Bengali cinema, or the Bengali film industry, is one of the earliest film industries in India. The contribution of Bengali film industry to Indian film is quite important. It is based in Tollygunge, an area of South Kolkata, West Bengal and is notably elite and more artistically-inclined than the usual musical cinema fare in India. It enjoys large, even disproportionate, representation in Bollywood, and has produced an Academy Award winner, Satyajit Ray, an acknowledged great of world film who also won India and France's greatest honours, the Bharat Ratna and Legion of Honor respectively (the only other Indian Oscar winner is Bhanu Athaiya, who got hers for costume design in 'Gandhi'). Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that Maidan(Kolkata) be merged into this article or section. ... Jump to: navigation, search West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. ... The art of singing and dancing in a prepared fictional play has been a time-honored tradition ranging to the early days of civilization. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Jump to: navigation, search Satyajit Ray (Bangla:সত্যজিত্‍ রায়) (May 2, 1921 - April 23, 1992) was an Academy Award winning Indian film director whose films are perhaps the greatest testament to Bengali and Indian cinema. ... Bharat Ratna is Indias highest civilian award. ... Knights badge of the Legion of Honour The Légion dhonneur (Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry first established by Napoléon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, on May 19, 1802. ...

Some of the other most prominent film makers in the Bengali film industry are Bimal Roy, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mrinal Sen. The Bengali film industry has produced classics like 'Pather Panchali', 'Devi', 'Jalsaghar', 'Devdas', 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' etc. Bimal Roy (July 12, 1909—January 7, 1966), nicknamed Bimalda, was one of the most successful Hindi film directors of all time. ... Ritwik Ghatak (1925 - 1976) was born in Dacca in East Bengal (now Bangladesh). ... Mrinal Sen was born on (May 14, 1923) , in the town of Faridpur, now in Bangladesh. ...

The most well known Bengali filmstar till date has been Uttam Kumar and The Eternal Pair was him acting with Suchitra Sen. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Uttam Kumar (Bangla: উত্তম কুমার ) was a famous Bengali actor. ... Suchitra Sen (April 6, 1931) (Bangla: সুচিত্রা সেন) is a actress who has attained legendary status because of her performances in Bengali Cinema. ...

The pioneers in film music have been Raichand Boral, Pankaj Mullick and K. C. Dey. They were associated with New Theatres Calcutta [1]. Jump to: navigation, search Raichand Boral is commonly known as R. C. Boral. ... Pankaj Kumar Mullick (April 20, 1904 - February 19, 1978) was the 4th recepient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1973. ... New Theatres, Calcutta was formed by B. N. Sircar (Birendranath Sircar, the recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award of 1970). ...

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