Tulsi Lahiri

Tulsi Lahri
Born	7 April 1897 Rangpur, British India
Died	22 June 1959 (aged 62) Calcutta, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor Director, Playwright
Years active	1920–1959

Tulsi Lahiri (7 April 1897 – 22 June 1959) was a Bengali actor, director and play writer.

Early life

Lahiri was born in 1897 in a zamindar family of Naldanga village, Rangpur of British India. He passed B.A and B.L and started his lawyer career in Rangpur court. While he came to Alipore Kolkata, Ustad Jamiruddin Khan recorded two of his songs and inspired Lahiri joined in His Master's Voice company as music director.^[1]

Career

Lahiri acted on stage and in number of films as actor, vocalist and instrumentalist. He performed initially in silent films then worked in more than 50 movies. He became popular after releasing his play Duhkhir Iman and Chhenra Taar which were successfully run in Bengal. He made an orchestra which was often used in stage dances. In 1933 he directed two films namely Jamuna Puliney and Radha Krishna.^[1]

Plays^[2]

Mahasampad
Chorabali
Dukhir Iman
Vitti
Chenra Taar
Natyakar
Nayak
Churayyananda
Banglar Mati
Thikadar

Partial filmography

Mriter Martye Agaman
Sagar Sangamey
Manmoyee Girls' School
Parash Pathar
Baksiddha
Saheb Bibi Golam
Sagar Sangamey
Parabhritika
Pathik
Digbhranta
Bamuner Meye
Ramprasad
Tumi Aar Aami
Jiban Sangini
Abatar
Rikta
Bangalee
Radha Krishna
Sonar Sansar
Matri Sneha

References

^ ^a ^b Vol - I, Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 198. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
^ "Group Theatres in Calcutta (1944-80)" (PDF). Retrieved 2 May 2018.