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This article is about the movie director. For the cryptologist by the same name, see Bimal Kumar Roy.
Bimal Roy (Bengali: বিমল রায়) (July 12, 1909–January 7, 1966) was one of the most accalimed Hindi film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema.
[edit] Biography[edit] Early lifeBimal Roy was born in Dhaka, British India (now Bangladesh). [edit] CareerBimal Roy entered the field of cinema as a camera assistant with New Theatres Pvt. Ltd. During this time, he assisted director P.C. Barua on the hit 1935 movie Devdas, starring K.L. Saigal. 1940s and 1950s Roy was part of the parallel cinema movement in post-war India. He was famous for his romantic-realist melodramas that took on important social issues while still being entertaining. He was a filmmaker of great and in-depth understanding of human strengths and weaknesses. [edit] AwardsBimal Roy won a total of 7 Filmfare Best Director Award
[edit] MusicAs far as the music for his films was concerned, Roy usually alternated between music directors Salil Chowdhury and S.D. Burman. His films featured beautiful and memorable songs, rendered by all the top playback singers of the day. Some of the notable songs from Roy's films include:
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