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Tarun Bose

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Tarun Bose
Born(1928-09-28)28 September 1928
Calcutta, India
Died8 March 1972(1972-03-08) (aged 43)
Kolkata, India
Years active1957–1972

Tarun Bose (14 September 1928 – 8 March 1972) was an Indian actor, active in Bollywood during the 1960s and 1970s.

Early life and education

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Bose was born in Kolkata, though he grew up in Nagpur, where he studied at St. Francis High School. Early in his teen he started performing a local plays and at age 15 he auditioned for the newly opened All India Radio, Nagpur, where he went on to work in radio plays.[1]

Career

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After completing his education, he started working with the Post and Telegraph Department, so that he could pursue acting on the side, without any family pressure.[1]

Bose made his film debut in 1957 in the Asit Sen film, Apradhi Kaun? (1957), which also starred Mala Sinha and Abhi Bhattacharya. His acting in Bimal Roy's Sujata (1959) was appreciated, where he was cast with Nutan, Sunil Dutt and Sulochana.[2]

Bose was noted for his intense performances in movies such as Gumnaam, Bandini (1963), Anupama (1966), Devar, Mujhe Jeene Do (1963), Aan Milo Sajna and several other movies in the sixties and early seventies. He has worked with eminent actors such as Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Manoj Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Balraj Sahni and Amitabh Bachchan among others. From the directors, he has worked with Bimal Roy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Satyen Bose, Asit Sen, Dulal Guha and others.

He starred in at least 41 films between 1957 and 1972 and gained a reputation for playing middle class professional figures, particularly doctors and occasionally judges or lawyers. He died on 8 March 1972.[3]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1957 Apradhi Kaun? (1957 film) Doctor
1958 Madhumati Doctor (Deven's Colleague)
1960 Sujata Upendranath Chowdhury
1960 Usne Kaha Tha Hawaldar Ram Singh
1961 Shama Dilawar
1961 Kabuliwala Doctor
1961 Bhaiyya Parmanand
1961 Kanch Ki Gudiya Raju's Father
1962 Maa Beta Ganga Sahay
1962 Umeed Shukla
1963 Bandini Mahesh Chandra
1963 Meri Surat Teri Ankhen Dr. Mathur
1963 Mujhe Jeene Do Superintendent of Police
1963 Begaana
1964 Benazir Shauket
1964 Kohra Ramesh
1965 Chand Aur Suraj Barrister Mohan
1965 Gumnaam Madhusudan Sharma
1965 Oonche Log Mohan Prabhu
1965 Akashdeep
1965 Faraar Shyam Sunder
1965 Bhaiyaa
1966 Anupama Mohan Sharma
1966 Devar Advocate Gopinath
1966 Love in Tokyo Doctor P.C. Roy
1966 Toofan Men Pyar Kahan Rai Mohan
1966 Pyar Mohabbat
1967 Chhoti Si Mulaqat Shanker Choudhury
1967 Jaal Sheila's servant (with fake mask)
1968 Anokhi Raat Madanlal
1969 Oos Raat Ke Baad Lakhan Pal
1969 Jyoti Engineer
1969 Dharti Kahe Pukarke 'Mahendra Babu'Rekha's father
1969 Insaaf Ka Mandir Badri Prasad
1969 Satyakam Mr. Ladia
1970 Aan Milo Sajna Judge
1970 Ganwaar Raja Ram Pratap Rai
1970 Gunah Aur Kanoon Mr. Bose
1970 Maharaja Kalicharan
1971 Purani Pehchan Sandhya's father
1971 Chhoti Bahu Shriram
1971 Memsaab Inspector Dixit
1971 Memsaab Inspector Dixit
1971 Bikhare Moti Jeevan
1971 Parde Ke Peechey Gardener
1971 Hum Tum Aur Woh Shyam Lal
1972 Aankhon Aankhon Mein Kulwant Rai
1972 Ek Nazar Raghunath Tyagi
1972 Annadata Ratna's Father
1972 Anokha Daan
1972 Ek Khilari Bawan Pattey Shekhar's Father
1973 Jyot Jale Amarnath
1973 Mehmaan Tarun
1974 Jeevan Sangram Commander
1974 Vachan Saxena
1976 Do Ladkiyan Rai Bahadue Raghunath Khanna (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tarun Bose Biography". memsaabstory.com. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ^ Khageśa Debabarmana (2013). S.D. Burman: The World of His Music. Rupa Publications India. pp. 1959–. ISBN 978-81-291-2063-2. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Tarun Bose (Part 5): Favourite directors". memsaabstory.com. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
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