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	'''Nemai Ghosh''', or '''Nimai Ghosh'''<ref name="8thaward"/> (1914–1988), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, best known for his film ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950).		'''Nemai Ghosh''', or '''Nimai Ghosh'''<ref name="8thaward"/> (1914–1988), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, best known for his film ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950).
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	Ghosh started his career as a stage actor with Little Theatre Group formed by [[Utpal Dutt]] .<ref>{{cite web \| title = Moving Stills \| url =http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/53407/\|date=22 August 2004\| accessdate = 29 September 2013}}</ref> In addition to photography, he directed the highly acclaimed and neo-realistic ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950), that dealt with [[partition of Bengal (1947)\|partition of Bengal]] during the [[partition of India]] in 1947. Film director [[Ritwik Ghatak]] started his film career as an assistant in this film.<ref name="RoyBhatia2008">{{cite book\|author1=Anjali Gera Roy\|author2=Nandi Bhatia\|title=Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement, and Resettlement\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWB0GmmoOSMC&pg=PA68\|accessdate=29 September 2013\|year=2008\|publisher=Pearson Education India\|isbn=978-81-317-1416-4\|pages=68–}}</ref><ref name="SussexUniversity2010">{{cite book\|author1=Rosalind Galt\|author2=Karl Schoonover \|title=Global Art Cinema : New Theories and Histories: New Theories and Histories\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNZ1SYenrgC&pg=PA241\|year= 2010\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-972629-5\|pages=241–}}</ref><ref name="RubertoWilson2007">{{cite book\|author1=Laura E. Ruberto\|author2=Kristi M. Wilson\|title=Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ldcIc6ruUcC&pg=PA81\|year=2007\|publisher=Wayne State University Press\|isbn=978-0-8143-3324-2\|pages=81–}}</ref>		Ghosh started his career as a stage actor with Little Theatre Group formed by [[Utpal Dutt]] .<ref>{{cite web \| title = Moving Stills \| url =http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/53407/\|date=22 August 2004\| accessdate = 29 September 2013}}</ref> In addition to photography, he directed the highly acclaimed and neo-realistic ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950), that dealt with [[partition of Bengal (1947)\|partition of Bengal]] during the [[partition of India]] in 1947. Film director [[Ritwik Ghatak]] started his film career as an assistant in this film.<ref name="RoyBhatia2008">{{cite book\|author1=Anjali Gera Roy\|author2=Nandi Bhatia\|title=Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement, and Resettlement\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWB0GmmoOSMC&pg=PA68\|accessdate=29 September 2013\|year=2008\|publisher=Pearson Education India\|isbn=978-81-317-1416-4\|pages=68–}}</ref><ref name="SussexUniversity2010">{{cite book\|author1=Rosalind Galt\|author2=Karl Schoonover \|title=Global Art Cinema : New Theories and Histories: New Theories and Histories\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNZ1SYenrgC&pg=PA241\|year= 2010\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-972629-5\|pages=241–}}</ref><ref name="RubertoWilson2007">{{cite book\|author1=Laura E. Ruberto\|author2=Kristi M. Wilson\|title=Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ldcIc6ruUcC&pg=PA81\|year=2007\|publisher=Wayne State University Press\|isbn=978-0-8143-3324-2\|pages=81–}}</ref>

	However, despite critical acclaim ''Chinnamul'' failed commercially~~, thereafter Goshi~~ relocated to [[Madras]] (now Chennai), he worked in [[Tamil cinema]] as a cinematographer <ref name="Menon2012">{{cite book\|author=Jisha Menon\|title=The Performance of Nationalism: India, Pakistan, and the Memory of Partition\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP6VM20OtNEC&pg=PA58\|date=29 November 2012\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-1-107-00010-0\|pages=58–}}</ref> in a few films and directed a film titled ''[[Paathai Theriyudhu Paar]]'', that won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil\|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil]].<ref name="8thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx\|title=8th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|accessdate=3 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=23 November 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> His last film as a director was the Tamil film ''Sooravali'' (1981).		However, despite critical acclaim, ''Chinnamul'' failed commercially. Thereafter Ghosh relocated to [[Madras]] (now Chennai), and he worked in [[Tamil cinema]] as a cinematographer <ref name="Menon2012">{{cite book\|author=Jisha Menon\|title=The Performance of Nationalism: India, Pakistan, and the Memory of Partition\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP6VM20OtNEC&pg=PA58\|date=29 November 2012\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|isbn=978-1-107-00010-0\|pages=58–}}</ref> in a few films and directed a film titled ''[[Paathai Theriyudhu Paar]]'' that won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil\|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil]].<ref name="8thaward">{{cite web\|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx\|title=8th National Film Awards\|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]\|accessdate=3 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx\|archive-date=23 November 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> His last film as a director was the Tamil film ''Sooravali'' (1981).

	He was also active in the Film Society movement in Chennai and started the Madras Film Society which was the first society involved in that part of the country. This society came after Bombay and Calcutta Film Societies started in 1942 and 1947 respectively.		Ghosh was also active in the Film Society movement in Chennai and started the Madras Film Society which was the first society involved in that part of the country. This society came after Bombay and Calcutta Film Societies started in 1942 and 1947 respectively.

	He was also a pioneer in the labour movement of employees of various hues working in the film industry in Madras which was the production centre for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films during those days.		He was also a pioneer in the labour movement of employees of various hues working in the film industry in Madras which was the production centre for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films during those days.
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'''Nemai Ghosh''', or '''Nimai Ghosh'''<ref name="8thaward"/> (1914–1988), was an Indian film director and cinematographer, best known for his film ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950).

==Career==
Ghosh started his career as a stage actor with Little Theatre Group formed by [[Utpal Dutt]] .<ref>{{cite web | title = Moving Stills | url =http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/53407/|date=22 August 2004| accessdate = 29 September 2013}}</ref> In addition to photography, he directed the highly acclaimed and neo-realistic ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950), that dealt with [[partition of Bengal (1947)|partition of Bengal]] during the [[partition of India]] in 1947. Film director [[Ritwik Ghatak]] started his film career as an assistant in this film.<ref name="RoyBhatia2008">{{cite book|author1=Anjali Gera Roy|author2=Nandi Bhatia|title=Partitioned Lives: Narratives of Home, Displacement, and Resettlement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YWB0GmmoOSMC&pg=PA68|accessdate=29 September 2013|year=2008|publisher=Pearson Education India|isbn=978-81-317-1416-4|pages=68–}}</ref><ref name="SussexUniversity2010">{{cite book|author1=Rosalind Galt|author2=Karl Schoonover |title=Global Art Cinema : New Theories and Histories: New Theories and Histories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IeNZ1SYenrgC&pg=PA241|year= 2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-972629-5|pages=241–}}</ref><ref name="RubertoWilson2007">{{cite book|author1=Laura E. Ruberto|author2=Kristi M. Wilson|title=Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ldcIc6ruUcC&pg=PA81|year=2007|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=978-0-8143-3324-2|pages=81–}}</ref>

However, despite critical acclaim ''Chinnamul'' failed commercially, thereafter Goshi relocated to [[Madras]] (now Chennai), he worked in [[Tamil cinema]] as a cinematographer <ref name="Menon2012">{{cite book|author=Jisha Menon|title=The Performance of Nationalism: India, Pakistan, and the Memory of Partition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LP6VM20OtNEC&pg=PA58|date=29 November 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-00010-0|pages=58–}}</ref> in a few films and directed a film titled ''[[Paathai Theriyudhu Paar]]'', that won [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film in Tamil]].<ref name="8thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|title=8th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|accessdate=3 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=23 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> His last film as a director was the Tamil film ''Sooravali'' (1981).

He was also active in the Film Society movement in Chennai and started the Madras Film Society which was the first society involved in that part of the country. This society came after Bombay and Calcutta Film Societies started in 1942 and 1947 respectively.

He was also a pioneer in the labour movement of employees of various hues working in the film industry in Madras which was the production centre for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films during those days.

==Filmography==
;As director
* ''[[Chinnamul]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar]]'' (1960)
* ''Sooravali'' (1981)

;As cinematographer
* ''Chinnamul'' (1950)
* ''[[Anubavi Raja Anubavi]]'' (1967)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0315906}}

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[[Category:Cinematographers from West Bengal]]
[[Category:1914 births]]
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[[Category:Film directors from Kolkata]]
[[Category:Bengali film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil film cinematographers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:Kannada film cinematographers]]

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