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May 28, 2012, 10:48:27 AM (13 years ago)

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+== Priyanath N. Ganguly (1887-1956) ==
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+One of Madan’s top silent directors together
+with Jyotish Bannerjee. Started working for
+Madan in 1904. Directorial début with
+experimental comedy short Bear-scare in the
+Rajah’s Garden Party. Embarked on a series
+of documentaries, Swadeshi Films, for Madan’s
+Elphinstone Bioscope, made with Kumar
+Gupta and covering e.g. the Prince of Wales’s
+visit (1905), the Grand Masonic Procession
+(1906), etc. Started Asiatic Cinematograph Co.
+in Calcutta, a production and distribution
+concern that built two theatres in the city and
+shot Indian visit of George V in direct
+competition with the Madan unit and Hiralal
+Sen (1911). Early features at Madan included
+versions of Bankimchandra Chatterjee’s novels
+(Krishnakanter Will, Durgesh Nandini and
+Debi Choudhrani). Manager of Madan’s
+Elphinstone Picture Palace in the early 30s.
+Joined East India Film and took over Kali
+Films/India Film Industry (1935) where he
+hired Sisir Bhaduri, Satu Sen, Sushil
+Majumdar, Tulsi Lahiri and encouraged the
+post-Kallol generation of film-makers (esp.
+novelist-film-maker Sailajananda Mukherjee,
+filming his novel Pataal Puri). Kali Films also
+produced the first film in Oriya, the
+mythological Seeta Bibaha (1934).
+
+FILMOGRAPHY: 1926: Krishnakanter Will;
+1927: Jana; Durgesh Nandini; 1929: Kapal
+Kundala; 1930: Kal Parinaya; 1931: Debi
+Choudhrani (all St); Prahlad; 1933: Jamuna
+Puliney/Radha Krishna; 1934: Taruni; 1935:
+Pataal Puri; Bidyasundar; 1936: Kal
+Parinaya.
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+[[Directors]]