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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Amiya Chakravarty<br />
| image = Director Amiya Chakravarty.webp<br />
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| caption = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1912|11|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bogra]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]] {{!}}Present Day Bangladesh{{!}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1957|03|06|1912|11|30}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = <br />
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter and producer<br />
| known_for = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Amiya Chakravarty''' (30 November 1912 – 6 March 1957) was an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who was leading film director in [[Hindi cinema]] of the 1940s and 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|title=The forgotten director of Bengal |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130216/commentary-columnists/article/forgotten-director-bengal |author=Khalid Mohamed |authorlink=Khalid Mohamed |date=16 Feb 2013 |access-date=2013-11-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216014444/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130216/commentary-columnists/article/forgotten-director-bengal |archive-date=2013-12-16 }}</ref><ref name="GulazāraNihalani2003">{{cite book|author1=Gulazāra|author2=Govind Nihalani|author3=Saibal Chatterjee|title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT667|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-066-5|pages=667–}}</ref> He is noted for films like ''[[Daag (1952 film)|Daag]]'' (1952), ''[[Patita (1953 film)|Patita]]'' (1953), and ''[[Seema (1955 film)|Seema]]'' (1955) for which he won the [[4th Filmfare Awards|4th Filmfare Award]] for [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
| title = Does Bollywood need another Satyajit Ray?| url = http://ibnlive.in.com/news/does-bollywood-need-another-satyajit-ray/268212-8-66.html<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120628210952/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/does-bollywood-need-another-satyajit-ray/268212-8-66.html<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 28 June 2012<br />
|author=Monojit Lahiri|publisher=CNN-IBN|date=27 Jun 2012| access-date = 2013-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = Patita (1953) |newspaper=The Hindu| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/patita-1953/article3607637.ece|date=6 July 2012| access-date = 2013-11-16| author= Suresh Kohli}}</ref> Chakravarty is also credited along with [[Devika Rani]] for discovering [[Dilip Kumar]], whom he gave his first break in 1944 film [[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)]].Chakravarty also produced and directed [[Daag (1952 film)]] in 1952 for which [[Dilip Kumar]] won his first ever [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]].<br />
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He was married to Saraswati Shastri a.k.a. Kamala, younger sister of [[Lakshmi Shankar]] (née Shastri) wife of Rajendra Shankar, elder brother of Sitar maestro, [[Ravi Shankar]].<ref>{{cite web| title = Pandit Ravi Shankar: Music was his universe, his love, his weakness| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-16/kolkata/35850368_1_pandit-ravi-shankar-music-and-dance-ragas| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131212080341/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-16/kolkata/35850368_1_pandit-ravi-shankar-music-and-dance-ragas| url-status = dead| archive-date = 12 December 2013|author=Ratnottama Sengupta|date=16 December 2012 | work = [[The Times of India]]|access-date = 2013-11-16}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"<br />
|-<br />
! style="width:33px;"| Year !! Film !! style="width:65px;"| [[Film director|Director]] !! width=65 | [[Film producer|Producer]] !! width=65 |[[Screenwriter|Writer]] !! width=65 | Notes<br />
|-<br />
| 1940<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Bandhan (1940 film)|Bandhan]]''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1941<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Anjaan (1941 film)|Anjaan]]'' <br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
|| 1942<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Basant (film)|Basant]]'' <br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1944<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Jwar Bhata (1944 film)|Jwar Bhata]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1947<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''Mera Suhaag'' <br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1949<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''Girls' School'' <br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1950<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''Gauna''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1951<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''Badal''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|| 1952<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Daag (1952 film)|Daag]]'' <br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
|1952<br />
|Deshabakthan<br />
|Yes<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"|1953<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Shahenshah (1953 film)|Shahenshah]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Patita (1953 film)|Patita]]'' <br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
<br />
||1955<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Seema (1955 film)|Seema]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|<small>[[Filmfare Award for Best Story]]</small><br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2"|1957<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Kathputli (1957 film)|Kathputli]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| style="text-align:left"| ''[[Dekh Kabira Roya (1957 film)|Dekh Kabira Roya]]''<br />
| {{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|{{yes}}<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0149810|Amiya Chakrabarty}}<br />
* {{Bollywood Hungama person|18788|Amiya Chakraborty}}<br />
{{Filmfare Award for Best Story}}<br />
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[[Category:1912 births]]<br />
[[Category:1957 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male screenwriters]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi film producers]]<br />
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali film directors]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bogra District]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian screenwriters]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]</div>
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