Premankur Atorthy (1 January 1890 – 13 October 1964) was a novelist, journalist, and film director, born in Faridpur

Faridpur District

Faridpur is a district in central Bangladesh. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Faridpur District has a population of over 1.7 million people and is situated on the banks of the Padma river . It is bordered by Madaripur, Narail, Rajbari, Magura, Shariatpur, Gopalgonj, Dhaka and Manikganj...

. 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

Kapalkundala

Kapalkundala is a Bengali romance novel by Indian writer Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay. Published in 1866, it is a story of a forest-dwelling girl named Kapalkundala, who fell in love and got married to Nabakumar, a young gentleman from Saptagram, but eventually found that she is unable to adjust...

, 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).

Director

Year	Film Name	Director	Genre	Role
1927	Punarjanma	Jayagopal Pillai		Actor
1931	Chasher Meye	Prafulla Roy		Actor
1931	Dena Paona	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1932	Chirakumar Sabha	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1932	Subha Ka Sitara	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1932	Punarjanma	Premankur Atorthy		Actor.Director
1932	Zinda Laash	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1932	Mohabbat Ke Aansu	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1933	Kapal Kundala	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1933	Yahudi Ki Ladki	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1935	Bharat Ke Beti	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1935	Karwan-E-Hayat	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1935	Bhikharan	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1936	Sarala	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1936	Hind Mahila	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1937	Dhanwan	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1938	Dulhan	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1940	Kalyani	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1941	Abatar	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1943	Dikshul	Premankur Atorthy		Director
1950	Sudhar Prem	Premankur Atorthy		Director.

Writer

1. Sarala (1936) (writer) 2. Bhikharan (1935) (writer) ... aka Song of Life (India: English title) ... aka The Song of Life

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