A guide to Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal and Bengali culture.
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Ritwik Ghatak
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Tapan Sinha
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Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha

Tapan Sinha was born in 1924 at Kolkata. He graduated with Physics major from University of Calcutta. Sinha began his film career as a sound engineer in Calcutta's New Theatre in 1946. Four years later, he received an invitation to the London film festival and an opportunity of working at Pinewood Studios. He was in UK for two years. After his return to India, Sinha's attention went to film directing. He was influenced by American and British film making. Tagore was a great source of inspiration to him and he made three films based on Tagore's stories : Kabuliwala, Hungry Stones (Khudito Pashan) and Atithi.

Tapan Sinha's first film Ankush was based on Narayan Gangopadhyay's story 'sainik'. In 1957, his film 'Kabuliwala' was shown in Berlin Film festival. He has won National award many times and was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award. His films were shown in different film festivals all over the world. He was married to actress Arundhuti who passed away in 1990. Sinha died in Kolkata on 15th of January, 2009.

Filmography:

Film Year Cast Music
Ankush 1954 Abhi Bhattacharya, Manju dey, Kali Banerjee, Jahar Roy Kalipada Sen
Upahaar 1955 Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Kanu Banerjee, Tulsi Chakrabarty Kalipada Sen
Tonsil 1956 Anup Kumar, Bhanu Banerjee, Jahar Ray, Nripati Chatterjee, Kali Banerjee Sailesh Roy
Kabuliwala 1957 Chhabi Biswas, Tinku Thakur, Manju Dey, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Jahar Ray Ravi Shankar
Louhakapat 1958 Chhabi Biswas, Mala Sinha, Manju Dey, Anil Chatterjee Pankaj Mallick
Kaalaamaati 1958 Arundhuti Debi, Anil Chatterjee, Anup Kumar, Asit Baran Ravi Shankar
Kshaniker Atithi 1959 Anil Chatterjee, Ruma Guhathakurta, Chhabi Biswas Hemanta Mukherjee
Kshudito Pashan 1960 Soumitra Chatterjee, Arundhuti Debi, Chhabi Biswas Ali Akbar Khan
Jhinder Bandi 1961 Uttam Kumar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Arundhuti Debi Ali Akbar Khan
Hnasuli Bnaaker Upakatha 1962 Kali Banerjee, Rabi Ghosh, Lily Chakrabarty Hemanta Mukherjee
Aamaar Desh 1962 Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Biswajit Hemanta Mukherjee
Nirjan Saikatey 1963 Anil Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Pahari Sanyal, Rabi Ghosh Kalipada Sen
Jatugriha 1964 Uttam Kumar, Arundhuti Debi, Anil Chatterjee Asish Khan
Aarohi 1964 Ajitesh Banerjee, Kali Banerjee, Bikash Ray, Rabi Ghosh Hemanta Mukherjee
Atithi 1965 Ajitesh Banerjee, Geeta Mukherjee, Partha Mukherjee Tapan Sinha
Galpo Holeo Satyi 1966 Rabi Ghosh, Bhanu Banerjee, Chhaya Debi Tapan Sinha
Haate Bazarey 1967 Ashok Kumar, Samit Bhanja, Ajitesh Banerjee Tapan Sinha
Apanjon 1968 Chhaya Debi, Samit Bhanja, Rabi Ghosh Tapan Sinha
Sagina Mahato 1970 Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Anil Chatterjee Tapan Sinha
Ekhoni 1971 Aparna Sen, Mousumi Chatterjee, Mrinal Mukherjee Tapan Sinha
Zindegi Zindegi (Hindi) 1972 Ashok Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Sunil Dutta S D Burman
Aandhar Periye 1973 Anil Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Nirmal Kumar Tapan Sinha
Sagina (Hindi) 1974 Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu S D Burman
Raja 1975 Anil Chatterjee, Mahua Roychoudhury, Santu Mukherjee, Samit Bhanja Tapan Sinha
Harmonium 1976 Samit Bhanja, Anil Chatterjee, Arundhuti Debi Tapan Sinha
Safed Haathi (Hindi) 1977 Satrughna Sinha, Sadhu Mehar Ravindra Jain
Ek Je Chhilo Desh 1977 Dipankar Dey, Anil Chatterjee, Anup Kumar, Rabi Ghosh, Bhanu Banerjee, Jahar Roy Tapan Sinha
Sabuj Dweeper Raja 1979 Samit Bhanja, Biplab Chatterjee Tapan Sinha
Banchharamer Bagan 1980 Manoj Mitra, Dipankar Dey, Madhabi Mukherjee, Biplab Chatterjee Tapan Sinha
Adalat O Ekti Meye 1982 Tanuja, Manoj Mitra Tapan Sinha
Baidurya Rahasya 1985 Moonmoon Sen, Tapas Pal, Nirmal Kumar, Basanta Chowdhury, Manoj Mitra Tapan Sinha
Atanka 1986 Soumitra Chatterjee, Sumanta Mukherjee, Satabdi Roy, Prasenjit Chatterjee Tapan Sinha
Aaj Kaa Robinhood 1987 Ritesh Talwar, Utpal Dutta, Nana Patekar Tapan Sinha
Ek Doctor Ki Maut 1991 Shabana Azmi, Pankaj Kapoor, Deepa Shahi Vanraj Bhatia
Antardhan 1992 Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhabi Mukherjee, Satabdi Roy, Arjun Chakrabarty Tapan Sinha
Wheel Chair 1994 Soumitra Chatterjee, Laboni Sarkar, Arjun Chakrabarty Tapan Sinha
Ajab Ganyer Ajab Katha 1998 Soumitra Chatterjee, Deabsree Roy Tapan Sinha
Anokha Moti (Hindi) 2000 Arjun Chakrabarty, Nayab Aftab Tapan Sinha, Dimol Roy
Shatabdir Kanya 2001 Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bhaduri, Nandita Das, Sulabha Deshpande, Deepa Shahi Tapan Sinha
Teen Murti 2007 Soumitra Chatterjee, Manoj Mitra, Sabitri Chatterjee  



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