Directing
Naresh Mitra
- Born
- May 18, 1888 · Aged 80
- Died
- Sep 25, 1968
- Place of birth
- Agartala, Tripura, British India
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 12
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 9
Also known as (1)
- নরেশ মিত্র
Biography
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…
