Agradoot
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Agradoot | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film director |
Agradoot (Template:Lang-bn) was a group of film technicians signing collectively as director, a phenomenon unique to Bengali cinema.[1][2][3] The Agradoot core unit, formed in 1946, consisted initially of Bibhuti Laha (cameraman, 1915–1997), Jatin Datta (sound), Sailen Ghosal (lab work), Nitai Bhattacharya (scenarist) and Bimal Ghosh (production).[4][5] The group was active up to the end of 1980s.[6]
Selected filmography
- 1947: Swapna-o-Sadhana
- 1948: Sabyasachi,[7] Samapika
- 1949: Sankalpa[8]
- 1951: Babla[9] and Sahajatri[10]
- 1952: Aandi
- 1954: Anupama[11]
- 1954: Agni Pariksha[12]
- 1956: Trijama
- 1957: Pathey Holo Deri
- 1959: Lalu Bhulu[13]
- 1959: Surya Toran
- 1960: Khoka Babur Pratyabartan and Kuhak
- 1961: Agni Sanskar
- 1962: Bipasha and Nav Diganta
- 1965: Antaral, Suryatapa, and Tapasi
- 1967: Nayika sangbad
- 1968: Kokhono Megh[14]
- 1969: Chiradiner
- 1970: Manjari Opera
- 1971: Chhadmabeshi
- 1973: Sonar Khancha
- 1977: Din Amader
- 1981: Surya Sakhi
- 1989: Aparenher Alo[15]
References
- ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
AGRADOOT Best-known instance of phenomenon unique to Bengali cinema: group of film technicians signing ... The Agradoot core unit, formed in 1946, consisted initially of Bibhuti Laha (cameraman born in 1915), Jatin Datta (sound), Sailen ...
- ^ India Perspectives. Produced by PTI for the Ministry of External Affairs. 2000. p. 16.
Another significant happening in 1946 was the starting of a phenomenon unique to Bengali cinema: a group of film ... The Agradoot
- ^ The Word. Vol. 9. Rajendra Prasad College of Mass Communications & Media. 1971. p. 15.
... of talented makers of films in Bengal — Ritwick Ghatak, the Agragami and Agradoot teams of Directors, to mention but a ...
- ^ Georges Sadoul; Peter Morris (1 January 1972). Dictionary of Film Makers. University of California Press. pp. 2–. ISBN 978-0-520-02151-8.
AGRADOOT pseud collective dir/scen/ prod Nishith Bannerjee Agragami (1924- ) photog Bibhuti Lata (1915- ) Among the best Bengali directors, ...
- ^ Sanjit Narwekar (1994). Directory of Indian film-makers and films. Flicks Books. p. 4.
Agradoot is the collective name for a group of film personalities formed and led by Bibhuti Laha (born 6.11.1915 North Calcutta, West Bengal state, eastern India) and comprising various film-makers at different times. Laha graduated from the ... In 1946 he created the Agradoot unit together with ...
- ^ Yves Thoraval (1 February 2000). The cinemas of India. Macmillan India. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-333-93410-4.
Finally, we must mention one of India's best known 'cooperative' experiments, characteristic of the politicisation of Bengali cinema, the group Agradoot formed in 1946, and active up to the end of the '80s. All the constituent units in the in the production of films by this group — technicians, producer, scriptwriter, etc. — signed the work collectively, once it was over, without any other name of filmmaker than Agradoot. Among the productions of this type of ...
- ^ Madan Gaur (1973). Other Side of the Coin: An Intimate Study of Indian Film Industry. Trimurti Prakashan. p. 341.
- ^ Georges Sadoul (1987). Historia del cine mundial: desde los orígenes (in Spanish). Siglo XXI. pp. 424–. ISBN 968-23-0533-0.
Un grupo de realizadores y operadores tomó el nombre colectivo de Agradoot y dirigió Sankalpa (El voto) y Sahajatri, antes de lograr una obra de gran nobleza y muy emocionante con Babia, historia de un niño que trabaja para mantener a ...
- ^ V. P. Sathe (1984). Filmotsav '84, Bombay. Directorate of Film Festivals.
- ^ Ansu Sur; Abhijit Goswami (1999). Bengali Film Directory. Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre. p. 61.
- ^ "4". The Illustrated Weekly of India. Vol. 85. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. October 1964. p. 4.
- ^ Mahanayak. Westland. 2013. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-93-82618-33-1.
When Bibhuti Laha, making films under the name of Agradoot, decided to cast them in Agni ...
- ^ B Vittal; A Bhattacharjee (15 June 2015). Gaata Rahe Mera Dil: 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs. HarperCollins Publishers India. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-93-5136-457-3.
... Directed by a group which called itself Agradoot, it is based on a story by Dr Nihar Ranjan Gupta about two young and ...
- ^ Peter Cowie (1968). World Filmography. Tantivy Press. p. 275.
- ^ Renu Saran (4 March 2014). History of Indian Cinema. Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-93-5083-651-4.
In the same year Aparanher Alo, directed bythe Agradoot group was another major film
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