# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shakti-samanta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:54.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shakti-samanta"
name: "Shakti Samanta"
slug: "shakti-samanta"
description: "Shakti Samanta was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films such as Anand Ashram (1977), Anusandhan /Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981), Anyay Abhichar (1985), Howrah Bridge (1958), Insan Jaag Utha (1959), China Town (1962), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), An Evening in Paris (1967), Aradhana (1969), Kati Patang (1971), and Amar Prem (1972), Amanush (1975)."
tagline: "Film director (1926-2009)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a5/Shakti_Samanta_%281926_%E2%80%93_2009%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-01-13"
deathDate: "2009-04-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump