Nabendu Ghosh (27 March 1917 â€" 15 December 2007) was an Indian
author in Bengali literature, and screenwriter. He has written
screenplays of classic Bollywood movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas,
Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam. He has written stories for
movies like Baap Beti, Shatranj, Raja Jani. He has also acted briefly
in Do Bigha Zameen, Teesri Kasam and Lukochuri. Later in his career,
he directed four movies as well.Nabendu Ghosh was born 27 March 1917
in Dhaka (presently in Bangladesh). 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 Quit India
Movement launched by Indian National Congress. The novel catapulted
him to fame and he moved to Calcutta in 1945. He soon ranked among the
most progressive young writers in Bengali literature.After partition,
Urdu was declared the state language of East Pakistan; thereby banning
all Bengali literature and films. It was this political division that
prompted Nabendu Ghosh to join Bimal Roy in 1951, when he left New
Theatres in Kolkata, to make films for Bombay Talkies. Others in the
team who also shifted were Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Asit Sen, Paul
Mahendra, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. After Bimal Roy's
death, Ghosh worked extensively with Hrishikesh Mukherjee.[1]
author in Bengali literature, and screenwriter. He has written
screenplays of classic Bollywood movies like, Sujata, Bandini, Devdas,
Majhli Didi, Abhimaan and Teesri Kasam. He has written stories for
movies like Baap Beti, Shatranj, Raja Jani. He has also acted briefly
in Do Bigha Zameen, Teesri Kasam and Lukochuri. Later in his career,
he directed four movies as well.Nabendu Ghosh was born 27 March 1917
in Dhaka (presently in Bangladesh). 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 Quit India
Movement launched by Indian National Congress. The novel catapulted
him to fame and he moved to Calcutta in 1945. He soon ranked among the
most progressive young writers in Bengali literature.After partition,
Urdu was declared the state language of East Pakistan; thereby banning
all Bengali literature and films. It was this political division that
prompted Nabendu Ghosh to join Bimal Roy in 1951, when he left New
Theatres in Kolkata, to make films for Bombay Talkies. Others in the
team who also shifted were Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Asit Sen, Paul
Mahendra, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. After Bimal Roy's
death, Ghosh worked extensively with Hrishikesh Mukherjee.[1]
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