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Protima Dasgupta

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DOB : 1922
Gender : Female

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Protima Dasgupta was born in 1922 in Bhavnagar into a wealthy family. She went to England for her further studies, and then to Rabindranath Tagore’s Shantiniketan, where she was known to be a favored student. She was married to Major Manzoor Ul Haq, the brother of Begum Para Begum Para is also known as Zubeda Ul Haq. She was >> Read More... , who hailed from an open-minded, liberal family. After marriage, she moved to Bombay. She was encouraged to take up acting as a career by Rabindranath Tagore. She was a Hindi and Bengali film actress, producer as well as director known for films such as Chhamia (1945), Pagle(1950) and Jharna(1948). She established her own production company – Protima Productions. She acted in 10 Hindi films and 8 Bangla films.

Her second film, Jharna (1948), was banned by Moraji Desai, the then chief minister of Bombay province, on the ground that the film had explicit sexual scenes in it. This film was a financial disaster, and she retired from the Cinema. She played role of Shobhana in Suktara (1940), directed by Niranjan Pal Niranjan Pal was an Indian playwright, screenwrite >> Read More... . In 1941, she made her Hindi film debut in Modhu Bose’s trilingual The Court Dancer: Raj Nartaki, written by Modhu Bose, Manmatha Ray, and J B H Wadia. She also went on to star in Namaste (1943). She went on to direct Jharna in 1948, starring Begum Para.