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Bimal Roy

ビマル・ロイ　/　びまる・ろい

Film director from Bangladesh

July 12, 1909 – January 8, 1966　・　Dhaka, Bangladesh

film director
cinematographer
film producer

My Take

To me, Bimal Roy is the conscience of mid-century Hindi cinema. While the industry chased spectacle, he pointed his camera at landless farmers and the socially marginalized, drawing courage from Italian neo-realism after seeing Bicycle Thieves. Seven Filmfare Best Director awards are impressive, but what moves me more is his refusal to look away from poverty and injustice. A trained cinematographer and editor, he gave his films a truthfulness you can feel in every frame. Losing him at 57 was a real blow, yet the humane, socially aware tradition he established still feels alive in Indian filmmaking today.

Overview

Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 7 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Devdas, Madhumati, Sujata, Parakh and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema. Inspired by Italian neo-realistic cinema, he made Do Bigha Zamin after watching Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves (1948).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Bimal Roy
Name (Japanese): ビマル・ロイ
Reading: びまる・ろい
Born: July 12, 1909 – January 8, 1966
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rooster
Origin: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: film director / cinematographer / film producer / screenwriter / film editor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Calcutta

Awards & achievements

1954 Filmfare Award for Best Director
1955 Filmfare Award for Best Director
1956 Filmfare Award for Best Director
1959 Filmfare Award for Best Director
1960 Filmfare Award for Best Director
1961 Filmfare Award for Best Director
1964 Filmfare Award for Best Director

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://bimalroymemorial.org/default/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4

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