Dhirendranath Ganguly

Dhirendranath Ganguly

Dhirendranath Ganguly (1893-1978) is a Bollywood Director, Actor, Music Director known for the movies Bidrohi(1935), Kamonar Agun(1930), Master Liar(1930)

NameDhirendranath Ganguly (ধীরেন্দ্রনাথ গাঙ্গুলী)
Other NamesDhirendra Nath Ganguly, D.G, Dhiren Ganguly
Date Of Birth26 March 1893
Age(Age at Death: 85 years 7 months 23 days)
Place Of Birthkolkata, India
Date Of Death18 November 1978
Place Of Deathkolkata, India
Biography
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly better known as Dhiren Ganguly or D.G, was a Dadasaheb Phalke Award winning and Padma Bhushan recipient film entrepreneur/actor/director of Bengali Cinema.

He had set up a number of film production companies: Indo British Film company, British Dominion Films, Lotus Film Company. Later, he directed films for New Theatres.

Interesting Facts and Trivia

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  1. He produced many movies in comedy genre. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city.
  2. Ganguly studied in the Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan. He became a headmaster of State Art School in Hyderabad.
  3. D.G. received Padma Bhushan in 1974. He received Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1975.

Dhirendranath Ganguly: Filmography (3)

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1935 Bidrohi[Director,Music Director]
1930 Master Liar[Actor,Director]
1930 Kamonar Agun[Actor,Director]