Pahari Sanyal

Pahari Sanyal
Sanyal in Jaagte Raho (1956)
Born	Nagendranath Sanyal (1906-02-22)22 February 1906 Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	10 February 1974(1974-02-10) (aged 67) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Bhatkhande Music Institute
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1933–1974 (till death)
Spouse	Meera Devi
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Pahari Sanyal (22 February 1906 – 10 February 1974) was an Indian actor and singer who is known for his work in Bengali cinema.

Sanyal acted in many Bengali films, such as Harano Sur, Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant, and Shilpi. Besides being a supporting character actor, Sanyal has also played lead roles in his portrayal of Bengali reformer Vidyasagar and the poet, playwright and actor Girishchandra Ghosh in "Mahakabi Girishchandra". He played the small role of an ornithologist in Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha and later a character role in "Aranyaer Din Ratri". He has also acted in some Hindi films like the Raj Kapoor vehicle Jagte Raho, the dual version of "Aradhana" directed by Sakti Samanta and English films such as the Merchant Ivory Productions venture The Householder.

Pahari Sanyal in Devdas (Hindi version) (1935)

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Language
1933	Yahudi Ki Ladki		Hindi/Urdu
1933	Rajrani Meera		Hindi
1933	Meerabai
1934	Chandidas	Baiju	Bengali
1934	Daku Mansoor		Hindi/Urdu
1934	Mohabbat Ki Kasauti		Hindi
1934	Rooplekha		Bengali
1935	Dhoop Chhaon	Dipak	Hindi
1936	Karodpati		Hindi
1936	Bijaya		Bengali
1936	Manzil	Mahim	Hindi
1936	Pujarin		Hindi
1937	Vidyapati	Vidyapati	Bengali
1938	Abhagin
1939	Adhikar	Ratan	Hindi/Bengali
1939	Rajat Jayanti	Bishu	Bengali
1939	Bari Didi	Surendra	Hindi
1939	Bardidi	Suren	Bengali
1939	Sapurey	Hindi
1939	Sapera		Bengali
1940	Har-Jeet
1940	Abhinetri		Bengali
1940	Zindagi		Hindi
1941	Pratishruti	Kumar	Bengali
1942	Saugandh	Kumar	Hindi
1945	Ramayani		Hindi
1946	Milan	Akshay	Hindi
1947	Naukadubi		Bengali
1947	Shravan Kumar	Shravan
1948	Priyatama		Bengali
1949	Ultorath		Bengali
1950	Maryada		Bengali
1950	Panchayet
1950	Vidyasagar	Vidyasagar	Bengali
1951	Ratnadeep		Bengali
1952	Basu Paribaar	Father	Bengali
1952	Bindur Chheley		Bengali
1953	Ratna Deepam		Tamil
1953	Bou Thakuranir Haat
1954	Griha Prabesh
1954	Sadanander Mela	Dhakkhinaranjan Chowdhury	Bengali
1955	Sabar Upare	Rita's brother, a journalist	Bengali
1955	Shap Mochan		Bengali
1955	Paresh		Bengali
1956	Shilpi		Bengali
1956	Jagte Raho	Shashan, Meenu's husband	Hindi
1956	Ek Din Raatre		Bengali
1956	Ekti Raat	Digbijoy	Bengali
1956	Chalachal	Doctor	Bengali
1956	Mahakabi Girishchandra		Bengali
1957	Harano Sur	Roma's father	Bengali
1957	Jiban Trishna	Dr. Shamonto	Bengali
1957	Prithibi Amare Chaye	Bengali
1957	Dakharkara
1959	Deep Jele Jai		Bengali
1959	Sasibabur Sansar		Bengali
1960	Haath Baraley Bandhu		Bengali
1961	Manik		Bengali
1962	Kanchenjungha	Jagadish	Bengali
1962	Agnishikha		Bengali
1962	Kancher Swargo		Bengali
1962	Bipasha		Bengali
1962	Jaya		Bengali
1963	Deya Neya	Sucharita's Uncle	Bengali
1963	Shesh Anka	Sir Haraprasad	Bengali
1963	Uttarayan	Mr. Sen, Arati's father	Bengali
1965	Tapasi		Bengali
1965	Alor Pipasa	Doctor	Bengali
1966	Notun Jiban	Aruna & Nirmal's Father	Bengali
1967	Nayika Sangbad	Lahiri da	Bengali
1967	Grihadaha		Bengali
1967	Nai Roshni	Judge Kailash Nath	Hindi
1968	Saathi	Kaku	Hindi
1969	Sabarmati	Mahadeb Shankar's uncle
1969	Aradhana	Gopal Tripathi	Hindi
1970	Aranyer Din Ratri	Sadashiv Tripathi	Bengali
1970	Rajkumari	Manju's maternal uncle	Hindi
1971	Bhanu Goenda Jahar Assistant		Bengali
1971	Shesh Parba		Bengali
1974	Rodan Bhara Basanta		Bengali

External links

• Pahari Sanyal at IMDb