4 | | Hindi-Bengali director. Début in B.N. Sircar’s International Filmcraft. Acted in Prafulla Roy’s silent Chasher Meye (1931). Major films with [[New Theatres]], where he was its principal Hindi director (1935-48) in its attempts to enter the Western Indian market. Second film, Karodpati, was one of [[Saigal]]’s best-known musicals. [[Anath Ashram]], starring [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and scripted by novelist [[Sailajananda Mukherjee]], made an influential intervention in the Bengali genre of the literary melodrama. Turned independent producer in collaboration with actress Meera Mishra (H.M. Prod.). |
| 4 | Hindi-Bengali director. Début in B.N. Sircar’s International Filmcraft. Acted in Prafulla Roy’s silent Chasher Meye (1931). Major films with [[New Theatres]], where he was its principal Hindi director (1935-48) in its attempts to enter the Western Indian market. Second film, Karodpati, was one of [[KUNDAN LAL SAIGAL|Saigal]]’s best-known musicals. [[Anath Ashram]], starring [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and scripted by novelist [[Sailajananda Mukherjee]], made an influential intervention in the Bengali genre of the literary melodrama. Turned independent producer in collaboration with actress Meera Mishra (H.M. Prod.). |