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Phani Burma
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Phani Burma was born in 1897 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a Bengali film director born in Calcutta. Started as an actor (e.g. Naresh Mitra’s Devdas, 1928;…
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Phani Burma was born in 1897 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a Bengali film director born in Calcutta. Started as an actor (e.g. Naresh Mitra’s Devdas, 1928; also, Bangabala, 1929 and Bigraha and Mrinalini, both 1930). Turned director while starring in Shesh Path on location in Burma. Concentrated on direction from 1936 onwards. Co-directed Kamale Kamini with Nirmal Goswami. He died in 1957 at the age of 60.
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1944
Pratikar
Movie
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1939
Janak Nandini
Movie Director
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1937
Prabhas Milan
Movie Director
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1934
Rajnati Basantasena
Movie
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1932
Bengal 1983
Movie
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1928
Devdas
Movie Devdas
