Harindranath Chattopadhyay
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Harindranath Chattopadhyay (April 2, 1898 – June 23, 1990) was an India
n English
poet
, an actor, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha
from Vijayawada constituency
. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu
.
, theatre
and cinema
. He was awarded Padma Bhushan
in 1973. He married Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
, a Socialist and leader of Women, who created the All India Women's Conference, the Indian Cooperative Union and also was the inspiration for the All Indian Handicraft's Board, a body which revived many Indian handicrafts, decimated by the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 1800s. (Pottery and Weaving) their son Ramakrishna Chattopadhyaya is in Banagalore, India, today. Their divorce marked the very first legal separation granted by the courts of India.
His grandson, Neelkanth Chattopadhyaya is a musician and filmmaker, also in Bangalore, India.His granddaughter, Nina lives in Seattle, Washington, USA and remembers his early morning visits for breakfasts, a walk from Bandra to Marine Drive, in what is now Mumbai, (a good four hours!!) at the age of 75...with a box of chocolates for his grandchildren..he was a great grandfather and then a wonderful father for his son, late in life, Lakshman, a film-maker in his own right. "Granddaddy, as we called him was always an affectionate and wonderful person for us,Nina says, one must always remember the human side of these amazing personalities, and never forget."
Harindranath Chattopadhyay often recited his poem Rail Gaadi on All India Radio
(Akashavani). The song was memorably sung by Ashok Kumar
in the film Aashirwad
.
In 1951 Lok Sabha elections Harindranath Chattopadhyay won from Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State
as an independent candidate, supported by the Communist Party of India
. He was the member of the 1st Lok Sabha from April 14, 1952 to April 4, 1957.
He died in 1990. His most famous acting role was in the movie Bawarchi (The Chef) which was made around 1972. He enacted as the role of strict and regimented patriach of the house, where his sons, daughter in laws and grand children lived in a joint family and still respected and abided by his rules.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, an actor, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha
1st Lok Sabha
The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957.- Important Members :- List of Members by state :...
from Vijayawada constituency
Vijayawada (Lok Sabha constituency)
Vijayawada is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency of Andhra Pradesh. Total electorate is 1561705 in 2007.Vijayawada lok sabha seat has seven assembly segments under it namely vijayawada,vijayawada,kankipadu,nandigama,mylavaram,Tiruvuru,jaggayyapet.After delimitation Vijayawada has 1402904 voters...
. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu
Sarojini Naidu , also known by the sobriquet The Nightingale of India, was a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet...
.
Life
Born to Aghornath Chattopadhyay, a scientist-philosopher, and Barada Sundari Devi, a poetess, he is famous for poems like Noon and Shaper Shaped. His other interests were politicsPolitics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
. He was awarded Padma Bhushan
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
in 1973. He married Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer, freedom fighter, and most remembered for her contribution to Indian independence movement, for being the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, handlooms, and theatre in post-Independence India, and for upliftment of the...
, a Socialist and leader of Women, who created the All India Women's Conference, the Indian Cooperative Union and also was the inspiration for the All Indian Handicraft's Board, a body which revived many Indian handicrafts, decimated by the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 1800s. (Pottery and Weaving) their son Ramakrishna Chattopadhyaya is in Banagalore, India, today. Their divorce marked the very first legal separation granted by the courts of India.
His grandson, Neelkanth Chattopadhyaya is a musician and filmmaker, also in Bangalore, India.His granddaughter, Nina lives in Seattle, Washington, USA and remembers his early morning visits for breakfasts, a walk from Bandra to Marine Drive, in what is now Mumbai, (a good four hours!!) at the age of 75...with a box of chocolates for his grandchildren..he was a great grandfather and then a wonderful father for his son, late in life, Lakshman, a film-maker in his own right. "Granddaddy, as we called him was always an affectionate and wonderful person for us,Nina says, one must always remember the human side of these amazing personalities, and never forget."
Harindranath Chattopadhyay often recited his poem Rail Gaadi on All India Radio
All India Radio
All India Radio , officially known since 1956 as Akashvani , is the radio broadcaster of India and a division of Prasar Bharati. Established in 1936, it is the sister service of Prasar Bharati's Doordarshan, the national television broadcaster. All India Radio is one of the largest radio networks...
(Akashavani). The song was memorably sung by Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar
Ashok Kumar also fondly called Dadamoni was an Indian film actor. Born Kumudlal Ganguly in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency he attained iconic status in Indian cinema...
in the film Aashirwad
Aashirwad
Aashirwad is a 1968 Bollywood film. Produced by N.C. Sippy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, it is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar....
.
In 1951 Lok Sabha elections Harindranath Chattopadhyay won from Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State
Madras State
Madras State was the name by which the Indian districts in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Northern Kerala, Bellary and Dakshina Kannada were collectively known as from 1950 to 1953....
as an independent candidate, supported by the Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India
The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...
. He was the member of the 1st Lok Sabha from April 14, 1952 to April 4, 1957.
He died in 1990. His most famous acting role was in the movie Bawarchi (The Chef) which was made around 1972. He enacted as the role of strict and regimented patriach of the house, where his sons, daughter in laws and grand children lived in a joint family and still respected and abided by his rules.
Poems
- The Feast of Youth (1918)
- The Magic Tree (1922)
- Blood of Stones (1944)
- Spring in Winter (1955)
- Virgin and Vineyards (1967)
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam is a 1962 Indian Hindi film produced by Guru Dutt and directed by Abrar Alvi. It is based on a Bengali novel, Shaheb Bibi Golam by Bimal Mitra, and is a look into the tragic fall of the haveli-dom and feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj... |
Ghari Babu | |
| 1963 | Tere Ghar Ke Samne | Seth Karam Chand | |
| Gharbar | Mr. Chaddha | ||
| The Householder The Householder (film) The Householder is a film by Merchant Ivory Productions, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and James Ivory, and direction of James Ivory. It is based upon the 1960 novel of the same name by Jhabvala.... |
Mr. Chaddha | - |
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| 1964 | Sanjh Aur Savera | Mama, Radha’s uncle | |
| 1965 | Teen Devian Teen Devian Teen Deviyaan is a Dev Anand starrer movie made in the year 1965. Its music was one of the last few master pieces of S. D. Burman.-Plot:Devdutt Anand works in a company selling musical instruments, and is always late for work, infuriating his boss, I.S. Johar... |
Mr. Pinto | |
| 1966 | Pyar Mohabbat | Thakur Shamsher Singh | |
| Pinjre Ke Panchhi | Father of Miss India 1965 | ||
| 1967 | Raaz Raaz Raaz means "secret" and is the name of four Indian films:* Raaz , 1967 film directed by Ravindra Dave* Raaz , 1981 film directed by Harmesh Malhotra* Raaz , 2002 fantasy thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt... |
Baba | |
| Raat Aur Din Raat Aur Din Raat Aur Din is a 1967 Indian Bollywood film directed by Satyen Bose. The leading actress, Nargis, won the distinguished National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Varuna, a married woman who suffers from multiple personality disorder... |
Dr. Dey | ||
| Naunihal | Deranged male in Bombay | ||
| 1968 | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne , directed by the late Satyajit Ray and based on a story by his grandfather Upendra Kishore Ray, is a popular Bengali children's film. It is sometimes released in the English-speaking world as The Adventures Of Goopy And Bagha... |
The Magician | |
| Abhilasha | Albert D’Souza | ||
| Aashirwad Aashirwad Aashirwad is a 1968 Bollywood film. Produced by N.C. Sippy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, it is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar.... |
Baiju ‘Dholakia’ | ||
| 1971 | Seemabaddha Seemabaddha Seemabaddha is a 1971 film by Satyajit Ray. It also known as Company Limited.-Plot:Shyamal is an ambitious Sales manager in a British fan manufacturing firm in Calcutta, where he is expecting a promotion shortly. He is married to Dolan, and lives in a company flat... |
Sir Baren Roy | |
| 1972 | Bawarchi Bawarchi Bawarchi is a 1972 Indian film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee starring Rajesh Khanna and Jaya Badhuri with Asrani, A.K... |
Shiv Nath Sharma (Daduji) | |
| 1974 | Sonar Kella Sonar Kella Sonar Kella , also Shonar Kella, released in the United States as The Golden Fortress, is a 1971 mystery novel and a 1974 film by Bengali writer and director Satyajit Ray. The film is an adaptation of the novel with minor plot changes and features the actors Soumitra Chatterjee, Santosh Dutta,... |
Sidhu Jyatha (Uncle Sidhu) | |
| Aashiana Aashiana Aashiana is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Syed Hussain . The film stars Neetu Singh.-Cast:*Harindranath Chattopadhyay*Ramesh Deo*Gajanan Jagirdar *Roopesh Kumar*Sunil Kumar*Rehman*Neetu Singh... |
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| 1976 | Mehbooba Mehbooba Mehbooba is a 1976 Hindi film produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra. The music is composed by R. D. Burman. The plot it is based on Gulshan Nanda's novel Sisakate Saaz, and Nanda also wrote the screenplay... |
Rita’s father | |
| 1978 | Aankhyon Ke Jharokhon Se | Mr. Rodriques | |
| 1981 | Ghungroo Ki Awaaz Ghungroo Ki Awaaz Ghungroo Ki Awaaz is a 1981 Bollywood horror film directed by the Ramsay Brothers. It featured Rekha and Vijay Anand in the lead. The movie was loosely inspired by the Hollywood thriller Vertigo.... |
Nawab Jung Bahadur | |
| 1982 | Chalti Ka Naam Zindagi | Mastermind behind spooking everyone | |
| 1984 | Horký Podzim s Vuní Manga | Rádz's grandfather | |
| 1988 | Maalamaal | Shri Mangat Ram |
External links
- Rail Gaadi at Geeta-Kavita.com http://www.geeta-kavita.com/hindi_sahitya.asp?id=84