love of words". The Telegraph. 23 March 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals.
  5. ↑ "Best Screenplay Award". Filmfare Award Official Listings, Indiatimes. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Awards – Majhli Didi Internet Movie Database.

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