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'''Colin Pal''' (25 December 1923 – 30 August 2005) was a Hindi film actor, technician, journalist, and publicist for 175 [[Hindi]] films. He is the son of producer [[Niranjan Pal]] and the grandson of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]]. Pal was born in London to an English mother, Lily Bell, and spent his early years in [[Wembley]], before moving to Bombay in 1929. | '''Colin Pal''' (25 December 1923 – 30 August 2005) was a Hindi film actor, technician, journalist, and publicist for 175 [[Hindi]] films. He is the son of producer [[Niranjan Pal]] and the grandson of [[Bipin Chandra Pal]]. Pal was born in London to an English mother, Lily Bell, and spent his early years in [[Wembley]], before moving to Bombay in 1929. | ||
Pal joined ''[[Filmistan|Filmistan Studios]]'' in May 1943 as an apprentice after working alongside his father at [[Bombay Talkies]]. He became the assistant director to [[P.L. Santoshi]]. While working with Filmistan he also acted as [[Netaji Subashchandra Bose]] in ''Samaadhi'' in 1949. In 1951 he appeared in [[Bimal Roy]]'s ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Parineeta|url = http://osianama.com/photographic-stills-negatives/parineeta-1953-0916844?mastid=54174|website = osianama.com|access-date = 2016 | Pal joined ''[[Filmistan|Filmistan Studios]]'' in May 1943 as an apprentice after working alongside his father at [[Bombay Talkies]]. He became the assistant director to [[P.L. Santoshi]]. While working with Filmistan he also acted as [[Netaji Subashchandra Bose]] in ''Samaadhi'' in 1949. In 1951 he appeared in [[Bimal Roy]]'s ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Parineeta|url = http://osianama.com/photographic-stills-negatives/parineeta-1953-0916844?mastid=54174|website = osianama.com|access-date = 24 February 2016}}</ref> and ''[[Naukri]]''. He later directed ''[[Shrimatijee]]'', ''Naina'' and ''[[Suhag Sindoor]]'' for Munshi productions.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sohag Sindoor 1953|url = http://osianama.com/photographic-lobby-cards/sohag-sindoor-1953-830002?mastid=21309|website = osianama.com|access-date = 24 February 2016}}</ref> | ||
Pal spent most of his career as a publicist for mainstream Hindi films, but also wrote for a number of trade magazines. He frequently collaborated with film historians on projects around the early talkie studios in Bombay. He contributed to the historical discussion on the use of simple Hindustani in early Hindi cinema instead of the more literary language, which is common in other vernacular cinema including Tamil and Bengali. According to [[:de:Bhagwan Das Garga|Bhagwan Das Garga]] Pal argued that this was driven by the early screenwriters and producers in Bombay being transplants from the silent era, who were not Hindi speakers themselves, and consequently insisted on dialogue that was very straightforward contemporary language.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Art of Cinema: An Insider's Journey Through Fifty Years of Film History|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mRNlAAAAMAAJ|publisher = Viking, Penguin Books India|date = 2005 | Pal spent most of his career as a publicist for mainstream Hindi films, but also wrote for a number of trade magazines. He frequently collaborated with film historians on projects around the early talkie studios in Bombay. He contributed to the historical discussion on the use of simple Hindustani in early Hindi cinema instead of the more literary language, which is common in other vernacular cinema including Tamil and Bengali. According to [[:de:Bhagwan Das Garga|Bhagwan Das Garga]] Pal argued that this was driven by the early screenwriters and producers in Bombay being transplants from the silent era, who were not Hindi speakers themselves, and consequently insisted on dialogue that was very straightforward contemporary language.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Art of Cinema: An Insider's Journey Through Fifty Years of Film History|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mRNlAAAAMAAJ|publisher = Viking, Penguin Books India|date = 1 January 2005|isbn = 9780670058532|language = en|first = Bhagwan Das|last = Garga}}</ref> | ||
He authored the book ''Shooting Stars'' which described the eccentricities of the cinema process. His re-authoring of his father's autobiography ''Aye Jibon: Such is life'' won a National Award from the Indian Government in 2001. | He authored the book ''Shooting Stars'' which described the eccentricities of the cinema process. His re-authoring of his father's autobiography ''Aye Jibon: Such is life'' won a National Award from the Indian Government in 2001. | ||
Pal died on 28 August 2005 after a prolonged illness in [[Mumbai]] at the age of 83.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=11072 Colin Pal Obituary] ''[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]'', 2 September 2005.</ref> His son, [[Deep Pal]] was a pioneer of [[Steadicam]] camerawork in India.<ref> | Pal died on 28 August 2005 after a prolonged illness in [[Mumbai]] at the age of 83.<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=11072 Colin Pal Obituary] ''[[Screen (magazine)|Screen]]'', 2 September 2005.</ref> His son, [[Deep Pal]] was a pioneer of [[Steadicam]] camerawork in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1001620/|title = Deep Pal}}</ref> | ||
==Works== | ==Works== | ||
* ''Shooting Stars'', Screen World Pub, {{ISBN|81-900258-7-2}}.<ref>[http://www.screenworldindia.com/shooting.html ''Shooting Stars''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915202002/http://www.screenworldindia.com/shooting.html |date=2008 | * ''Shooting Stars'', Screen World Pub, {{ISBN|81-900258-7-2}}.<ref>[http://www.screenworldindia.com/shooting.html ''Shooting Stars''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915202002/http://www.screenworldindia.com/shooting.html |date=15 September 2008 }}</ref> | ||
* ''Aye Jibon: Such is life'' | * ''Aye Jibon: Such is life'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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*{{cite news | title=City Lights | newspaper=[[Times of India]] | page=2 | date=5 September 2005}} | *{{cite news | title=City Lights | newspaper=[[Times of India]] | page=2 | date=5 September 2005}} | ||
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