Tapan Sinha

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After a two-year stint in England, Bengali filmmaker Tapan Sinha (India, 1924) directed Ankush (1954), based on the Narayan Ganguly's story "Sainik", Upahaar (1955), based on a story by Chittaranjan Maity, Tonsil (1956), Kabuliwala (1957), which was his first significant Bengali film, based on a story by Rabindranath Tagore, with music by Ravi Shankar, Lauha Kapat (1958), based on a story by Jorasandho, Kala Mati (1958), Khaniker Atithi (1959), based on another story by Tagore, Kshudhita Pashan/ Angry Stones (1960), based on another Tagore story, a film of morbid introspection intersecting both Kafka and Freud (a young man roams the rooms of a ruined and haunted palace in search of his own past and his own identity), Jhinder Bandi (1961), based on a story by Saradindu Bandyopadhyay and on Anthony Hope's novel "The Prisoner of Zenda", Hansuli Banker Upakatha (1962), based on a story by Tara Shankar Banerji, Nirjan Saikate (1963), based on a story by Kalkut (aka Samaresh Basu), Jatugriha (1964), Aarohi (1964), based on a story by Banophool, Atithi (1965), Galpo Holeo Satti (1966), Hatey Bazarey (1967), based on a story by Banophool, Apanjan (1968), Sagina Mahto (1970), written by Gour Kishore Ghosh, Ekhoni (1971), Zindagi Zindagi (1972) in Hindi, Aandhar Periye (1973), Sagina (1974, Hindi), Raja (1975), Harmonium (1976), Ek Je Chhilo Desh (1977), based on a story by Mani Shankar Mukherjee (aka Sankar), Safed Haathi/ White Elephant (1977) in Hindi, Sabuj Dwiper Raja (1979), based on a story by Sunil Ganguly, Banchharamer Bagan (1980), Adalat o Ekti Meye (1982), Aadmi Aur Aurat (1982), based on a story by Prafulla Roy, Manush (1983), Didi (1984), Baidurya Rahasya (1985), Atanka (1986), Aaj Ka Robin Hood (1988), Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990), based on Ramapada Choudhury's story "Abhimanyu," Antardhan (1992), Wheelchair (1994), Daughters of This Century (1999), which consists of five stories of women (played by five different actresses), each one based on a story written by a different writer (Rabindranath Tagore's "Jibito o Mrito", Sarat Chandra Chaterji, Gour Kishore Ghosh, Prafulla Sen and Dibyendu Palit). Aajab Gayer Aajab Katha (1998), based on a story by Shirsendu Mukhopadhay, Anokha Moti (2000), many of which were awarded international prizes.

The best ones are probably Kabuliwala (1957), Kshudhita Pashan (1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961) and Galpa Holeo Satyi (1966).

He died in 2009.