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Premendra Mitra is a Director and Scriptwriter Indian born on 1 january 1904 at Varanasi (Inde)

Premendra Mitra

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Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1904 at Varanasi (Inde)
Death 3 may 1988 (at 84 years) at Kolkata (Inde)
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award, Padma Shri

Premendra Mitra (Bengali: প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র; 1904–1988) was a renowned Bengali poet, novelist, short story and thrillers writer and film director. He was also Bengal's most famous practitioners of science fiction in its own language. His critique of humanity led him to believe that for it to survive, human beings had to "forget their differences and be united".

Usually with

Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha
(1 films)
Chhabi Biswas
Chhabi Biswas
(2 films)
Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen
(1 films)
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Filmography of Premendra Mitra (5 films)

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The Ruins
The Ruins (1984)

Directed by Mrinal Sen
Genres Drama
Actors Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Annu Kapoor, Rajen Tarafdar
Rating72% 3.620253.620253.620253.620253.62025
Three friends from the city visit some ruins where an aged mother (Gita Sen) and her daughter Jamini (Shabana Azmi) live. Mother awaits the arrival of a distant cousin to marry Jamini, but the man is already married and living in Calcutta. The photographer Subhash (Naseeruddin Shah) takes pity on the family and pretends to be the awaited suitor. The mother dies contented. When the threesome leave again, Jamini stays behind, facing a life of loneliness in the ruins.
Shree Loknath
Genres Drama
Actors Dukhiram Swain

Dr. Ajay Patanayak, a doctor by profession doesn't believe in the existing of God. His wife Basanti having no child has immense faith in God. she is also deeply attached to his brother in law Bijay. Laxmi, a neighbor has love interest with Bijay. Bijay visits Puri's Sri Lokanath Temple for blessing with a hope to his sister in law gets a son. Basanti becomes pregnant and delivers a son. The happy family named the child as "Lokanath" after the deity. As Lokanath grows up, bijay feels neglected by the family and leaves the house. Bijay becomes a tutor in Jaipur. In the meanwhile his love interest Laxmi marries to a Zamindar named Surya of Puri.
Kabuliwala
Kabuliwala (1957)
, 1h56
Directed by Tapan Sinha
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Chhabi Biswas, Kali Banerjee
Rating78% 3.9072253.9072253.9072253.9072253.907225
Rahmat (Chhabi Biswas), a middle-age fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise. He befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini (Oindrila Tagore aka Tinku Tagore) who reminds him of his daughter back in Afghanistan. He stays at a boarding house with his countrymen.