Narendranath Mitra (30 January 1916 – 14 September 1975) was an Indian writer and poet, best known for his short stories in the Bengali-language. Several of his works have been adapted into films, such as

Mahanagar ''Mahanagar'', aka ''The Big City'' (), is a 1963 Indian Bengali-language drama film written and directed by Satyajit Ray. Starring Madhabi Mukherjee in the leading role and based on the short story ''Abataranika'' by Narendranath Mitra, it te ...

directed by

Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray (; 2 May 1921 – 23 April 1992) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligraphy, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influ ...

Biography

Narendranath Mitra was born in Sadardi village, Faridpur,

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(in modern-day

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). His father was a lawyer's clerk. His mother died when he was very young and he was brought up by his stepmother. He was based in

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, now in India at the time of partition in 1947, and chose to remain in India when his birthplace fell to the share of

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. In 1933, he passed S. S. C. Level from Vanga High School obtaining first division marks. After doing his I. A. from Rajendra College, Faridpur, he went to Calcutta for further studies. He completed his B.A. from Bangabasi College, of the

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. He found employment at the Dum Dum ordnance factory in Kolkata during the

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. After that, he joined Kolkata National Bank. Later, his family was living in Kolkata. He was a journalist, editor; worked for 'Krishok', '

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' 'Satyajug'. From 1951 until his death in 1975, he was with

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Works adaptations

His story ''Abataranika'' was adapted into ''

'' (The Big City) by

in 1964, with

Madhabi Mukherjee Madhabi Chakraborty (née Mukherjee) is an Indian actress. Considered to be one of the greatest actresses of Bengali cinema, she has acted in some of the most critically acclaimed films in Bengali cinema. She won the National Film Award for B ...

as lead. ''Ras''(রস) was adapted into the Hindi film, '' Saudagar'' (1973), by Sudhendu Roy, starring

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and Nutan;it was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but didn't receive a nomination. and a Bangladeshi film '' Poush Maser Pirit'' by Nargis Akhter, starring Ahmed Rubel and Sadika Parvin Popy. In 1970, Bengali film ''Bilambita Lay'' and in 1975 ''Palanka'' were released based on his short story. 1988 Bengali film, '' Phera'' by

Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian filmmaker and poet best known for his Bengali-language films like '' Bagh Bahadur'', '' Tahader Katha'', '' Charachar'' and ''Uttara''. Five of his films have won the Nation ...

, was also adapted from his story.

Bibliography

*''Deeppunjo'' *''Osomotol'' *''Holde Bari'' *''Dehomon'' *''Durvashini'' *''Rupmonjori'' *''Ultoroth'' *''Sukh Dukher Dheu'' *''Suklapakhya'' *''Chenamahal'' *''Chorai Utrai'' *''Okhore Okhore'' *''Jatrapath'' *''Misrarag'' *''Headmaster'' *''Mohanagar'' *''Chilekotha'' *''Shandhyarag'' *''Surjasakkhi'' *''Sreshtha Golpo'' *''Tin Din Tin Ratri'' *''Suryasakshi'' *''Godhuli'' *''Chhatri'' *''Debjan'' *''Bilambitalay''

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