Awards & Winners

Nitin Bose

Date of Birth 26-April-1897
Place of Birth Kolkata
(India, West Bengal, Kolkata district)
Nationality India
Profession Film director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer
Nitin Bose was an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter of the nation's film industry. He was born in Calcutta and died in the same city. In the 1930s and early 1940s, he worked with New Theatres, who made bilingual movies: in both Bengali and Hindi. Later, he moved to Bombay and directed under the banners of Bombay Talkies and Filmistan. First use of playback singing in Indian films were in films directed by Bose in 1935: first in Bhagya Chakra, a Bengali film and later in the same year, in its Hindi remake Dhoop Chhaon. His most well-known work is Ganga Jamuna.

Awards by Nitin Bose

Check all the awards nominated and won by Nitin Bose.

1977


Dadasaheb Phalke Award
(Awarded as Cinematographer, Director and Screenwriter)

1962


Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Filmfare Award for Best Director Gunga Jumna

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Gunga Jumna