Bimal Roy (Bengali: বিমল রায়) (July 12, 1909-January 7, 1966) was one of the most successful Hindi film directors of all time. He is particularly noted for his 1955 work Devdas, which starred Dilip Kumar as the lead. Roy was born in Dhaka, East Bengal, British India (now Bangladesh).
Bimal Roy entered the field of cinema as a camera assistant. During this time, he assisted director P.C. Barua on the hit 1935 movie Devdas, starring K.L. Saigal. In the 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.
Bimal Roy won a total of 7 Filmfare Best Director Award
1953 for Do Bigha Zamin 1954 for Parineeta 1955 for Biraj Bahu 1958 for Madhumati 1959 for Sujata 1960 for Parakh 1963 for Bandini
First Day Cover Of Bimal Roy
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