Naresh Mitra
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 18, 1888
- Died
- September 25, 1968
- Birthplace
- Agartala, Tripura, British India
Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter. Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law at the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 in Minerva Theatre. In 1923, Mitra joined Star Theatre in Kolkata and starred in several plays, mostly in the role of anti-hero. He worked and acted in several films for the Taj Mahal Company, East India Film, and Kali Films. Mitra directed Devdas in a silent version produced by Eastern Film Syndicate in 1928. This is the first film adaptation of Devdas, the novel of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. He was also associated with the Bengali folk Jatra.
Filmography
Kshudha 1960
Actor
Annapurnar Mandir 1954
Actor, Director
Bou Thakuranir Haat 1953
Actor, Director
Pandit Mashai 1951
Screenplay, Director
Niyoti 1951
Actor, Director, Screenplay
Kankal 1950
as Professor, Writer, Director
Bekar Nashan 1938
as Mr Bose
Gora 1938
as Panu Babu AKA Haren, Director, Screenplay
Giribala 1930
Actor
Devdas 1928
Actor, Director, Writer
Durgeshnandini 1927
Actor
Maanbhanjan 1923
as Gopinath, Director
Andhare Alo 1922
as Anarkali, Director
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