1. Bimal Roy is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Devdas, Madhumati, Sujata, Parakh and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema.
14 Facts About Bimal Roy
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Bimal Roy's work is particularly known for his mise en scene which he employed to portray realism.
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Bimal Roy won a number of awards throughout his career, including eleven Filmfare Awards, two National Film Awards, and the International Prize of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909, to a Bengali Baidya family in Suapur, Dhaka, which was then part of the Eastern Bengal and Assam province of British India and is part of Bangladesh.
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Bimal Roy moved to Calcutta and entered the field of cinema as a camera assistant with New Theatres Pvt.
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Bimal Roy was famous for his romantic-realist melodramas that took on important social issues while still being entertaining.
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Bimal Roy was a filmmaker of great and in-depth understanding of human strengths and weaknesses.
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Bimal Roy died of cancer on 7 January 1966 at the age of 56.
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Bimal Roy was survived by four children: daughters Rinki Bhattacharya, Yashodhara Roy and Aparajita Sinha, and his only son, Joy Roy.
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Bimal Roy's films featured beautiful and memorable songs, rendered by all the top playback singers of the day.
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Bimal Roy's influence was far-reaching, both in Indian cinema and world cinema.
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Bimal Roy's film was the first film to successfully straddle art and commercial cinema.
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Bimal Roy's films continue to be screened at major national and international film festivals in India, Europe and North America.
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Bimal Roy's films are being restored and digitised by the National Film Archive of India at Pune.