About

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Bihar, Bengal Presidency, British India (now India)
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Jyotish Bandyopadhyay

Overview

Bengali and Hindi director born in Bihar. He started as a typist at Madan Theatres; and later became the studio’s main film-maker in the silent era. Part of a film-making team with Priyanath Ganguly, Jyotish Mukherjee, Amar Choudhury, B.J. Rajhans, Abdur Rehman Kabuli (later star of Indra Sabha, 1932) and cameramen Jyotish Sarkar and T. Marconi. Initially worked with Eugenio De Liguoro (Dhruva Charitra, Nala Damayanti, both 1921; Ramayana, 1922) and C. Legrand (Vishnu Avatar, 1921). Early films mainly adapted stage spectaculars from the Elphinstone and Corinthian companies. In his late 20s Silents, he adapted several novels by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay owned by Madan Theatres. Also filmed are plays by Girish Ghosh and Rabindra Mohan Moitra and a novel by Romesh Chandra Dutt (Madhabi Kankan). These were early examples of the Bengali literary film genre later incarnated into a formula by New Theatres. Went on to make one of the most successful stage adaptations in the Bengali cinema, Manmoyee Girls’ School. Worked at Madan until 1933, then freelanced, notably at Radha Films, at Madan’s successors Bharatlaxmi Pics, and the Indrapuri Studio.

Known for

Directing

1939 Nara Narayana Directing Director N/A
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1938 Bekar Nashan Directing Director N/A
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1935 Kanthahar Directing Director N/A
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1935 Manmoyee Girl's School Directing Director N/A
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1934 Dakshayagna Directing Director N/A
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1932 Krishnakanter Will Directing Director N/A
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1921 Nala & Damayanti Directing Assistant Director N/A
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1921 Triumph of Devotion Directing Director N/A
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Writing

1939 Nara Narayana Writing Screenplay N/A
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1938 Bekar Nashan Writing Screenplay N/A
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1935 Kanthahar Writing Screenplay N/A
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1935 Manmoyee Girl's School Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 Dakshayagna Writing Screenplay N/A
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