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Premankur Atorthy is a Director Indian born on 1 january 1890
Premankur Atorthy (1 January 1890 – 13 October 1964) was a novelist, journalist, and film director, born in Faridpur. He was involved in Hindi and Bengali cinema.
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Avatar (1941)
Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Actors Ahindra Choudhury
Rating62%
Indranath’s son is ill, Guru Omkarananda suggests he pray to the goddess Kamala. His son improves but bad luck follows Indranath; his son and daughter die. Unable to stand the grief the Queen/Kalyani loses her mental equilibrium. Goddess Kamala manifests as Rupasi, the daughter of Omkarananda. Virodhananda and his son Tribhanga are the incarnation of Narad and Narayan on earth. The kingdom goes through difficult times. Omkarananda is arrested and Rupasi goes to meet Bastabesh/Indranath who is attracted to her. Rupasi takes refuge in Birodhananda’s house to avoid Bastabesh’s advances. Birodhananda is interested in getting his son Tribhanga married to Rupasi. Bastabesh goes after Rupasi/Kamala who blinds him. Finally the gods perform their miracle and a repentant Bastabesh is restored his sight and kingdom.
Karwan-E-Hayat (1935)
, 2h2Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Shyama, Pahari Sanyal, Rattan Bai, Thanjavur Ranganayaki Rajakumari
Pervez K. L. Saigal, heir to the throne of Kascand flees from his kingdom when he finds that his mother (Shyama Zutshi) along with the Wazir (Gul Hamid), has arranged his marriage with the princess (Rajkumari) of Bijapore. Tikkim, wants to marry the princess and he has her kidnapped by the qypsies. Pervez during his escape meets some qypsies who have the kidnapped princess with them. He joins the gypsies and travels with them as a commoner. Zarina (Rattan Bai) one of the gypsy girl falls in love with Pervez. Pervez and the princess find out the truth about each other and fall in love. Together, they defeat the villain Tikkim.
Kapalkundala (1934)
, 2h2Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Rating63%
The film is about a girl named Kapalkundala (Uma Sashi), who is brought up in a forest by the sage Kapalik (Manoranjan Bhattacharya). She meets a young man, Nabakumar (Durgadas Bannerjee), who loses his way in the forest, and she falls in love with him. They elope and marry. She relocates to the city with her husband but finds herself unable to adapt to city life. Kapalik with the help of Shyama (Molina Devi) tries to malign her wanting her to return. The story ends with Kapalkundala killing herself by jumping in the river.
Bhikharan (1934)
, 2h23Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Rating69%
Madhavi (Rattan Bai) is married to Kedar (Hafisji). The rich Chandra (Pramila) enters their life and since Kedar wants to marry her, he asks Madhavi to leave. Chandra is in love with the artist Kumar (Master Vinayak), but is forced into marriage with Kedar. Madhavi takes to begging on the streets by singing. She meets Kumar and models as his muse. Kumar and Madhavi fall in love but Chandra enters their life and Madhavi has to leave again. This time she becomes a famous singing star. After several dramatic situations Kumar and Madhavi reunite and get married.
A Living Corpse (1932)
, 2h8Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Genres Horror
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Pahari Sanyal
Yahudi Ki Ladki (1932)
, 2h17Directed by Premankur Atorthy
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Kundan Lal Saigal, Pahari Sanyal, Rattan Bai, Ghulam Mohammed
Prince Ezra (Nawab) is a Jewish merchant persecuted by the Romans, especially the Roman Priest Brutus. Ezra lives with his seven-year-old son Yameen. One day while playing with his catapult, Yameen manages to unintentionally hit the Priest Brutus as he’s walking past. The boy is taken prisoner and no imploring can change Brutus’ punishment. He has the boy thrown to the animals. Elias, Ezra’s devoted slave kidnaps Brutus’ young daughter Decia and brings her to a grief-stricken Ezra for revenge. Unable to harm her and missing Yameen, Ezra brings Decia up as his daughter and names her Hannah.