Nabendu Ghosh (27 March 1917 – 15 December 2007) was an Indian author in

Bengali literature Bengali literature ( bn, বাংলা সাহিত্য, Bangla Sahityô) denotes the body of writings in the Bengali language and which covers Old Bengali, Middle- Bengali and Modern Bengali with the changes through the passage of time ...

, and screenwriter. He has written screenplays of classic

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas, Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam. He has written stories for movies like Baap Beti, Shatranj,

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. He has also acted briefly in Do Bigha Zameen, '' Teesri Kasam'' and

Lukochuri ''Lukochuri'' (Bengali: লুকোচুরি) is a Bengali romantic comedy film directed by Kamal Majumdar and produced in the banner of Kishore Kumar Films. The film stars Kishore Kumar, Mala Sinha and Anita Guha in lead roles. The film wa ...

. Later in his career, he directed four movies as well.

Biography

Nabendu Ghosh was born 27 March 1917 in

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(presently in

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). At the age of 12 he became a popular actor on stage. As an acclaimed dancer in Uday Shankar style, he won several medals between 1939 and 1945. Ghosh lost a government job in 1944 for writing Dak Diye Jaai, set against the

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launched by

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. The novel catapulted him to fame and he moved to

Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comm ...

in 1945. He soon ranked among the most progressive young writers in Bengali literature. After partition,

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was declared the state language of

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; thereby banning all Bengali literature and films. It was this political division that prompted Nabendu Ghosh to join

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'', '' ...

in 1951, when he left

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in Kolkata, to make films for

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. Others in the team who also shifted were

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his car ...

, Asit Sen, Paul Mahendra, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. After Bimal Roy's death, Ghosh worked extensively with

. Nabendu Ghosh has written on all historical upheavals of 1940s – famine, riots, partition – as well as love. His oeuvre bears the distinct stamp of his outlook towards life. His literary efforts are 'pointing fingers.' There is a multi-coloured variety, a deep empathy for human emotions, mysterious layers of meaning, subtle symbolism, description of unbearable life. Love for humanity is also reflected in his writings. He has to his credit 26 novels and 14 collections of short story. He directed the film ''

Trishagni ''Trishagni'' (English: The Sand Storm) is a 1988 Hindi film directed by Nabendu Ghosh. The film was based on a historical short story set some time after the Asokan Missions, ''Moru O Sangho'' written by Saradindu Bandopadhyay, and inspired by ...

'' (1988), based on

Saradindu Bandopadhyay Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (30 March 1899 – 22 September 1970) was an Indian Bengali-language writer. He was actively involved with Bengali cinema as well as Bollywood. The creator of the Bengali detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Sharadindu compos ...

's historical short story ''Maru O Sangha''. He died on 15 December 2007. He is survived by two sons, Dr Dipankar and filmmaker Shubhankar, and daughter Ratnottama Sengupta (film festival curator, author, and former ''

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'' film journalist). His wife Kanaklata had died in 1999. His autobiography, ''Eka Naukar Jatri '' was published in March 2008. His daughter-in-law, Dr Soma Ghosh is an acclaimed classical vocalist, and was conferred with the Padma Shree award in 2016. To commemorate his birth centenary, an English translation of his science fiction novel, Aami o Aami (1999), was released on 25 March 2017. He had worked on the translation with his grandson, Devottam Sengupta. The book is known as Me and I in English.

Filmography

;Screenwriter *''

Parineeta Parineeta may refer to: * ''Parineeta'' (novel), a 1914 Bengali-language novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay * ''Parineeta'' (1942 film), directed by Pashupati Chatterjee, based on the novel * ''Parineeta'' (1953 film), directed by Bimal Roy, base ...

'' (1953) *'' Biraj Bahu'' (1954) * '' Baadbaan'' (1954) * ''

Aar Paar ''Aar Paar'' () is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language noir comedy film. Directed by Guru Dutt, it has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. ''Aar-Paar'' stars Johnny Walker, Shyama, Shakila, Jagdeep, Jagdish Sethi. Raj Khosla a ...

'' (1954) *'' Devdas'' (1955) *'' Yahudi'' (1958) * '' Insan Jaag Utha'' (1959) *'' Sujata'' (1959) *'' Bandini'' (1963) * '' Teesri Kasam'' (1966) * '' Majhli Didi'' (1967) * '' Sharafat'' (1970) * ''

Lal Patthar ''Lal Patthar'' is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by F. C. Mehra, and directed by Sushil Majumdar. The film is a remake of the Bengali film, ''Lal Pathar'' which released in 1964. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Hema Malini, Raakh ...

'' (1971) * '' Abhimaan'' (1973) * ''

Jheel Ke Us Paar ''Jheel Ke Us Paar'' (English: ''On the other side of the lake'') is a 1973 Hindi film produced and directed by Bhappi Sonie. Based on a novel by Gulshan Nanda the film stars Dharmendra, Mumtaz, Prem Chopra, Pran, Yogeeta Bali, Ranjeet and ...

'' (1973) * ''

Do Anjaane ''Do Anjaane'' () is a 1976 Hindi-language drama film, produced by Tito, it is directed by Dulal Guha and based on the story ''Rater gari'' of Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Prem Chopra, Pradeep Kumar, Utpal Dutt, L ...

'' (1976) * '' Ganga Ki Saugandh'' (1978) * ''

Krodhi Krodhi () is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film was directed by Subhash Ghai and it stars huge cast such as, Dharmendra, Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Hema Malini, Premnath, Pran in pivotal roles. Kalyanji-Anandji's background sco ...

'' (1981) ;Director * ''

'' (1953) (Assistant director) * ''

'' (1988) * ''Netraheen Sakshi'' (1992) * ''Ladkiyaan'' (1997) * ''Anmol Ratan: Ashok Kumar'' (Documentary/ 1995)

Awards

Literary awards

* Bankim Puraskar from the Bangla Academy, Govt. of West Bengal *Haraprasad Ghosh Medal from Bangiya Sahitya Parishad *Bibhuti Bhushan Sahitya Arghya *Bimal Mitra Puraskar *Amrita Puraskar

Film awards

* 1997: Honoris Causa conferred by Film and Television Institute of India for his "Significant Contribution to Indian Cinema" * 1988: National Film Award for Best First Film of a Director – ''Trishagni'' * 1969: Filmfare Best Screenplay Award, Majhli Didi (1969)Awards – Majhli Didi
''

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''. * BFJA Award for Best Screenplay: '' Majhli Didi'' (1969) * BFJA Award for Best Screenplay: '' Teesri Kasam'' (1967) * Film World Award for Best Screenplay (

)

References

* * Mukul (2010), 20-minute documentary by Subhankar Ghosh.

External links

*
Nabendu Ghosh profile
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