LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction : Bimal Roy Photography : Dilip Gupta Story : Agha Hasr Kashmiri Screenplay : Nabendu Ghose Art : Sudhendu Roy Music & Lyrics : Shankar Jaikishan Starring : Sohrab Modi, Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Nigar Sultana, Baby Naaz, Kamala Laxman … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2005
‘Madhumati’ – 1958
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction : Bimal Roy Photography : Dilip Gupta Story & Screenplay : Ritwik Ghatak Music & Lyrics : Salil Chowdhury Starring : Dilip Kumar, Vyjayantimala, Pran, Johny Walker Production : Bimal Roy Productions SYNOPSIS: Landslide forces Devendra (Dilip Kumar) and … Continue reading
‘Devdas’ – 1955
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction : Bimal Roy Story : Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Screenplay : Nabendu Ghose Photography : Kamal Bose Art : Sudhendu Roy Music & Lyrics : Sachin Dev Burman Editing : Hrishikesh Mukherjee Starring : Dilip Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Vyjayantimala, Motilal Production : Bimal … Continue reading
‘Baap Beti’ – 1954
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction : Bimal Roy Music : Roshan Screenplay: Nabendu Ghose Starring : Ranjan, Baby Tabassum, Madhuri, Baby Naaz Production : Munshi Productions SYNOPSIS: Meena is a new girl to join the Girl’s residential school. Maya, Radha and a few … Continue reading
‘Biraj Bahu’ – 1954
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction : Bimal Roy Photography : Dilip Gupta Story : Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Art : Sudhendu Roy Music : Salil Chowdhury Screenplay : Nabendu Ghose Starring : Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya Production : Hiten Chaudhuri Productions SYNOPSIS: Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Biraj … Continue reading
‘Naukari’ – 1954
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction: Bimal Roy Story: Subodh Basu Music: Salil Chowdhury Starring: Kishore Kumar, Sheela Ramani, Achla Sachdev Production: Bimal Roy Productions SYNOPSIS: Although his sister is terminally ill, and their family in doldrums, the news of becoming a graduate make Ratan … Continue reading
‘Parineeta’ – 1953
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction: Bimal Roy Photography: Kamal Bose Story: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Screenplay: Nabendu Ghose Starring: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Asit Baran, Pratima Devi Production: Ashok Kumar Productions SYNOPSIS: Lalita and Sekhar are neighbours. Sekhar’s daily needs, in fact, are looked after by … Continue reading
‘Do Bigha Zamin’ – 1953
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE | 142 MIN. Direction: Bimal Roy Screenplay: Hrishikesh Mukherji Photography: Kamal Bose Story & Music: Salil Chowdhury Starring: Balraj Sahni, Nirupa Roy Production: Bimal Roy Productions SYNOPSIS: Sambhu Mahato, like thousands from the Indian rural society, is a poor peasant. … Continue reading
‘Maa’ – 1952
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction: Bimal Roy Photography: Whirshing Starring: Leela Chitnis, Bharat Bhushan, Nazir Hussain, Achla Sachedev, Shyama Production: Bombay Talkies SYNOPSIS: Bimal Roy made his Bombay debut with Bombay Talkies’ Maa. The film was said to be a free adaptation … Continue reading
‘Pahela Admi’ – 1950
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Direction & Screenplay: Bimal Roy Music:R.C. Boral Starring: Smritirekha Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Balraj Vij, Nazir Hussain Production: New Theatres SYNOPSIS: A romantic love story against the backdrop of World War II, when India was involved in this … Continue reading
‘Mantramugdha’ – 1949
LANGUAGE: BENGALI | BLACK & WHITE Direction, Screenplay – with Sudhish Ghatak: Bimal Roy Photography: Kamal Bose Story: Banaphul Art: Sudhendu Roy Starring: Mira Sarkar, Reba Devi, Tulsi Chakraborty, Indu Mukherji, Sunil Sengupta Production: New Theatres SYNOPSIS: Mantramugdha was a topical satire on the fall out of excessive … Continue reading
‘Anjangarh’ – 1948
LANGUAGE: HINDI | BLACK & WHITE Hindi version. Main credits same with some changes in cast. Production: New Theatres SYNOPSIS: Same as Anjangarh (Bengali).