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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was born in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, a prominent devotional scholar and the founder of sixty-four branches of Gaudiya Mathas (Vedic institutes), liked this educated young man and convinced him to dedicate his life to teaching Vedic knowledge in the Western world. Srila Prabhupada became his student, and eleven years later (1933) at Allahabad, he became his formally initiated disciple.
At their first meeting, in 1922, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura requested Srila Prabhupada to broadcast Vedic knowledge through the English language. In the years that followed, Srila Prabhupada wrote a commentary on the Bhagavad-gita and in 1944, without assistance, started an English fortnightly magazine.
Recognizing Srila Prabhupada's philosophical learning and devotion, the Gaudiya Vaisnava Society honored him in 1947 with the title "Bhaktivedanta." In 1950, at the age of fifty-four, Srila Prabhupada retired from married life, and four years later he adopted the vanaprastha (retired) order to devote more time to his studies and writing. Srila Prabhupada traveled to the holy city of Vrndavana, where he lived in very humble circumstances in the historic medieval temple of Radha-Damodara. There he engaged for several years in deep study and writing. He accepted the renounced order of life (sannyasa) in 1959. At Radha-Damodara, Srila Prabhupada began work on his life's masterpiece: a multivolume translation and commentary on the 18,000-verse Srimad-Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana). He also wrote Easy Journey to Other Planets.
After publishing three volumes of Bhagavatam, Srila Prabhupada came to the United States, in 1965, to fulfill the mission of his spiritual master. Since that time, His Divine Grace has written over sixty volumes of authoritative translations, commentaries and summary studies of the philosophical and religious classics of India.
In 1965, when he first arrived by freighter in New York City, Srila Prabhupada was practically penniless. It was after almost a year of great difficulty that he established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in July of 1966. Under his careful guidance, the Society has grew within a decade to a worldwide confederation of almost one hundred asramas, schools, temples, institutes and farm communities.
In 1968, Srila Prabhupada created New Vrndavana, an experimental Vedic community in the hills of West Virginia. Inspired by the success of New Vrndavana, then a thriving farm community of more than one thousand acres, his students founded several similar communities in the United States and abroad.
In 1972, His Divine Grace introduced the Vedic system of primary and secondary education in the West by founding the Gurukula school in Dallas, Texas. The school began with three children in 1972, and by the beginning of 1975 the enrollment had grown to one hundred fifty.
Srila Prabhupada also inspired the construction of a large international center at Sridhama Mayapur in West Bengal, India, which is also the site for a planned Institute of Vedic Studies. A similar project is the magnificent Krsna-Balarama Temple and International Guest House in Vrndavana, India. These are centers where Westerners can live to gain firsthand experience of Vedic culture.
Srila Prabhupada's most significant contribution, however, is his books. Highly respected by the academic community for their authoritativeness, depth and clarity, they are used as standard textbooks in numerous universities. His writings have been translated into over eighty languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, established in 1972 exclusively to publish the works of His Divine Grace, has thus become the world's largest publisher of books in the field of Indian religion and philosophy.
In the last ten years of his life, in spite of his advanced age, Srila Prabhupada circled the globe twelve times on lecture tours that have took him to six continents. In spite of such a vigorous schedule, Srila Prabhupada continued to write prolifically. His writings constitute a veritable library of Vedic philosophy, religion, literature and culture.
Srila Prabhupada left us a veritable library of Vedic philosophy and culture. Highly respected by scholars for their authority, depth, and clarity, his books are used at colleges and universities around the world.
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publishes his works in over 50 languages.- He was son of Gagendranath thakur,an influential bengali artist.Like his father he grows interest towards painting at an early age.His works are now considered as a benchmark in Indian history of paintings.He was the founder of "Indian society of oriental art".Like his uncle,Rabindranath Tagore ,he left school at an early age.Besides being an artist,he was laso known for his novels Rajkahini,Buro Angla and Khirer Putul.Khirer Putul has got an adaptation in India as a television serial in Zee Bangla. His famous paintings includes "Passing of shah Jahan","Bharat Mata","End of a Journey".He was also vice chancellor of Vishwa Bharati university founded by Rabindranath Tagore.
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Abdul Majid was born on 3 May 1932 in Calcutta, West Bengal, British India. He was an actor and director, known for Chameli Memsaab (1975), Maram Trishna (1968) and Banahansa (1977). He died on 23 September 2017 in Guwahati, Assam, India.- Abhishek Chatterjee is an Indian actor. Abhishek Chatterjee was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Bengali has acted in several film director's films and presented a number of super hit films to the audience. Besides acting in films, he has acted in several Bengali serials and Bengali dramas and Jatrapala. Which has gained great respect. He has also acted in world-renowned Indian film director Rituparno Ghosh's Shadow. He has made Bengali film a place in the court of the world. His films have won numerous awards. He died on 24 March 2022 at his residence. His performance has been and will always be remembered in the hearts of all the audience.
- Abhishek Saha was born on 17 June 1995 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor, known for B3I (Bicky's three incidents).
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Abir Chatterjee was born on 18 November 1980 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor, known for Kahaani (2012), Byomkesh Gotro (2018) and 22 Shey Shraban (2011). He has been married to Nandini Chatterjee since 2007. They have one child.- Adele Fillis was born on 1 January 1891 in Calcutta, India. She was an actress, known for The Vulture's Prey (1922), Fallen Leaves (1919) and Copper Mask (1919). She died in 1960 in Natal, South Africa.
- Adrian Le Peltier was born on 1 September 1939 in Calcutta, India. He is an actor, known for The Slipper and the Rose: The Story of Cinderella (1976), Let's Get Laid (1978) and The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978).
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Ahindra Choudhury was born on 6 August 1896 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and writer, known for Vipranarayana (1937), Krishna Sakha (1927) and Krishna Sudama (1936). He died on 4 November 1974 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Aindrila Sharma was born on 5 February 1997 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She was an actress, known for #Bhagar (2022) and Jiyon Kathi (2019). She died on 20 November 2022 in Howrah, West Bengal, India.
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Ajoy Kar was born on 27 March 1914 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Saptapadi (1961), Harano Sur (1957) and Jighansa (1951). He died on 25 January 1985 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Alfred Clark was born on 11 February 1871 in Calcutta, India. He was an actor, known for Little Miss Nobody (1923). He died on 13 November 1941 in Leominster, Herefordshire, England, UK.
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Ali Mansoor was born on 23 December 1923 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a writer and actor, known for Janajani (1965), Mohua (1966) and Gayer Bodhu (1971). He died on 4 November 2002 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.- Music Artist
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Alka's musical career began at the age of six, when she started interpreting devotional songs for Calcutta Radio. She came to Mumbai at the age of 10, along with her mother to try her luck as a child singer. Eminent music directors Kalyanji Veerji Shah and Anandji Veerji Shah were impressed by her beautiful voice. However, they advised her to wait till her voice matured to become a full-fledged singer. Alka also received the same advice from renowned music composer Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and decided to wait for three more years.
Alka Yagnik began her Bollywood music career in 1979, with a few lines in Rajashri's "Payal Ki Jhankar." Even though her first full-fledged song was "Hum Tum Rahenge" for Rajesh Roshan in Hamari Bahu Alka (1982), her first appearance proved to be the mega hit "Mere Angne Mein." In an industry where big and already established names were ruling, it was not easy for anyone to even get noticed. But real talent never goes waste, and she finally got her big break nine years after entry through "Ek Do Theen, Char...," in Tezaab (1988). Today, the chart-topping songs of Alka Yagnik are a favorite of many.
Alka Yagnik's voice is the sound of many young-generation heroines of the present day. She has done playback-singing for many famous actresses such as Rakhee Gulzar, Hema Malini, Farida Jalal, Rekha, Kajol, and Preity G Zinta. Besides Hindi-language songs, she has also sung in Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Punjabi.- Music Department
Alpana Bannerjee was born on 14 March 1934 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He is known for Daner Maryada (1956), Saheb Bibi Golam (1956) and Harishchandra (1957). He died on 24 July 2009 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Actor
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Amar Mullick was born in May 1899 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and director, known for Durgesh Nandini (1951), Haar Jeet (1940) and Abhinetri (1940). He was married to Bharati Devi. He died in August 1972 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Amarnath Mukherjee was born on 11 September 1933 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor, known for Bidrohi (1987), Janam Janamer Saathi (2002) and Dhuan (1981). He died on 25 May 2023 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- Amol Rajan was born on 4 July 1983 in Calcutta, India.
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Amritalal Basu was born on 17 April 1853 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. Amritalal is known for Manojder Adbhut Bari (2018). Amritalal died in 1929.- Actress
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Ananya Chatterjee was born on 16 January 1977 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She is an actress, known for Abohomaan (2009), The Reincarnate (2014) and Cloud Capped Star (2013).- Angela Pringle was born on 9 May 1942 in Calcutta, India. She was an actress, known for A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970). She was married to Jonathan Sieff. She died on 21 April 2008 in Andover, Hampshire, England, UK.
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Anil Chatterjee was born on 25 October 1929 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Sagina Mahato (1971), The Big City (1963) and Three Daughters (1961). He died on 17 March 1996 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.- Actor
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Anjan Dutt was born on 19 January 1953 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor and director, known for Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (2011), The Kaleidoscope (1981) and Byomkesh Phire Elo (2014).- Anjan Srivastav was born on 2 June 1948 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor, known for Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992), Wagle Ki Duniya (2021) and Yeh Kaisi Mohabbat (2002).
- Popularly known as Mun from Ishti-Kutum, popular Bengali serial which ran for almost 2years in Star Jalsa. Ankita was born on 18th August 1986 in Kolkata. Ankita is not only the famous TV serial actor but she has acted in movies too. She has acted in one of the most well known crime thriller series Byomkesh Bakshi(Byomkesh Phire Elo (2014) and Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)). Another Byomkesh series , Byomkesh O CHiriyakhana directed by Anjan Dutta, is going to release this year Durga Puja. Ankita started her acting career in 2006 in theatre with theatre group Drishyopot in their productionaguner bornomala (director Anirban bhattachrya). After her career in theatre she got break in Bengali TV Industry with ETV's mega serial Kakhono Megh Kakhono Brishti directed by Anindo Sarkar. There were no looking back for Ankita, later she signed one after another mega serials with Zee Bangla, Star Jalsha and ETV respectively (Nir Bhanga Jhor Director: Ravi Ojha,Star Jolsha, Binni Dhaner Khoi Director:Saibal Banerjee, Dokkhin Khola Director: Kabul(Indranil) Goswami). She has done ad films too but most remembered was Horlicks Junior which was directed by Pradeep Sircar. Apart from ad films and most popular TV serials she has acted in many Bengali feature films too.Those are:Hing Ting Chot Director: Anusua Majumder ,Byomkesh Phire Elo ,Byomkesh Bokshi,Byomkesh O Chiriyakhana,Director:Anjan Dutt,Room no 103,Sankar Mudi ( not release ),Kiriti (N.R) Director:Aniket Chottopadhyay,Headlines Director: Indranil Ghosh (N.R) Currently she is shuffling between Kolkata and Mumbai for film and television projects. She has almost 80 thousand followers across social media platform including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
- Ann Elsden was born on 17 April 1931 in Calcutta, India. She is an actress, known for Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956), The Adventures of the Big Man (1956) and Two of Everything (1953).
- Ann Walford was born on 22 August 1928 in Calcutta, India. She was an actress, known for ITV Television Playhouse (1955), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). She was married to Christopher Hancock. She died on 7 February 2009 in Surrey, England, UK.
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Anne Allan was born on 21 December 1918 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. She was an actress and writer, known for The Silver Darlings (1947), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Jezebel ex UK (1963). She was married to Julian Amyes. She died in 1999 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.- Annie Fortescue Harrison was born in 1851 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. She was married to Lord Arthur Hill. She died in 1944 in England, UK.
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Antony Thomas was born on 26 July 1940 in Calcutta, India. He is a director and writer, known for Spies Inc. (1992), America Undercover (1983) and Death of a Princess (1980).- Music Department
Anup Ghoshal was born in 1945 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He is known for Fuleswari (1974), Nimantran (1971) and The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980). He died on 15 December 2023 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.- Anup Kumar was born on 17 June 1930 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor, known for Palatak (1963), Tilottama (1978) and Bosepukure Khunkharapi (1996). He was married to Aloka Ganguly. He died on 4 September 1998 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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Anupam Roy was born on 29 March 1982 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a music artist and composer, known for Piku (2015), Fan (2016) and Pink (2016). He was previously married to Piya Chakraborty.- Anwar Hussain was born on 2 January 1928 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor, known for Sachaai (1969), Faraar (1965) and The Runaways (1975). He died on 2 January 1988 in India.
- Aparajita Adhya was born on 22 February 1978 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She is an actress, known for Shubho Mahurat (2003), Haami (2018) and Bajimaat (2008). She has been married to Atanu Hazra since 26 July 1997.
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Aparna Sen is a renowned name in Bengali as well as Indian cinema. She has excelled both as an actor in film and theatre and as a director of parallel cinema.
Aparna was born in 1945 in Kolkata. Her father is film critic and film maker Late Chidananda Das Gupta. She studied at Modern High School and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Presidency College, Kolkata. Her first film appearance happened in Satyajit Ray's Three Daughters (1961) when she was sixteen. Since then, Aparna has acted in many films in lead roles.
In 1981, Aparna made her debut as a film director with 36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) which won national and international awards. Since then, Aparna has directed series of films on a wide variety of subjects. Most of her films have been well acclaimed nationally and internationally. Aparna moved to Mumbai and continues to make films in Hindi and English.
Aparna acted in little theatre groups and commercial theatres for a period of time. She was also editor of a popular Bengali magazine (Sananda) for long time.- Aritaa Paul was born on 1 November 1990 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She is an actress, known for Mai Hero Boll Raha Hu (2021), Watchman (2023) and Double Trouble 2.
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Aritro Rudraneil Banerjee is an Indian actor, who has appeared in Bollywood films, web series, short films, advertisements and theatre shows. Some of his work includes Uri - The Surgical Strike (2019), Imperfect and The Family Man.
He is from Calcutta. His mother Rubina P Banerjee was a writer for "Cineblitz" and his father Aloke Banerjee is the CEO of "Bombay Dyeing". He started his career as a child artist and has performed brilliantly in various TVC commercials. Since his childhood he has been a very consistent part of the theatre group "Out of the box", "The mirror merchants", "NatyaUstaad" For Plays such as Asylum, Murgistaan, Chaarpai, Andheri and Transiter untuned.
He is an aspiring stand up comedian and has had a successful Youtube show called Bollywood Tweetiyapa. He has finished his Bachelors in Mass Media(advertising) from K.C. college.- Arjun Chakrabarty was born on March 5, 1990 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is an actor known for 'Gaaner Opare' (TV series), 'Chirodini Tumi Je Amar 2' (film), 'Guptodhon' Franchise (films), 'Byomkesh Gowtro' (film) and others. In his upcoming film 'Avijatrik', the actor will be seen essaying the iconic role of 'Apu'.
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Dr. Arko Pravo Mukherjee is an Indian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lyricist and music director of Bollywood film 'Jism 2.' According to industry experts and Bollywood media reviews, Arko is among the most promising new sensations in Indian music ready to break free with a flurry of fresh sounding songs for films.
After the success of Pooja Bhatt's Hindi film 'Jism 2,' Arko has been signed up to produce the music of a number of Bollywood movies and regional films in India, and is among the busiest singer-musicians in Bollywood.
Besides being a songwriter in three languages, he is also a top-class singer himself, and tours with his Bollywood/Rock/Pop band.
Arko's first Bengali single MAA was released on Mother's Day 2013.- Actress
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A versatile performing artist in the truest sense, Arpita Chatterjee possesses the rare distinction of being a talented actress, a trained classical dancer, and a trained classical singer. Arpita was often called the Tolly Queen by her fans.
She first captured the limelight in 1997 when she won 'Sananda Tilottama,' the most prestigious beauty pageant in Eastern India, organised by the ABP Group (former awardees including Bipasha Basu and Celina Jaitly). This was the stepping stone to her film career. Arpita quickly rose to become one of the most iconic leading ladies of the mainstream Bangla film industry. With an illustrious career spanning over two decades, she has been the protagonist of fifty-odd films in Bangla, Hindi, Bhojpuri, and Odia. As an actress, she has won multiple awards in Indian and international mainstream and festival circuits. The most notable of these was the recent Filmfare Award for Best Actor Female (Critics' Choice) for her film 'Abyakto'.
Concurrently, she has been a loving face on national TV for brands like Fair & Lovely, Yippi Noodles, Lacto Calamine and Shyam Steel among others. The multitalented Arpita has also sung duets with the maestro Rashid Khan. Her recent solo musical stage - 'My Name Is Jaan' has won rich accolades from critics and the media.
Arpita has always embraced a growth mindset, driving her to realise her ambitions not only before the camera, but behind it as well. For more than a decade, under the banner of her first production house, she produced several popular fiction, non-fiction, and feature film formats hosted by media giants such as Zee, Star, and Colors in Bengal. She took a break from acting to raise her son and then returned with a bang, signing 12 films in 2019. While at her peak, she turned her focus and set up a Delhi-based health-tech startup in partnership with an eminent media personality. Her startup raised funds and was acquired by TV9 Network. A serial entrepreneur, Arpita now runs her newly launched Delhi-based production house - Studio9 - which is supported by TV9 Network, the largest news network in the country.
Having had the privilege to work with legendary filmmakers such as Shakti Samanta, Asit Sen, Prabhat Roy and Rituparno Ghosh, among others, Arpita is no stranger to the director's console. Over time, she developed a natural penchant for visual storytelling. A labour of love, 'This Is Me', a first-of-its-kind Indian documentary on the struggles and triumphs of the LGBTQ community, marks her directorial debut.
Studio9 is developing a plethora of fiction and non-fiction concepts, as well as stories based on real incidents, in different formats. An eternal liberal who has always refused to bow down to social stereotypes, Arpita is living her dream of expressing herself through her creativity. She is focussed on riding the rising tide of the global south in the world arena.- Sound Department
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Arun Majumdar started in the heyday of the music business in Montreal, working for well known studios. Following his work in the era of MIDI music and analog recording, he moved into post-production work in the film business in Montreal and had worked with all major post-production studios. In the early 1990's he met and formed a partnership with Steve Gurman and helped build Premium Sound 'N Picture (which Steve still runs today). In the mid 90's, Arun chose to move to a different but equally exciting career in computing: he founded VivoMind Intelligence in the USA.
Arun is also known by his other name, GalaxiesMerge, which is a studio in Alexandria, Virginia, USA that he runs with his wife, WindyJoy. The GalaxiesMerge LLC studio is modern and state of the art with a 72-channel console and vintage gear such as the CS-80 to modern classics like the Moog One and Schmidt 8-Voice including a 112-Module ModCan. DAW gear includes Pro-Tools, Cubase, Ableton and UA as well as DigiGrid.
Arun is a founder of Artificial Intelligence companies and core 5G networking infrastructure technologies as well as a number of other areas. His latest company is Virgil Systems for being "connected with trust" secure high integrity networking.
Musical works can be found at the Bandcamp site for GalaxiesMerge.
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Born in the "city of joy" Calcutta in a highly cultural family. His father was a fine arts painter from national college of arts. From childhood he has keen interest in adventure, animation and films. Has grown up watching satyajit ray films and reading tintin and always wanted to be documentary film maker. He has completed bachelors and masters degree in computer science and working as a software architect. He has done a lot of travel photography and done an adventure documentary before his first feature film.- Arunima Ghosh was born on 27 November 1984 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She is an actress, known for Punglingo Strilingo, Tangra Blues (2021) and Ek Phali Rodh (2014).
- Aryann Bhowmick was born on 9 October 1992 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor, known for Mishawr Rawhoshyo (2013), Yeti Obhijaan (2017) and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015).
- Ashapurna Devi was born on 8 January 1909 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. Ashapurna was a writer, known for Baala Bandhana (1971), Chhoti Si Mulaqat (1967) and Agni Parikshya (1954). Ashapurna died on 13 July 1995 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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Asitbaran was born on 19 November 1913 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an actor, known for Parineeta (1953), Antony Firingee (1967) and Jaydev (1954). He died on 27 November 1984.- Director
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Atma Ram was born on 21 August 1930 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Yeh Gulistan Hamara (1972), Qaid (1975) and Kaise Kahoon (1964). He died in 1994.- Ayan Banerjee was born on 9 February 1956 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor, known for Sriman Prithviraj (1973), Dadar Kirti (1980) and Nabarupa (1992).
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Ayan Mukerji was born on 15 August 1983 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is a director and writer, known for Brahmastra Part One: Shiva (2022), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013) and Wake Up Sid (2009).