The Bimal Roy Memorial Trophy honor experienced artists and other contributors from the

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as well as a young filmmaker. It has been awarded every year since 1997, by the Bimal Roy Memorial & Film Society. The Trophy is named after

Bimal Roy Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 8 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as '' Do Bigha Zamin'', ''Parineeta'', '' Biraj Bahu'', '' Devdas'', '' Madhumati'', '' Sujata'', '' ...

, an Indian filmmaker who became known as the "Silent Master of Indian Cinema".

Recipients

Recipients have included:

1997 Awards

Dilip Gupta (Director of Photography) was an original cinematographer of many outstanding

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films including ''

Madhumati ''Madhumati'' is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language paranormal romance film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, and written by Ritwik Ghatak and Rajinder Singh Bedi. The film stars Vyjayanthimala and Dilip Kumar in lead roles, with Pran and John ...

''and ''

Biraj Bahu ''Biraj Bahu'' is a 1954 Hindi film produced by Hiten Choudhury and directed by Bimal Roy, and based on a Bengali novel by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay. The film stars Kamini Kaushal, Abhi Bhattacharya and Pran and has music by Salil Chowdhury. ...

''.

1998 Awards

Kidar Sharma Kidar Nath Sharma, also Kedar Sharma (12 April 1910 – 29 April 1999), was an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter, and Lyricist of Hindi films. While he had great success as a director of such movies as '' Neel Kamal'' (1947), '' Bawre ...

(Writer – Director) was a pioneer in his field, who entered film in 1934 with ''Seeta'' as a photographer. He was a writer and director of several noteworthy films, such as '' Jogan'', ''

Chitralekha (1941 film) ''Chitralekha'' is a 1941 Indian Hindi-language film, directed by Kidar Sharma and based on the 1934 Hindi novel of the same name by Bhagwati Charan Verma. Its music is by noted classical musician Ustad Jhande Khan, giving popular songs like " ...

'' and ''

Chitralekha (1964 film) Chitralekha is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language historical drama film directed by Kidar Sharma and starring Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar and Meena Kumari. It was based on the 1934 Hindi novel of the same name by Bhagwati Charan Verma about Bijgupta ...

''. Kidar Sharma discovered many stars such as

Raj Kapoor Raj Kapoor (pronunciation: �aːd͡ʒ kəpuːɾ born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; also known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor; 14 December 1924 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and producer, who worked in Hindi cinema. He is considered one of ...

1999 Awards

Suraiya Suraiya Jamal Sheikh (15 June 1929 – 31 January 2004), popularly known by the mononym Suraiya, was a popular actress and playback singer in India's Hindi-language films. She was active from 1936 to 1963, and was the most celebrated actress ...

Sheikh (Performing Artist.) Suraiya was one of the tallest singing stars of the early golden years of Indian Hindi cinema of the nineteen forties and fifties. She sang her own songs in her films, which included many successes such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''Sharda''.

2000 Awards

Esther Victoria Abraham Esther Victoria Abraham (30 December 1916 – 6 August 2006), better known by her stage name Pramila, was an Indian model, actress and first woman film producer in the Hindi film industry. She is also well known for winning the first Miss Indi ...

aka Pramila (Performing Artist) was the first

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. She was a champion of women's causes in films and acted in 1942 in ''Ulti Ganga'', a film in which women were shown superior to men in every aspect.

2001 Awards

Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhe ...

had a long career in Hindi music industry as a singer who made his mark as a singer.

2003 Awards

Vyjayantimala Bali Vyjayanthimala (born 13 August 1936) is a former Indian actress, dancer and parliamentarian. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two BFJA Awards and five Filmfare Awards. She made her screen debut at the age of thirteen with ...

(Performing Artist) was an actress and dancer in Bollywood for 20 years. She started her career with

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films, but after three years switched over to Hindi and made a name for herself in films including ''Madhumati'' and ''Sangam''. In the middle of her career, she returned to Tamil films for a few years.

2004 Awards

Ram Narayan Ram Narayan (; born 25 December 1927), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument ''sarangi'' as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first international ...

(Classical Musician) is a

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player and has brought the musical instrument into focus in the country and world over.

2005 Awards

Kamini Kaushal Kamini Kaushal (born as Uma Kashyap, 24 February 1927) is an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films and television. She is noted for her roles in films such as '' Neecha Nagar'' (1946), which won the 1946 Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at Cannes ...

(Performing Artist) entered the Hindi film industry as an actress of note in the late 1940s' and held her own place amongst the top heroines till late fifties. She acted in character roles until recently.

2011 Awards

Pran Krishan Sikand or simply Pran (Performing Artist). In a film career starting from the early nineteen forties until late nineties, he acted in all kind of roles, but most notably as a Bollywood villain.

References

External links

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