Anil Ganguly

Anil Ganguly, born on 26th January 1933, was a renowned film director, who entertained the Indian audience for almost two decades. He passed away at the age of 82, on 15th January 2016. He was primarily famous for the 1974 film “ Kora Kagaz Kora Kagaz was a daily soap started in 1998 on sta >> Read More... ”, which starred Jaya Bachchan Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian >> Read More... . Along with “Kora Kagaz”, his next movie “Tapasya” (1975) won the National Award for the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. “Tapasya” also marked the comeback of actress Raakhee Gulzar after marriage, making the movie even more popular among the viewers. He started working in the 60s as an assistant director in some films, like “Half Ticket” and “Bheegi Raat”.

He then began working on the Hindi remakes of some Bangla classics. In fact, his debut film “Kora Kagaz”, was a Hindi remake of “ Saat Paake Bandha Saat Paake Bandha is a Bengali television series t >> Read More... ”. The theme of the movie was about the family drama caused by the interference of the wife’s mother. The kind of praise it got, made him stick to this genre of such movies for a while. His next two movies “HumkaDum” and “ Aanchal Aanchal is a Bhojpuri television series that cater >> Read More... ”, also starred the award-winning actress Raakhee, but it was more or less unsatisfactory. His movies also gave the industry many famous songs. From Kishore Kumar’s “Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz” to Bappi-S Janaki’s “Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re” are still capable of igniting the old memories.

The 1985 “ Saheb Story soon >> Read More... ” was his last notable film. After this, his futile efforts of changing his genre, to action, with movies like “Sadak Chap” and “Dushman Devta” did not receive much applause. His last Hindi film, released in the year 1996, was “Angaara”. It marked the debut of his daughter Rupali Ganguly Rupali Ganguly is a popular Indian television actr >> Read More... alongside Mithun Chakraborty When we talk about the few legends in the Indian f >> Read More... . However it was neither a kind of movie for Ganguly to bid farewell to the Hindi Cinema nor was it good enough for Rupali to get a successful breakthrough. His last direction was the Bengali film “Kiye Para Kiye Najara” in 1998.

Anil always made sure that he was not exploiting any artist in the industry, by not giving the role they deserved or wshed for. In an interview, he once mentioned the case of his film Trishna. He did not want to waste the talent of Asrani and Aruna Irani Aruna Irani is an Indian actress who has acted in >> Read More... by offering them two scenes. Hence he found a replacement in Dinesh Hingoo Dinesh Hingorani, better known as Dinesh Hingoo, i >> Read More... and Preeti Ganguly Preeti Kumudlal Ganguli is also known as Palu, was >> Read More... . Having worked successfully with some of the legends of Indian Cinema, Anil Ganguly didn’t quite get the fame he could have got. Sadly, he is now remembered more as a father of a television actor than as an artist of such immense talent.