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Chhabi Biswas is a Actor Indian born on 12 july 1900 at Kolkata (Inde)
Chhabi Biswas (Bengali: ছবি বিশ্বাস Chhobi Bishshash) (12 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was a Bengali character actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalshaghar (The Music Room, 1958), Devi (The Goddess, 1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962).
He is best remembered for his numerous roles as the quintessential aristocratic patriarch, and was himself the scion of a rich and cultured North Kolkata family. He was born on 12 July 1900. His father Bhupatinath Biswas was well known for his charitable works. His first name was Sachindranath but his mother nicknamed her handsome son Chhabi (a beautiful picture!) and the name stuck throughout his life and career. His portrayal of the formidable father figure, though often typecast, yet was powerful and convincing enough to earn both popular and critical accolades. That portrayal was culturally significant too as in the British Raj, enlightened Bengali used to combined both the hoary tradition and the Anglicised urbanity.
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Nationality Inde
Birth 12 july 1900 at Kolkata (Inde)
Death 11 june 1962 (at 61 years) at Kolkata (Inde)
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Birth 12 july 1900 at Kolkata (Inde)
Death 11 june 1962 (at 61 years) at Kolkata (Inde)
Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
He is best remembered for his numerous roles as the quintessential aristocratic patriarch, and was himself the scion of a rich and cultured North Kolkata family. He was born on 12 July 1900. His father Bhupatinath Biswas was well known for his charitable works. His first name was Sachindranath but his mother nicknamed her handsome son Chhabi (a beautiful picture!) and the name stuck throughout his life and career. His portrayal of the formidable father figure, though often typecast, yet was powerful and convincing enough to earn both popular and critical accolades. That portrayal was culturally significant too as in the British Raj, enlightened Bengali used to combined both the hoary tradition and the Anglicised urbanity.
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Kanchenjungha (1962)
, 1h42Directed by Satyajit Ray
Genres Drama
Actors Chhabi Biswas, Karuna Banerjee, Anil Chatterjee, Pahari Sanyal, Subrata Sen, Vidya Sinha
Roles Indranath Chaudhuri
Rating78%
A wealthy family from Calcutta is on the last day of their vacation in Darjeeling, a hill station at the foot of Mount Kanchenjungha, the second highest peak of the Himalayas. Until now, they have been unable to catch a glimpse of the peak Kanchenjungha.The family members are dominated by the father, Indranath (Chhabi Biswas), an industrialist. He wants his daughter to marry a man of his choice and hopes that the man will propose if they are left together alone for some time.
Bipasha (1962)
, 2h13Directed by Agradoot
Genres Drama
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Lily Chakravarty, Pahari Sanyal, Chhabi Biswas, Chhaya Devi
Roles Saradindu
Rating73%
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Dada Thakur (1962)
Actors Chhabi Biswas, Biswajit Chatterjee
Roles Dada Thakur
Rating76%
The film is based closely on the life of the real-life Dada Thakur, and was made in his lifetime. Dada Thakur (Chhabi Biswas) starts his career with a hand-operated press, with his wife as his assistant. Later he is joined by Nalini Kanta Sarkar, an underground freedom-fighter. Dada Thakur brings out the newspaper Jangipur Sangbad. He campaigns against social evils and earns the ire of the ruling classes. He saves a girl, Lata, from the unwanted advances of Darpanarayan (Biswajeet), scion of the local zamindar. Lata joins the ranks of freedom fighters working with Sarkar. Subsequently, a reformed Darpanarayan too becomes an ardent follower of Dada Thakur and joins the struggle for India's freedom. Dada Thakur's greatest success is when he helps an ordinary man, a petty shopkeeper, get elected as the Municipal Commissioner of Jangipur.
Saptapadi (1961)
, 2h43Directed by Ajoy Kar
Actors Suchitra Sen, Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas, Jennifer Kendal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Chhaya Devi
Rating82%
It is a love story with a twist set in Bengal in pre independent India (early 1940); the time when young Indian students were competing equally with British 'goras' in all fields whether it be education or sports. This was the time when barefooted Bengali football team defeated the booted British team to win the national football shield; this was the time when the ambitious and educated Calcutta students were matching their prowess in different fields of education with the British – be it law or medicine. It is in this time of rising nationalistic sentiments (1942 was when Gandhiji started the non violent Quit India movement) that Krishnendu (Uttam Kumar), a bright, young, athletic and Bengali Hindu youth falls in love with an equally talented and attractive but Christian Rina Brown (Suchitra Sen). Both of them were students at the Calcutta Medical College and they come close during their interaction in multitude of sports and cultural events (there is an interesting rendition of Othello within the movie; that portion of the movie was directed by Utpal Dutt). However their marriage is not on the cards due to the differences in religion (particularly opposed by Krishnendu's dad, a staunch, conservative Hindu) and they move each other ways only to clash unexpectedly again, later in life.
Devi (1960)
, 1h33Directed by Satyajit Ray
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Chhabi Biswas, Anil Chatterjee, Karuna Banerjee, Santha Devi
Roles Kalikinkar Roy
Rating76%
Doyamorjee est la jeune bru d’un noble du Bengale, Kalindar. Après un rêve, il voit en elle la réincarnation de la déesse Kali et, malgré les réticences de son fils, lui voue une vénération démesurée. Devenue objet de culte, la jeune fille est astreinte à une vie religieuse. Jusqu’à ce que la destinée reprenne ses droits.
Nader Nimai (1960)
, 1h20Directed by Bimal Roy
Actors Chhabi Biswas, Shobha Sen, Jahar Ray, Tulsi Chakraborty
Chaowa Pawa (1959)
, 2hDirected by Tarun Majumdar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Tulsi Chakraborty, Anil Chatterjee, Santha Devi
Rating76%
The Music Room (1958)
, 1h40Directed by Satyajit Ray
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Actors Chhabi Biswas, Beghum Akhtar, Roshan Kumari, Sardar Akhtar
Roles Biswambhar Roy
Rating78%
Jalsaghar depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity. The landlord, Biswambhar Roy (Chhabi Biswas), is a just but other-worldly man who loves to spend time listening to music and putting up spectacles rather than managing his properties ravaged by floods and the abolition of zamindari system by the Indian government. He is challenged by a commoner who has attained riches through business dealings, in putting up spectacles and organising music fests. This is the tale of a zamindar who has nothing left but respect and sacrifices his family and wealth trying to retain it.
Parosh Pathar (1958)
, 1h51Directed by Satyajit Ray
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Kali Banerjee, Chhabi Biswas, Pahari Sanyal, Tulsi Chakraborty, Jahar Ray, Santosh Dutta
Roles Guest at Cocktail Party
Rating75%
Paresh Chandra Dutt (Tulsi Chakrabarti), a middle-class bank clerk in Kolkata, attends a charity match on a rainy day rather reluctantly. At Curzon Park (modern-day Surendranath Park), where the match is apparently to be held, he finds a small, round stone. Thinking it is a marble, he gives it to his nephew. The child discovers that it turns metal into gold (i.e. it is the Philosopher's stone).
Kabuliwala (1957)
, 1h56Directed by Tapan Sinha
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Chhabi Biswas, Kali Banerjee
Roles Rahmat
Rating78%
Rahmat (Chhabi Biswas), a middle-age fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise. He befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini (Oindrila Tagore aka Tinku Tagore) who reminds him of his daughter back in Afghanistan. He stays at a boarding house with his countrymen.
The Dawn (1956)
Directed by Mrinal Sen
Actors Uttam Kumar, Sabitri Chatterjee, Chhabi Biswas, Jahar Ray, Shobha Sen, Kali Banerjee
Rating56%
Nilachaley Mahaprabhu (1956)
Genres Biography
Themes Films about religion
Actors Bhanu Bandyopadhyay, Gurudas Banerjee, Chhabi Biswas
Rating76%
Sabar Uparey (1955)
Directed by Agradoot
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Uttam Kumar, Suchitra Sen, Chhabi Biswas, Kali Banerjee, Pahari Sanyal, Shobha Sen
Roles Prashanta Chatterjee (Shankar's father)
Rating75%
Prashanta Chatterjee (Chhabi Biswas) is sentenced to life imprisonment after the alleged murder of Hemangini, a lady based in Krishnanagar whom he is accused of loving and then dumping and murdering heinously.