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	'''Biren Nag''' (1922–1964) was an acclaimed [[India]]n [[film director]] and art director in [[Hindi cinema]]. Prior to taking up direction himself, he served as Art Director for four of the most beautiful films shot in Mumbai in the late 1950s and early 1960s: ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1957) ''[[Kala Pani (1958 film)\|Kala Pani]]'' (1958) ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960); and ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' (1962). He won a 1960 [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction]] for his work on ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960).		'''Biren Nag''' (1922–1964) was an acclaimed [[India]]n [[film director]] and art director in [[Hindi cinema]]. Prior to taking up direction himself, he served as Art Director for four of the most beautiful films shot in Mumbai in the late 1950s and early 1960s: ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1957) ''[[Kala Pani (1958 film)\|Kala Pani]]'' (1958) ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960); and ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' (1962). He won a 1960 [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction]] for his work on ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960).

	In 1962 he directed his first film, ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)\|Bees Saal Baad]]'' a noirish ghost story also starring Waheeda Rehman and Biswajeet, which garnered him a [[Filmfare Best Director Award]] nomination in 1963.<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf Filmfare Nominees and Winners]</ref> The film was the top grosser at the box office in 1962, a super hit doing gross business worth Rs. 3, 00, 00,000{{clarify\|date=May 2019\|reason=Number is not formatted correctly}} and net business worth Rs. 1, 50, 00,000.{{clarify\|date=May 2019\|reason=Number is not formatted correctly}} He also directed ''[[Kohra (1964 film)\|Kohraa]]'' in 1964, repeating the lead pair of his debut. However, he died soon after the film was released.<ref name=toi>{{cite web \| title = The mystery of 'Kohraa' \| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-mystery-of-Kohraa/articleshow/42595841.cms \|author=Roshmila Bhattacharya\|date= 16 September 2014\| accessdate = 2014-09-22 \| work = The Times of India}}</ref>		In 1962 he directed his first film, ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)\|Bees Saal Baad]]'' a noirish ghost story also starring Waheeda Rehman and Biswajeet, which garnered him a [[Filmfare Best Director Award]] nomination in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf \|title=Filmfare Nominees and Winners \|access-date=16 August 2009 \|archive-date=12 June 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The film was the top grosser at the box office in 1962, a super hit doing gross business worth Rs. 3, 00, 00,000{{clarify\|date=May 2019\|reason=Number is not formatted correctly}} and net business worth Rs. 1, 50, 00,000.{{clarify\|date=May 2019\|reason=Number is not formatted correctly}} He also directed ''[[Kohra (1964 film)\|Kohraa]]'' in 1964, repeating the lead pair of his debut. However, he died soon after the film was released.<ref name=toi>{{cite web \| title = The mystery of 'Kohraa' \| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-mystery-of-Kohraa/articleshow/42595841.cms \|author=Roshmila Bhattacharya\|date= 16 September 2014\| accessdate = 2014-09-22 \| work = The Times of India}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
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	!Film(as director) !! Year of ~~Release~~ !! Other ~~Notes~~		!Film(as director) !! Year of release !! Other notes
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	\| [[Kohra (1964 film)\|Kohraa]] \|\| 1964 \|\| Retelling of Du Maurier's [[Rebecca (novel)\|novel]] and later Hitchcock's film ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)\|Rebecca]]''		\| [[Kohra (1964 film)\|''Kohraa'']] \|\| 1964 \|\| Retelling of Du Maurier's [[Rebecca (novel)\|novel]] and later Hitchcock's film ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)\|Rebecca]]''
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)\|Bees Saal Baad]] \|\| 1962 \|\| Nominated-Filmfare Best Director Award		\| [[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)\|''Bees Saal Baad'']] \|\| 1962 \|\| Nominated-Filmfare Best Director Award. In the film, the opening credits show his name as Biren Naug.
	\|}		\|}
	(Both the films were produced by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]. He was also the music director and the lead playback singer in both of them)		(Both the films were produced by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]. He was also the music director and the lead playback singer in both of them)
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	! Film(as art director) !! Year of ~~Release~~ !! Other ~~Notes~~		! Film(as art director) !! Year of release !! Other notes
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	\| [[Tere Ghar Ke Samne]] \|\| 1963 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| ''[[Tere Ghar Ke Samne]]'' \|\| 1963 \|\| As Biren Naug
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	\| [[Hum Dono (1961 film)\|Hum Dono]] \|\| 1962 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| [[Hum Dono (1961 film)\|''Hum Dono'']] \|\| 1962 \|\| As Biren Naug
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	\| [[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]] \|\| 1962 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' \|\| 1962 \|\| As Biren Naug
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]] \|\| 1961 \|\| As Biren Naug. Won ~~the Fimfare~~ Best Art ~~Director-Black and White~~		\| ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' \|\| 1961 \|\| As Biren Naug; Won - [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction]]
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Aakhri Dao]] \|\| 1958 \|\| -		\| ''[[Aakhri Dao]]'' \|\| 1958 \|\| -
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[Detective (1958 film)\|Detective]]\|\| 1958 \|\| As Biren Naug		\|[[Detective (1958 film)\|''Detective'']]\|\| 1958 \|\| As Biren Naug
	\|-		\|-
	\| Life Sentence \|\| 1958 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| ''Life Sentence''\|\| 1958 \|\| As Biren Naug
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Talaq (1958 film)\|Talaaq]] \|\| 1958 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| [[Talaq (1958 film)\|''Talaaq'']] \|\| 1958 \|\| As Biren Naug
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Pyaasa]] \|\| 1957 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| ''[[Pyaasa]]''\|\| 1957 \|\| As Biren Naug
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	\| [[Nau Do Gyarah]] \|\| 1957 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| ''[[Nau Do Gyarah]]'' \|\| 1957 \|\| As Biren Naug
	\|-		\|-
	\| [[Basant Bahar (film)\|Basant Bahar]] \|\| 1956 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| [[Basant Bahar (film)\|''Basant Bahar'']] \|\| 1956 \|\| As Biren Naug
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	\| [[C.I.D. (1956 film)\|C.I.D.]] \|\| 1956 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| [[C.I.D. (1956 film)\|''C.I.D.'']] \|\| 1956 \|\| As Biren Naug
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	\| Mem Sahib \|\| 1956 \|\| As Biren Naug		\| [[Mem Sahib]]\|\| 1956 \|\| As Biren Naug
	\|-		\|-
	\| '42 \|\| 1951 \|\| -		\| ''<nowiki/>'42''\|\| 1951 \|\| -
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{{Infobox person
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| name = Biren Nag
| birth_date = 1922
| birth_place = Mymensingh, India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|1922|df=y}}
| death_place = Kolkata, India
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| occupation = [[Film director]], [[Art director]]
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'''Biren Nag''' (1922–1964) was an acclaimed [[India]]n [[film director]] and art director in [[Hindi cinema]]. Prior to taking up direction himself, he served as Art Director for four of the most beautiful films shot in Mumbai in the late 1950s and early 1960s: ''[[Pyaasa]]'' (1957) ''[[Kala Pani (1958 film)|Kala Pani]]'' (1958) ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960); and ''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]'' (1962). He won a 1960 [[Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction]] for his work on ''[[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]]'' (1960).

In 1962 he directed his first film, ''[[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]]'' a noirish ghost story also starring Waheeda Rehman and Biswajeet, which garnered him a [[Filmfare Best Director Award]] nomination in 1963.<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf Filmfare Nominees and Winners]</ref> The film was the top grosser at the box office in 1962, a super hit doing gross business worth Rs. 3, 00, 00,000{{clarify|date=May 2019|reason=Number is not formatted correctly}} and net business worth Rs. 1, 50, 00,000.{{clarify|date=May 2019|reason=Number is not formatted correctly}} He also directed ''[[Kohra (1964 film)|Kohraa]]'' in 1964, repeating the lead pair of his debut. However, he died soon after the film was released.<ref name=toi>{{cite web | title = The mystery of 'Kohraa' | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/The-mystery-of-Kohraa/articleshow/42595841.cms |author=Roshmila Bhattacharya|date= 16 September 2014| accessdate = 2014-09-22 | work = The Times of India}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Film(as director) !! Year of Release !! Other Notes
|-
| [[Kohra (1964 film)|Kohraa]] || 1964 || Retelling of Du Maurier's [[Rebecca (novel)|novel]] and later Hitchcock's film ''[[Rebecca (1940 film)|Rebecca]]''
|-
| [[Bees Saal Baad (1962 film)|Bees Saal Baad]] || 1962 || Nominated-Filmfare Best Director Award
|}
(Both the films were produced by [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]. He was also the music director and the lead playback singer in both of them)

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Film(as art director) !! Year of Release !! Other Notes
|-
| [[Tere Ghar Ke Samne]] || 1963 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Hum Dono (1961 film)|Hum Dono]] || 1962 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]] || 1962 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Chaudhvin Ka Chand]] || 1961 || As Biren Naug. Won the Fimfare Best Art Director-Black and White
|-
| [[Aakhri Dao]] || 1958 || -
|-
|[[Detective (1958 film)|Detective]]|| 1958 || As Biren Naug
|-
| Life Sentence || 1958 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Talaq (1958 film)|Talaaq]] || 1958 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Pyaasa]] || 1957 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Nau Do Gyarah]] || 1957 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[Basant Bahar (film)|Basant Bahar]] || 1956 || As Biren Naug
|-
| [[C.I.D. (1956 film)|C.I.D.]] || 1956 || As Biren Naug
|-
| Mem Sahib || 1956 || As Biren Naug
|-
| '42 || 1951 || -
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0619048|name=Biren Nag}}

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[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Indian art directors]]
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[[Category:Film directors from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Filmfare Awards winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]

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