Name Biren Nag | Died 1964 | |
Born 1922 Mymensingh, India Awards Filmfare Award for Best Production Design Nominations Filmfare Award for Best Director Movies Bees Saal Baad, Kohraa, Tere Ghar Ke Samne, Nau Do Gyarah Similar People Manmohan Krishna, Lalita Pawar, Asit Sen, Madan Puri, Hemant Kumar | ||
Yeh nayan dare dare - Kohra
Biren Nag (1922-1964) was an acclaimed Indian film director and art director in Hindi cinema. Prior to taking up direction himself, he served as Art Director for four of the most beautiful films shot in Mumbai in the late 1950s and early 1960s:Pyaasa (1957) Kala Pani (1958) Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960); and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962). He won a 1960 Filmfare Award for Best Art Direction for his work on Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960).
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- Yeh nayan dare dare Kohra
- Bees Saal Baad 1962 153365 Bollywood Centenary Celebrations
- Filmography
- References
In 1962 he directed his first film, Bees Saal Baad a noirish ghost story also starring Waheeda Rehman and Biswajeet, which garnered him a Filmfare Best Director Award nomination in 1963. The film was the top grosser at the box office in 1962, a super hit doing gross business worth Rs. 3, 00, 00,000 and net business worth Rs. 1, 50, 00,000. He also directed Kohraa in 1964, repeating the lead pair of his debut. However, heut died soon after the film was released.
Bees Saal Baad 1962, 153/365 Bollywood Centenary Celebrations
Filmography
(Both the films were produced by Hemanta Mukherjee. He was also the music director and the lead playback singer in both of them)