Tapan Sinha
Indian film director (1924-2009) · India · On the map · Directors · Died at 84
Tapan Sinha was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen.
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Teen MurtiFilm, 2009Writer2007Dadasaheb Phalke AwardAward1998
Strange Tale of a Strange VillageFilm, Director1991
DisappearanceFilm, Director1988
Today's Robin HoodFilm, Director, Writer1984Man and WomanFilm, Director1979
Sabuj Dwiper RajaFilm, Director, Writer1976
HarmoniumFilm, Director, Writer1971
EkhoneeFilm, Director, Writer1967
Hatey BazareyFilm, Director, Writer1964
AscendingFilm, Director, Writer1962
Aamar DeshFilm, Director, Writer1959
Khaniker AtithiFilm, Director1957
KabuliwalaFilm, Director, Writer1954
AnkushFilm, Director, Writer1924Born2 October 1924People around Tapan
Soumitra Chatterjee Tapan directed Kshudhita Pashan (1960)
Manoj Mitra Tapan directed Antardhan (1992)
Chaya Devi Tapan directed Nirjan Saikate (1963)- Anil Chatterjee Tapan directed Nirjan Saikate and Jatugriha
Arun Kumar Chatterjee Tapan directed Jhinder Bandi and Jatugriha
Shabana Azmi Tapan directed Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991)
Pankaj Kapur Tapan directed Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991)
Deepa Sahi Tapan directed Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1991)
Madhabi Mukherjee Tapan directed Antardhan and Banchharamer Bagan
Ruma Guha Thakurta Tapan directed Nirjan Saikate and Wheel Chair
Biplab Chatterjee Tapan directed Sabuj Dwiper Raja (1979)
Dilip Kumar Tapan directed Sagina and Sagina Mahato
Aparna Sen Tapan directed Sagina and Ekhoni
Ashok Kumar Tapan directed Zindagi Zindagi and Hatey Bazarey
Saira Banu Tapan directed Sagina and Sagina Mahato
Debashree Roy Tapan directed Daughters of This Century (1995)- Chhabi Biswas Tapan directed Kabuliwala and Kshudhita Pashan
Kaushik Sen Tapan directed Daughters of This Century (1995)
Rudraprasad Sengupta Tapan directed Galpa Holeo Satyi and Ekhoni- Nirmal Kumar Tapan directed Sabuj Dwiper Raja (1979)
Jaya Bachchan Tapan directed Daughters of This Century (1995)
Sharmila Tagore Tapan directed Nirjan Saikate (1963)
Satabdi Roy Tapan directed Antardhan (1992)
Lily Chakravarty Tapan directed Sabuj Dwiper Raja (1979)
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He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema, directing films like Kabuliwala (1957), Louha-Kapat, Sagina Mahato (1970), Apanjan (1968), Kshudhita Pashan and children's film Safed Haathi (1978) and Aaj Ka Robinhood. Sinha started his career in 1946, as a sound engineer with New Theatres film production house in Kolkata, then in 1950 left for England where he worked at Pinewood Studios for next two years, before returning home to start his six decade long career in Indian cinema, making films in Bengali, Hindi and Oriya languages, straddling genres from social realism, family drama, labor rights, to children's fantasy films. He was one of the acclaimed filmmakers of Parallel Cinema movement of India.
