PREMANKUR ATORTHI

Premankur Atorthy: (1 January 1890 – 13 October 1964) was a novelist, journalist, and film director, born in Faridpur. His father, Mahesh Chandra Atorthy, was a propagator and writer of the brahma samaj. Premankur's initial schooling started at Brahmo School, Kolkata. He then studied variously at Duff School, Keshab Academy, City School and Brahma Boys Boarding and Day School
Premankur was imaginative and fond of adventure from boyhood. Failing to do well in his studies, he ran away to Bombay. At Bombay he learnt to play the sitar under Ustad Karamatullah. Returning to Kolkata, he started working at a sports goods shop in Chowringee. Subsequently, he worked for the Baikali, Yadughar, Hindustan, bharatvarsha, Sangkalpa, Nachghar and bharati. He also edited the Betarjagat, the Bangla magazine of All-India Radio.
Premankur entered the cinema world with a role in the Bangla film Punarjanma. He also directed movies, first for a film studio in Lahore and then for the New Theatres Ltd, Kolkata. Among the movies which he directed are Dena Paona Kapalkundala, Dikshul, Bharat Ki Beti, Sudhar Prem, Ihudi Ki Ladki.
Premankur was also a novelist. Among his novels are Anarkali (1925), Bajikar (1929), Chasar Meye (1924), Takht Taus, Mahasthabir Jatak (3 vols, 1944–54).




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