What is Tapan Sinha's full name?
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha nickname(s):
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha date of birth:
October 2, 1924
How old was Tapan Sinha when died?
84
Where was Tapan Sinha born?
Kolkata, India
When did Tapan Sinha die?
January 15, 2009
What is Tapan Sinha nationality?
Indian
What is Tapan Sinha's occupation?
Film Director
Short Biography
Tapan Sinha (Bengali: তপন সিংহ), (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), Apon Jon (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, labour rights, to children's fantasy films. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.