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Amiya Chakrabarty

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 11/30/1912 († 44, 03/06/1957) | Rangpur (Bangladesh)
Amiya Chakravarty (30 November 1912 – 6 March 1957) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who was leading film director in Hindi cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. He is noted for films like Daag (1952), Patita (1953), and Seema (1955) for which he won the 4th Filmfare Award for Best Story. Chakravarty is also credited along with Devika Rani for discovering Dilip Kumar, whom he gave his first break in 1944 film Jwar Bhata (1944 film).Chakravarty also produced and directed Daag (1952 film) in 1952 for which Dilip Kumar won his first ever Filmfare Award for Best Actor. He was married to Saraswati Shastri a.k.a. Kamala, younger sister of Lakshmi Shankar (née Shastri) wife of Rajendra Shankar, elder brother of Sitar maestro, Ravi Shankar. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Amiya Chakrabarty

Filmfare Awards
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Movies with Amiya Chakrabarty as Crew(19)

Directing/Director1957 Kath Putli
Production/Producer1957 Kath Putli
Writing/Writer1957 Kath Putli
Directing/Director1957 Dekh Kabira Roya
Production/Producer1957 Dekh Kabira Roya
Writing/Writer1957 Dekh Kabira Roya
Directing/Director1955 Seema
Production/Producer1955 Seema
Writing/Screenplay1955 Seema
Writing/Story1955 Seema
Writing/Dialogue1955 Seema
Directing/Director1953 Shahenshah
Directing/Director1953 Patita
Directing/Director1952 Daag
Directing/Director1951 Badal
Directing/Director1944 Jwar Bhata
Directing/Director1942 Basant
Writing/Writer1942 Basant
Writing/Writer1940 Bandhan

Full Name: Amiya Chakravarty
Citizenship: India
Born: Saturday, 11/30 1912 (November) in Rangpur (Bangladesh)
Died: Wednesday, 03/06 1957 (March) in Mumbai (aged: 44)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Other names for Amiya Chakrabarty (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Amiya Chakravarty (director)"
"Amiya Chakravarty"
Amiya Chakrabarty frequently works together with these people:
V. Babasaheb (3x, Crew)
Shailendra (2x, Crew)
Balraj Sahni (2x, Actor)
Madhubala (2x, Actress)
K.N. Singh (2x, Actor)
Jawahar Kaul (2x, Cast)
C.S. Dubey (2x, Actor)
J.S. Casshyap (2x, Crew)
P.F. Pithawala (2x, Cast)
Dilip Kumar (2x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:451247, Added: 09/24/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024