Colin Pal
Colin Pal (December 25, 1923 – August 30, 2005) was a Hindi film actor, technician, journalist, and publicist for 175 Hindi films. He is the son of producer Niranjan Pal and the grandson of Bipin Chandra Pal. Pal was born in London to an English mother, Lily Bell, and spent his early years in Wembley, before moving to Bombay in 1929.
Pal joined Filmistan Studios in May 1943 as an apprentice after working alongside his father at Bombay Talkies. He became the assistant director to P.L. Santoshi. While working with Filmistan he also acted as Netaji Subashchandra Bose in Samaadhi in 1949. In 1951 he appeared in Bimal Roy's Parineeta and Naukri. He later directed Shrimatijee, Naina and Suhag Sindoor for Munshi productions.
Pal spent most of his career as a publicist for mainstream Hindi films, but also wrote for a number of trade magazines. He authored the book Shooting Stars which described the eccentricities of the cinema process. His re-authoring of his father's autobiography Aye Jibon: Such is life won a National Award from the Indian Government in 2001.
Pal died on August 28, 2005 after a prolonged illness in Mumbai at the age of 83.[1] His son, Deep Pal was a pioneer of Steadicam camerawork in India.[2]
Works
- Shooting Stars, Screen World Pub, ISBN 81-900258-7-2.[3]
- Aye Jibon: Such is life
References
- ↑ Colin Pal Obituary Screen, September 2, 2005.
- ↑
- ↑ Shooting Stars
- '"City Lights, Times of India, pg-2, Sep-5-2005
External links
- Colin Pal at the Internet Movie Database
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