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Harisadhan Dasgupta
Harisadhan Dasgupta
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A film scripted by Satyajit Ray, shot by Claude Renoir, edited by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and with music by Ravi Shankar: that sums up The Story Of Steel (1956). Many consider it to have the same impact on the documentary scenario in India as Pather Panchali had on the feature films. And thus the stature of Harisadhan Dasgupta was immortalized as one of the doyens of documentary films in India.Harisadhan, popularly known as Hari S, was one of the prominent members of the group of intellectuals who formed Calcutta Film Society in 1947. He received institutional training in filmmaking at the film school ...
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Filmography
- Konarak: The Sun Temple (1949)
- Shaher Ki Jhalak (1953)
- Gaon Ki Kahani (1953)
- Weavers of Maindargi (1953)
- Panchthupi: A Village in West Bengal (1955)
- Trancuber: the Song of Waves (1956)
- Tata: The Story of Steel (1958)
- Our Children Will Know Better (1960)
- Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1961)
- Panorama of West Bengal (1962)
- Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Saheb (1964)
- Glimpses of India (1965)
- Quest for Health (1965)
- Malabar Story (1965)
- The Automobile Industry in India (1969)
- The Automobile Industry in India (1969)
- Terracota Temples (1970)
- Port of Calcutta (1971)
- The Tale of Two Leaves and a Bud (1972)
- Bagha Jatin (1973)
- This Land is Mine (1980)
- From Mizoram with Love (1981)
- Acharya Nandalal (1984)
Awards
- Panchthupi: A Village in West Bengal was awarded the Best Film of the IDPA Film Festival, Bombay/Delhi, 1959.
- Hattogol Vijay, a 1961 film made through HS Dasgupta Productions for India Tube Company, was awarded the Prime Minister's Gold Medal as Best Children's Film for 1960.
Did You Know?
Satyajit Ray wrote Harisadhan's screenplays of documentaries and advertisement films including those of A Perfect Day (1948) and Our Children Will Know Each Other Better (1960).
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