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STYLE

Bimal Roy entered the field of cinema as a camera assistant. During this time, he assisted director P.C. Barua on the hit 1935 movie Devdas, starring K.L. Saigal . In the 1940s and 1950s Roy was part of the parallel cinema movement in post-war India. He was famous for his romantic-realist melodramas that took on important social issues while still being entertaining. He was a filmmaker of great and in-depth understanding of human strengths and weaknesses.


MUSIC

As far as the music for his films was concerned, Roy usually alternated between music directors Salil Chowdhury and S.D. Burman . His films featured beautiful and memorable songs, rendered by all the top playback singers of the day. Some of the notable songs from Roy's films include:
  • ''Chali Radhe Rani'' from Parineeta (1953), sung by Manna Dey

  • ''Aa Ri Aa Nindiya'' from Do Bigha Zameen (1953), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

  • ''Ab Aage Teri Marzi'' from Devdas (1955), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

  • ''Suhana Safar Aur Yeh Mausam Haseen'' from Madhumati (1958), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Mukesh

  • ''Aaja Re Pardesi'' from Madhumati, music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

  • ''O Sajana Barkha Bahaar'' from Parakh (1960), music by Salil Chowdhury, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

  • ''Mora Gora Ang Lai Le'' from Bandini (1963), music by S.D. Burman, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

  • ''O Jaanewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana'' from Bandini, music by S.D. Burman, sung by Mukesh



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