![]() ![]() His performance won him the President’s Gold Medal at the hands of Dr Radhakrishnan. In the platinum jubilee Bangla film Dada Thakur (1962), he played an alcoholic, womaniser zamindar who goes on to be inspired by Dada Thakur (Sarat Pandit)’s devotion to his motherland and becomes an unlikely patriot, winning a great victory for the nationalists before he is killed by a Britisher’s bullet. He was often paired opposite leading actresses of the time such as Asha Parekh, Waheeda Rehman, Mumtaz, Mala Sinha and Rajshree.Įven as he enjoyed a successful career in Hindi films, he continued acting in Bengali films as well such as Chowringhee (1968) and Garh Nasimpur (1968) with Uttam Kumar, Kuheli (1971), Srimaan Prithviraj (1973), Baba Taraknath (1977) and Amar Geeti (1983). He moved to Bombay in order to establish a career in Hindi cinema and went on to act in Bees Saal Baad (1962), followed by films such as Kohraa, Bin Badal Barsat (1963), Majboor (1964), Kaise Kahoon (1964) and Paisa Ya Pyaar (1969). He wasn’t too keen on a mythological, afraid that he would get slotted in similar roles, and only agreed after he was assured of the lead in Bimal Ghosh’s next. The film was a huge hit and set him up as the romantic star of the 60s. Incidentally, for the film, he had to agree to play Krishna in the producer’s earlier film, Kansha. ![]() Besides acting, he also produced and directed films such as Raktatilak (1974), and Kehte Hain Mujhko Raja (1975).īorn as Biswajit Ranjitkumar Chatterjee, in Calcutta on 14 December, 1936-but known mononymously as Biswajit-he made his debut with Bengali film Maya Mriga (1960). This prompted his choise of socials such as Do Kaliyaan (1968) and Aasra (1966) and even the costume drama Do Dil (1965), for which he learnt sword fighting. ![]() While he had come close to developing the label of a ‘Suspense Hero’ and ‘Elvis Presley lookalike’ courtesy his jubilee hits such as Bees Saal Baad (1962), Kohraa (1964), Yeh Raat Phir Na Aayegi (1966), Kismet (1968) and Mere Sanam (1965), he was wary of getting stereotyped. An icon of Bengali cinema, actor, producer, director, singer and politician Biswajit is known for his work in Hindi and Bengali films such as Maya Mriga (1960), Dada Thakur (1962), Shehnai (1964), Godhuli Belaye (1964), April Fool (1964), and Baba Taraknath (1980), among others. ![]()
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