Kamal Ghosh

Kamal Ghosh (1910-1983; often misspelled in film credits as Kamaal) was an Indian film director and cinematographer. Although a native of Kolkata, West Bengal, he was active mostly in Tamil and Telugu cinema.[1]

Career

Kamal Ghosh was the nephew of filmmaker, writer and actor Debaki Bose. He received training from his uncle, working with New Theaters, Kolkata, in various aspects of filmmaking. It was the lawyer turned filmmaker Krishnaswamy Subramanyam who brought Ghosh to South India. Ghosh worked as the cinematographer for the Tamil-language Jupiter Pictures film Anaadhai Penn (1938) that was directed by R. Prakash. Ghosh's photography, especially the lighting, was widely praised.[1]

Select filmography

As director

As cinematographer

References

  1. 1 2 Guy, Randor (16 October 2015). "The wizard of lens". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
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