Ajoy Kar

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Ajoy Kar
Born(1914-03-27)27 March 1914
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died25 January 1985(1985-01-25) (aged 70)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
OccupationCinematographer, film director
Years active1937–1983
Known for

Ajoy Kar (Bengali:অজয় কর; 27 March 1914 – 25 January 1985) was an Indian film director and cinematographer . He directed 26 films between 1949 and 1983. His 1961 film Saptapadi was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. Ajoy Kar provided a whole new expression to Bengali cinema.[2] His 1971 film Malyadan won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali.Such an innovative type of idea was not presented in Bengali films before Ajoy Kar. His regular collaboration with veteran superstar Uttam kumar and Suchitra Sen brought him into the limelight.

Early life

Ajoy Kar was born on 27 March 1914, in Calcutta, British India. He left college in 1931 to become a professional photographer, and took up cinematography a few years later.[3]

Career

After initially working as an assistant to Jatin Das, Kar became a cinematographer at Indrapuri Studios, Calcutta, in 1938. Over the next four decades, he shot more than 80 feature films.[3] He also shot a number of documentary films.

Kar's first film as director was Ananya (1949), made by the Sabyasachi collective launched by Kanan Devi. The first film for which he received individual directorial credit was Bamuner Meye (1949).[4] During the 1950s and early 1960s, he emerged as a key figure in mainstream Bengali cinema, with a string of commercially successful films such as Shyamali (1956), Harano Sur (1957), Saptapadi (1961) and Saat Pake Bandha (1963). Of these, Harano Sur and Saptapadi involved the popular romantic pair of Uttam Kumar and Suchitra Sen. These films also received critical acclaim.

From the late 1960s onwards, he made a number of films which were adaptations of well-known literary works, especially those by Rabindranath Tagore and Sarat Chandra Chatterjee. Some of these are Parineeta (1969), Malyadan, Datta (1976) and Naukadubi (1979). In all, he directed 26 films, the last being Bishabriksha (1983).He also influence by Western literature and Movie making.[4]

Legacy

Malyadan and Saat Pake Bandha has been restored and digitised by the National Film Archives of India.[5] Goutam Ghose says that Mrinal Sen was compelled to write scripts for directors like Ajay Kar’s Kanch Kata Heera.His works impact and influence on South Indian filmmakers like C. V. Sridhar and P. S. Ramakrishna Rao.[6] and Bollywood filmmaker like Anil Ganguly and Partially influence on Bengali Filmmaker like Tarun Majumdar[7]

Awards and honours

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "ATAL JALER AHWAN". bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. ^ "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b Editors; Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian cinema (2nd ed.). London: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 1824. ISBN 1-57958-146-3. Retrieved 16 December 2017. {{cite book}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ a b "Ajoy Kar - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Digitized and Restored Films List" (PDF). nfai.gov.in. National Film Archives of India. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ^ Ramachandran, T. M. (2 April 1966). "Some Recent Releases". Sport and Pastime. Vol. 20. p. 52.
  7. ^ Gulazar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 431. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  8. ^ "5th National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals. Government of India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  9. ^ "9th National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals. Government of India. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  10. ^ "11th National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals. Government of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  11. ^ "BFJA Awards (1972)". gomolo. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

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