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Debaki Bose was son of a successful advocate in Burdwan. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's call for non-co-operation movement, he walked out of an examination and started living on his own. He was editor of a local weekly named Shakti. Dhiren Ganguly, better known as DG, an established film director from Calcutta, was visiting Burdwan at that time. DG met Debaki and as he came know about Debaki's writing skill, he invited Debaki to come to Calcutta and to write film scripts for him. This culminated into the first film made by British Dominion Films named Kamonar Agun (or Flames of Flesh).
He worked first under the banner of British Dominion Films of Dhiren Ganguly and later with Pramathesh Barua's Barua Pictures and finally he joined New Theatres banner in 1932. He started his own production company, Debaki Productions, in 1945.
"In 1932, he made 'Chandidas', which was the first Indian movie to have background music. Music Director was Raichand Boral, also known as R.C. Boral.
Prior to that in 1931, his film 'Aparadhi' was the first Indian film to use artificial lighting.
Prior to that in 1931, his film 'Aparadhi' was the first Indian film to use artificial lighting.
Seeta, a 1934 Indian talkie directed by Debaki Bose, won an honorary diploma in the 2nd Venice International Film Festival in 1934 where it was the first Indian talkie to be shown at an international film festival. The film starred Gul Hamid, Prithviraj Kapoor as Rama and Durga Khote as Sita. Produced under the East India Film Company's banner, it was for the first time an Indian film had won a prize abroad. He became the first Indian director to win a prize abroad. Unfortunately, there are no prints of Seeta. They were destroyed in a fire a few years ago in the Pune Film Archives. There are only a few clippings that remain.
Sagar Sangamey is a 1959 Bengali film directed by Debaki Bose. The film won the National Award for the Best Film and the Best Child Actress in 1959. The award was presented by the first President of India – Dr Rajendra Prasad and the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. It was screened at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.
Arghya (1961) was a very special documentary film, produced by the Government of West Bengal on the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore's birth centennial. It was based on four poems of Tagore: Pujarini, Puratan Bhritya, Abhisar and Dui Bigha Jami.
He received Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Film Direction in 1957. He received Padma Shri in Arts in 1958.
He was actively involved with films from 1930 to 1961, and died on 17 November 1971 in Calcutta.
To read more:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Festival-tribute-to-Debaki-Bose/articleshow/40877786.cms
https://alchetron.com/Debaki-Bose-1312181-W
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