Director
Naresh Mitra
May 18, 1888 · Agartala, Tripura, British India
Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter. Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law at the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 in Minerva Theatre. In 1923, Mitra joined Star Theatre in Kolkata and starred in several plays, mostly in the role of anti-hero. He worked and acted in several films for the Taj Mahal Company, East India Film, and Kali Films. Mitra directed Devdas in a silent version produced by Eastern Film Syndicate in 1928. This is the first film adaptation of Devdas, the novel of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. He was also associated with the Bengali folk Jatra.
Often works with
Tulsi Chakraborty
3 titles together
Pandit Mashai, Bekar Nashan, Kshudha
Dhiraj Bhattacharya
3 titles together
Niyoti, Kankal, Giribala
Durgadas Bandyopadhyay
3 titles together
Durgeshnandini, Maanbhanjan, Andhare Alo
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Tincory Chakrabarty
3 titles together
Giribala, Devdas, Maanbhanjan
Sabitri Chatterjee
2 titles together
Annapurnar Mandir, Kshudha
Uttam Kumar
2 titles together
Annapurnar Mandir, Bou Thakuranir Haat
Full filmography · 13
Kshudha
cast
1960
Annapurnar Mandir
cast and Director
1954
Bou Thakuranir Haat
cast and Director
1953
Pandit Mashai
Director
1951
Niyoti
cast and Director
1951
Kankal
as Professor and Writer and Director
1950
Bekar Nashan
as Mr Bose
1938
Gora
as Panu Babu AKA Haren and Director
1938
Giribala
cast
1930
Devdas
cast and Director and Writer
1928
Durgeshnandini
cast
1927
Maanbhanjan
as Gopinath and Director
1923