Birendranath Sircar
Birendranath Sircar was an Indian film producer and the founder of New Theatres Calcutta. He made Bengali-language films that were noted for introducing many film directors who later became famous. He was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1970 and the third highest civilian award in India, the Padma Bhushan, in 1972.
B. N. Sircar was born in Bhagalpur to the then Advocate-General of Bengal, Sir Nripendra Nath Sircar. He was the grandson of Nagendra Nath Sircar, and great-grandson of Peary Charan Sarkar, the principal of Hare School, Calcutta. After completing his study at Hindu School, Kolkata, he studied Engineering at the University of London and on returning to India he was asked to build a cinema. The project caused him to develop a keen interest in film and he proceeded to build a cinema for the screening of Bengali-language films. Called Chitra, this was opened in Calcutta by Subhas Chandra Bose on 30 December 1930 and was followed by the construction of New Cinema, which showed Hindi films. He then decided to involve himself in making of two silent films.
Career
On 10 February 1931, he founded New Theatres Calcutta. He was the President of the BMPA in the late 1940s
Filmography
Sircar's films include:Dena Paona – Directed by Premankur AtarthiNatir Puja Punarjanma – Directed by Premankur AtarthiMohabbat Ke Ansu Urdu, – Directed by Premankur AtarthiZinda Lash Urdu, – Directed by Premankur AtarthiChirakumar Sabha – Directed by Premankur AtarthiPallisamaj – Directed by Sisir BhaduriChandidas – Directed by Debaki BoseKapalkundala – Directed by Premankur AtarthiMastuto Bhai – Directed by Dhirendranath GangopadhyaySita – Directed by Sisir BhaduriMirabai – Directed by Debaki BoseExcuse Me Sir – Directed by Dhirendranath GangopadhyayRuplekha – Directed by P.C. BaruaP.Brothers – Directed by Raichand BoralMahua – Directed by Hiren BoseDevdas – Directed by Nitin BoseAbaseshe – Directed by Dineshranjan DasBhagyachakra – Directed by Nitin BoseGrihadaha – Directed by P.C. BaruaMando Ki – Directed by Tulsi LahiriMaya – Directed by P.C. BaruaDidi – Directed by Nitin BoseMukti – Directed by P.C. BaruaArghya Bidyapati – Directed by Debaki BoseAbhignan – Directed by Prafulla RayDesher mati – Directed by Nitin BoseAchinpriya – Directed by Dhirendranath GangopadhyaySathi – Directed by Phani MajumdarAdhikar – Directed by P.C. BaruaBaradidi – Directed by Amar MullikSapure – Directed by Debaki BoseRajat Jayanti – Directed by P.C. BaruaJiban Maran – Directed by Nitin BoseParajoy – Directed by Hemchandra ChandraDaktar – Directed by Phani MajumdarAbhinetri – Directed by Amar MullikNartaki – Directed by Debaki BoseParichoy – Directed by Nitin BosePratishruti – Directed by Hemchandra ChandraShodhbodh – Directed by Soumen MukhopadhyayMinakshi – Directed by Madhu BosePriyo Bandhabi – Directed by Soumen MukhopadhyayKashinath – Directed by Nitin BoseDikshul – Directed by Premankur AtarthiUdayer Pathey – Directed by Bimal RoyDui Purush – Directed by Subodh MitraBiraj Bou – Directed by Amar MullikNurse Sisi – Directed by Subodh MitraRamer Sumati – Directed by Kartik ChattopadhyayPratibad – Directed by Hemchandra ChandraAnjangarh – Directed by Bimal RoyMantramugdha – Directed by Bimal RoyBishnupriya – Directed by Hemchandra ChandraRupkatha – Directed by Soren SenAadur Prem, 2011 – Directed by Somnath Gupta