Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Nemai Ghosh

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Jun 23, 2012, 6:33:49 AM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Nemai Ghosh

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+'''Nemai Ghosh,''' (1914-88)
+Bengali and Tamil director/cameraman. Born
+in Calcutta. Assistant to Bibhuti Das at the
+Aurora Studio (1932); resigned following a
+trade union dispute. For several years involved
+with a cine-technicians’ union. Member of the
+Calcutta Film Society from the outset (1943)
+and was considered by Ray as his first-choice
+cameraman for Pather Panchali (1955).
+Member of the IPTA, acting in its seminal play
+Nabanna. First film: Chinnamul, a classic of
+IPTA-inspired socialist realism, admiringly
+reviewed by Pudovkin in Pravda (1951).
+Moved to Madras (1951) where he worked as
+cameraman on Tamil and Kannada films, e.g.
+G.V. Iyer’s Hamsa Geethe (1975). Key
+member of a Marxist collective, the Kumari
+Films Co-op, which produced Padhai
+Theriyudu Paar. Also made documentaries,
+e.g. Light and Candle and Mysore University.
+Vice-President of the Federation of Film
+Societies for several years and a Naxalite
+sympathiser in the 70s.
+
+'''
+FILMOGRAPHY''': 1950: Chinnamul; 1960:
+Padhai Theriyudu Paar; 1981: Sooravalli
+
+[[Director]]
+[[Camera]]