Naresh Mitra

Directing·May 18, 1888·Agartala, Tripura, British India

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Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter. Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law at the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 in Minerva Theatre. In 1923, Mitra joined Star Theatre in Kolkata and starred in several plays, mostly in the role of anti-hero. He worked and acted in several films for the Taj Mahal Company, East India Film, and Kali Films. Mitra directed Devdas in a silent version produced by Eastern Film Syndicate in 1928. This is the first film adaptation of Devdas, the novel of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. He was also associated with the Bengali folk Jatra.

Film	Credit
Kshudha1960 · Actor	Actor
Annapurnar Mandir1954 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Bou Thakuranir Haat1953 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Pandit Mashai1951 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Niyoti1951 · Actor, Director, Screenplay	Actor, Director, Screenplay
Kankal1950 · Professor, Director, Writer	Professor, Director, Writer
Bekar Nashan1938 · Mr Bose	Mr Bose
Gora1938 · Panu Babu AKA Haren, Director, Screenplay	Panu Babu AKA Haren, Director, Screenplay
Giribala1930 · Actor	Actor
Devdas1928 · Actor, Director, Writer	Actor, Director, Writer
Durgeshnandini1927 · Actor	Actor
Maanbhanjan1923 · Gopinath, Director	Gopinath, Director
Andhare Alo1922 · Anarkali, Director	Anarkali, Director