14 Facts About Nitin Bose

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Nitin Bose was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry.

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Nitin Bose was born in Calcutta and died in the same city.

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Nitin Bose was son of Bengali entrepreneur Hemendra Mohan Bose and Mrinalini.

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Nitin Bose had a great interest in photography from his childhood.

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Nitin Bose's father, who was a keen photographer himself, nourished his son's interest in the same.

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Nitin Bose's first venture in film direction was a documentary film on Belgian Emperor's visit to India.

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Nitin Bose started his film career as a cinematographer in 1926 in the movie Punarjanma.

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Nitin Bose was cinematographer of the only film directed by Rabindranath Tagore, Natir Puja, which was based on a dance-drama composed by Tagore.

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Nitin Bose started with remaking of Debaki Nitin Bose's Chandidas in Bengali to Chandidas in Hindi.

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Nitin Bose discussed with music director Raichand Boral and Bose's brother Mukul Bose, who was the sound recordist in New Theatres, implemented the idea.

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Ganga Jamuna, directed by Nitin Bose, is still considered one of the all-time blockbusters of Indian Cinema.

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Nitin Bose was a son of Hemendra Mohan Nitin Bose, Bengali swadeshi entrepreneur and creator of the Kuntalin Puroshkar for literature.

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Satyajit Ray was a nephew of Nitin Bose and worked under him in the movie Mashaal, which was produced by Bombay Talkies.

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Nitin Bose's brother Mukul Nitin Bose was a pioneering and highly respected sound recordist who introduced many techniques in playback singing and voice dubbing.