P.c. Barua

P.c. Barua

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P.c. Barua Profile

  • Name:
  • P.c. Barua
  • Other Name:
  • Pramathesh Barua
  • Born:
  • October 24, 1903
  • Died:
  • November 29, 1951
  • Spouse:
  • Jamuna Barua

P.c. Barua Biography

Pramathesh Chandra, shortly called P.C. Barua was a famous film maker and actor of Assam in the pre-independent era. He has been one of the earliest figures of Indian cinema who immortalized Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s masterpiece work, Devdas through Indian celluloid. This tragic love story, similar to Shakespeare’s many masterpiece works still attracts Indian film makers to make its new versions.

 

After the first version of Devdas (silent version) was made on silver screen by Phani Sharma in 1927, the first three talkies in three different languages – Bengali, Hindi and Assamese were made by Barua in a quick succession. The first talkie was made in the year 1935 in Bengali version, where Barua played the tragic hero, Devdas. The next two versions – Hindi and Assamese were released in the successive years and K.L. Saigal is still remembered for his memorable performance of Devdas in its Hindi version. Barua also owns the credit of directing Phani Sharma (director of the first version) in its later Assamese version.

 

He was born in a rich zaminder family of Assam in 1903. He studied at prestigious Hare School, and completed graduation from Presidency College in 1924. He first married at the age of 18. His third and last wife was Jamuna Barua with whom he worked in many movies including Devdas. During his travel to Europe, he got fascinated with the world of movies. He returned to India and worked as an actor for a short period and again moved to Europe to learn about film making. Once returned he established Barua Pictures Limited. Silent film - Apradhi in 1931 was the first release which was a commercial success. However it was three versions of Devdas which established him as a filmmaker.

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Updated: June 06, 2014

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