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George Baker is a Actor born on 28 october 1946
George Baker (28 October 1946), is an Indian actor and politician. He has been a prolific actor in Assamese & Bengali movies since the late 1970s. He is one of the two Members of Parliament appointed by the president under Article 331 (Anglo-Indian) of the Indian Constitution. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 and contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from the Howrah constituency during the Indian general election, 2014.
Baker was born in Tezpur, Assam, on 28 October 1946. His initial education was in Lucknow. He was a National level junior in Boxing and Swimming during this period. He later joined the Assam Engineering College but had to leave midway since his father died. He completed a two-year course in Permanent Way Engineering and joined the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in the Engineering Department. He served here for two years and then quit to start his own business
Acting career (Early 1970s - Present)
Baker made his first foray into Assamese cinema in 1974. He played the protagonist in the Assamese film Chameli Memsaab [1]. This film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese at the 23rd National Film Awards. He played the role of Berkeley, a British planter who falls for a native girl, Chameli, (played by Binita Borgohain) and is later accused for her murder.
Baker later played the same role in the Bengali version of the same movie [2].
He went on to act in numerous Bengali movies, Jatra (theatre), television films, serials mostly playing parts of British Expatriates. He has also been part of roving theater groups.
Over the years he has acted in films of five languages - Bengali, Assamese, English, Hindi & Santhali.
More recently he played the role of Sir William Eckhardt in Parineeta (2005 film) [3] and Mr. Ramsey in Bhooter Bhabishyat [4].
Political career (2014)
On 27 February 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Baker as their candidate for the Indian general election, 2014 from the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) [5].
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Birth 28 october 1946 (78 years)
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Early life and educationBaker was born in Tezpur, Assam, on 28 October 1946. His initial education was in Lucknow. He was a National level junior in Boxing and Swimming during this period. He later joined the Assam Engineering College but had to leave midway since his father died. He completed a two-year course in Permanent Way Engineering and joined the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in the Engineering Department. He served here for two years and then quit to start his own business
Acting career (Early 1970s - Present)
Baker made his first foray into Assamese cinema in 1974. He played the protagonist in the Assamese film Chameli Memsaab [1]. This film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese at the 23rd National Film Awards. He played the role of Berkeley, a British planter who falls for a native girl, Chameli, (played by Binita Borgohain) and is later accused for her murder.
Baker later played the same role in the Bengali version of the same movie [2].
He went on to act in numerous Bengali movies, Jatra (theatre), television films, serials mostly playing parts of British Expatriates. He has also been part of roving theater groups.
Over the years he has acted in films of five languages - Bengali, Assamese, English, Hindi & Santhali.
More recently he played the role of Sir William Eckhardt in Parineeta (2005 film) [3] and Mr. Ramsey in Bhooter Bhabishyat [4].
Political career (2014)
On 27 February 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Baker as their candidate for the Indian general election, 2014 from the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) [5].
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Bhooter Bhabishyat (2012)
, 2h3Directed by Anik Dutta
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Parambrata Chatterjee, Paran Bandopadhyay, Swastika Mukherjee, Samadarshi Dutta, George Baker
Roles Sir Donald Ramsey, an Englishman
Rating80%
Bhooter Bhabishyat - though it is a ghost story, it is meant to be a comic entertainer. The story is about a haunted house which is being pulled down and being replaced with a swanky shopping mall. Apparently, the ghosts who belong to different era consider this as their home so what happens later on shapes the rest of the story.
Minister Fatakesto (2007)
, 2h33Directed by Swapan Saha
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Soumitra Chatterjee, Koel Mallick, Deepankar De, George Baker
Rating60%
The film continues after the events of MLA Fatakeshto. MLA turned Home Minister, Fatakeshto, (Mithun Chakraborty) calls for discipline and pro-people attitude although has few co-ministers are against him. With his usual dialogue " Marbo ekaney , Lash podbe soshane"(shall hit you here, but your body will fall at crematorium) bashes the goons right, left and middle. With his lady reporter reporting everything in "Star Ananda" a TV channel run by The Telegraph .
Chameli Memsaab (1975)
, 2h24Genres Drama
Actors George Baker, Rakhee Gulzar, George Baker, Anil Chatterjee
Roles Berkeley
Rating77%
The film is set in a tea garden in Assam, where Berkeley is a British owner, he falls in love with Chameli is local girl who works in the tea estate. Subsequently, they marry, however later he is accused of her murder.