George Baker (Indian actor)

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{{short description|Indian actor and politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = George Baker
|image = George Baker MP.png
|image_size = 200px
|caption =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|10|28}}
|birth_place = [[Tezpur]], [[Assam]], [[India]]
|residence = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India
|occupation = Actor, politician
|alma_mater = [[La Martiniere Lucknow]]
|known_for = [[Cinema of West Bengal]], [[Cinema of Assam]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|spouse = Arpita Baker
| constituency_MP1 = [[Anglo-Indian reserved seats]]
| term_start1 = 23 July 2015
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
}}

'''George Baker''' (born 28 October 1946) is an Indian [[actor]] and [[politician]]. He is primarily known for his works in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Assamese language|Assamese]] language films. He is one of the two Members of Parliament [[Anglo-Indian reserved seats|appointed]] by the president under Article 331 (Anglo-Indian) of the Indian Constitution. He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140228/jsp/bengal/story_18030087.jsp |title=BJP taps magic and acting |date=27 February 2014 |work=[[Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |access-date=18 March 2014}}</ref> in 2014 and contested and lost the [[Lok Sabha]] elections from the [[Howrah]] constituency during the [[2014 Indian general election]].

==Biography==

===Early life and education===
George Baker was born in a [[Greek people|Greek]] family. His parents migrated to India via Britain shortly before he was born. His initial education was in [[Lucknow]] at [[La Martiniere College]]. He was a National level junior in Boxing and Swimming during this period. He later joined the [[Assam Engineering College]] but had to leave midway since his father died. He completed a two-year course in [[Permanent Way Engineering]] and joined the [[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]] in the Engineering Department. He served here for two years and then quit to start his own business.

===Acting career (Early 1970s – present)===
Baker made his first foray into [[Assamese cinema]] in 1974. He played the protagonist in the Assamese film ''[[Chameli Memsaab]]''. This film went on to win the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese]] at the [[23rd National Film Awards]]. He played the role of Berkeley, a British planter who falls for a native girl, Chameli, (played by Binita Borgohain) and is later accused for her murder. Baker later played the same role in the Bengali version of the same movie.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070905/asp/guwahati/story_8272863.asp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

He went on to act in numerous [[Bengali language|Bengali]] movies, [[Jatra (theatre)|Jatra]], television films, serials mostly playing parts of British Expatriates. He has also been part of roving theatre groups.

Over the years he has acted in films of five languages – [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]], [[Hindi]] & [[Santali language|Santhali]].

More recently he played the role of Sir William Eckhardt in ''[[Parineeta (2005 film)|Parineeta]]'' and Mr. Ramsey in ''[[Bhooter Bhabishyat]]''.

===Political career (2014)===

On 27 February 2014, the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] announced Baker as their candidate for the [[2014 Indian general election]] from the [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>http://www.bjp.org/media-resources/press-releases/press-ist-list-of-candidate-for-lok-sabha-election-2014</ref>

On 23 July 2015, he was appointed to the [[16th Lok Sabha]] as one of the two appointed members representing the Anglo-Indian community along with [[Richard Hay (politician)|Richard Hay]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/actor-george-baker-professor-richard-hay-nominated-to-lok-sabha-784576 |title=Actor George Baker, Professor Richard Hay Nominated to Lok Sabha |newspaper=NDTV.com |access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref>

On 24 June 2017, he was attacked by a mob, allegedly of Trinamool Congress members, and then hospitalised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india.com/news/agencies/bjp-mp-george-baker-allegedly-attacked-by-trinamool-2267501/ |title=BJP MP George Baker allegedly attacked by Trinamool |first=IANS |last=Feeds |date=24 June 2017 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !! Director !! Co-Actor
|-
| 1975 || ''[[Chameli Memsaab]]'' || Berkeley || Assamese || Abdul Majid || Binita Borgohain
|-
| 1976 || ''Adalat'' || || Assamese || Dilip Deka || Dinesh Das
|-
| 1979 || ''Chameli Memsaheb'' || Berkeley || Bengali || Indor Sen || Anil Chatterjee [[Rakhee Gulzar]]
|-
| 1982 || ''[[Amrita Kumbher Sandhaney]]''|| || Bengali || [[Dilip Roy (actor)|Dilip Roy]] || [[Aparna Sen]] [[Bhanu Bannerjee]] [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]]
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Amar Geeti]]'' || || Bengali || [[Tarun Majumdar]] || [[Satya Bannerjee]] [[Biswajeet]] [[Soumitra Chatterjee]] [[Rabi Ghosh]] [[Anup Kumar (actor)|Anup Kumar]] [[Chinmoy Roy]]
|-
| 1984 || ''Devi'' || || Assamese || Sambhu Gupta and Dara Ahmed || [[Biju Phukan]] Dolly Gupta
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Pratipaksha]]'' || || Bengali || [[Rathish Dey Sarker]] || [[Prasenjit Chatterjee]] [[Talluri Rameshwari|Rameshwari]] [[Utpal Dutt]]
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Boba Sanai]]'' || || Bengali || Ajit Ganguly || Rameshwari [[Chiranjit]]
|-
| 1988 || ''Anjali'' || || Bengali ||[[Anjan Choudhury]] || [[Ranjit Mallick]] [[Moon Moon Sen]] [[Kali Bannerjee]] [[Madhabi Mukherjee]]
|-
| 1993 || ''Priyojon'' || || [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || Wisekurni Bora || Mridula Baruah
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Desh (film)|Desh]]'' || || Bengali || [[Raja Sen]] || [[Jaya Bhaduri]] [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]] [[Subhendu Chatterjee]] [[Abhishek Bachchan]] Nayana Das
|-
| 2004 || ''[[Bow Barracks Forever]]'' || || English || [[Anjan Dutt]] || [[Victor Banerjee]] [[Roopali Ganguly]] [[Sohini Pal]] [[Moon Moon Sen]] [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]] [[Arindam Sil]]
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Parineeta (2005 film)|Parineeta]]'' || Sir William Eckhardt || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || [[Pradeep Sarkar]] || [[Saif Ali Khan]] [[Vidya Balan]] [[Sanjay Dutt]] [[Dia Mirza]]
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Minister Fatakeshto]]'' || Raj Burman || Bengali || [[Swapan Saha]] || [[Mithun Chakraborty]] [[Deepankar De]] [[Koel Mallick]] [[Soumitra Chatterjee]]
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Love (2008 Bengali film)|Love]]'' || || Bengali || [[Riingo Banerjee]] || [[Koyel Mallick]] [[Jisshu Sengupta]]
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Bhooter Bhabishyat]]'' || Mr. Ramsey || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || Anik Dutta ||[[Swastika Mukherjee]] [[Parambrata Chatterjee]] [[Sabyasachi Chakraborty]]
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Howrah]]
*[[Cinema of Assam]]
*[[Cinema of West Bengal]]
*[[Jatra (theatre)]]
*[[Northeast Frontier Railway zone]]
*[[Tezpur]]
*[[Santali language|Santhali]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1838315}}

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[[Category:Assamese actors]]
[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Nominated members of the Lok Sabha]]
[[Category:People from Tezpur]]
[[Category:Anglo-Indian people]]
[[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Indian people of Greek descent]]
[[Category:Indian actor-politicians]]

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