Premankur Atorthy

Premankur Atorthy

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Premankur Atorthy Profile

  • Name:
  • Premankur Atorthy
  • Born:
  • January 1, 1890
  • Died:
  • October 13, 1964
  • Father:
  • Mahesh Chandra Atorthy

Premankur Atorthy Biography

Premankur Atorthy was a novelist, journalist, and film director. He has been associated with Bengali and Hindi cinema. As an actor, he has worked in the movies - Punarjanma (1927), Chasher Meye and Dena Paona (1931). He was one of the earliest directors from Bengal and a few of his earliest works include Chirakumar Sabha, Subha Ka Sitara, Punarjanma, Zinda Laash and Mohabbat Ke Aansu (1932), Kapal Kundala and Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933), Bharat Ke Beti, Karwan-E-Hayat and Bhikharan (1935) and a few more. His last movie as a director was Sudhar Prem released in 1950.

 

He was born on January 1, 1890 in Faridpur (now Bangladesh). He did his primary education from Brahmo School, Kolkata and has studied at various schools to complete school education. His father, Mahesh Chandra Atorthy, was a propagator and writer of the Brahma samaj. As a child, he loved adventure and loved imagination. As he was not good in studies, he went to Mumbai and learnt to play the sitar under Ustad Karamatullah. He returned to Kolkata and started working at a sports goods shop in Chowringee. He later worked at several places.

 

At last he found his real destination of life – Writing! And he became immensely successful in this career as well. He authored numerous novels, playwrights as well as scripts. Mahasthavir Jatak (1922), a fictional autobiography in four volumes is regarded as his masterpiece. Other noted novels are Anarkali, Bajikar, Chasar Meye and Takht Taus. He has also edited the art journal Nachghar before taking films seriously.

 

Premankur Atorthy entered movies as an actor working for a few movies - Punarjanma (1927), Chasher Meye and Dena Paona (1931). He entered direction in the year 1931 with the movie, Dena Paona. He has also directed a few Urdu movies.

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Updated: February 24, 2014

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