FILM DIRECTOR

Tapan Sinha

1924 - 2009

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Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time forming a legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak and Mrinal Sen. He was primarily a Bengali filmmaker who worked both in Hindi cinema and Bengali cinema, directing films like Kabuliwala (1957), Louha-Kapat, Sagina Mahato (1970), Apanjan (1968), Kshudhita Pashan and children's film Safed Haathi (1978) and Aaj Ka Robinhood. Sinha started his career in 1946, as a sound engineer with New Theatres film production house in Kolkata, then in 1950 left for England where he worked at Pinewood Studios for next two years, before returning home to start his six decade long career in Indian cinema, making films in Bengali, Hindi and Oriya languages, straddling genres from social realism, family drama, labor rights, to children's fantasy films. He was one of the acclaimed filmmakers of Parallel Cinema movement of India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tapan Sinha is the 1,516th most popular film director (up from 1,587th in 2019), the 907th most popular biography from India (down from 900th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Indian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tapan Sinha ranks 1,516 out of 2,041. Before him are Péter Bacsó, John R. Leonetti, Ardeshir Irani, Deepak Tijori, Eytan Fox, and Leigh Whannell. After him are Anja Breien, Samuel Maoz, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Gene Saks, Ettore Giannini, and Richard Eyre.

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Among people born in 1924, Tapan Sinha ranks 469. Before him are Paulo Muwanga, Matti Kassila, Joy Page, William H. Webster, Norvel Lee, and Joe Gaetjens. After him are Georges Dransart, Wally Cox, Bill Smith, Carole Cook, Patricia Roberts Harris, and William H. Gass. Among people deceased in 2009, Tapan Sinha ranks 369. Before him are Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Paul Joseph Phạm Đình Tụng, Bud Shank, Kathleen Byron, Péter Bacsó, and Virginia Davis. After him are Conyers Herring, Gennadiy Shatkov, Paul Burke, Brenda Joyce, Hugo Berly, and Lucy Gordon.

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In India

Among people born in India, Tapan Sinha ranks 907 out of 1,861. Before him are Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1923), Abhay Ashtekar (1949), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Shakti Kapoor (1952), Radhika Sarathkumar (1962), and Gautami (1969). After him are Sumaira Abdulali (1961), Reita Faria (1943), Gul Mohammed (1957), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Philip Herbert Cowell (1870), and Nanda (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Tapan Sinha ranks 20. Before him are Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1941), Goutam Ghose (1950), Tarsem Singh (1961), Deepa Mehta (1950), Ardeshir Irani (1886), and Deepak Tijori (1961). After him are Tariq Anwar (1945), Aparna Sen (1945), S. J. Suryah (1968), Nasir Hussain (1931), Mani Ratnam (1956), and Karan Johar (1972).

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