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'''Kamal Bose''' (1915–1995) was an [[India]]n cinematographer, who shot most of [[Bimal Roy]] classics, including ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]'' (1953), ''[[Do Bigha Zamin]]'' (1953), ''[[Bandini (film)|Bandini]]'' (1963), ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'' (1955) and ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'' (1960). He successful transitioned into the coloured film era, and shot ''[[Qurbani (1980 film)|Qurbani]]'' (1980), ''[[Janbaaz]]'' (1986) and ''[[Dayavan]]'' (1988).<br />
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During his career, he won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer]] record five times,<ref name=mal/> ''[[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]]'' (B&W, 1964), ''[[Anokhi Raat]]'' (B&W, 1970), ''[[Khamoshi (1970 film)|Khamoshi]]'' (B&W, 1971), ''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]'' (B&W, 1972), ''[[Dharmatma]]'' (1976).<br />
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==Career==<br />
Bose was an important part of auteur [[Bimal Roy]]'s team, starting with ''Anjangarh'' (1948), one of the last major films of the [[New Theatres]] in Kolkata,<ref name=cw/> however Kolkata based film industry was now on the decline, thus Roy shifted base to Bombay (now Mumbai) along with his team, which included [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], [[Nabendu Ghosh]], [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]], Bose and later [[Salil Chaudhury]], and by 1952 he has restarted the second phase of his career with ''Maa'' (1952) for [[Bombay Talkies]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Memories and melodies of a golden era |url=http://hindu.com/2001/04/13/stories/09130225.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215922/http://hindu.com/2001/04/13/stories/09130225.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 October 2013 |date=13 April 2001 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> Thereafter Bose collaborated with Roy in all his subsequent films, ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]'' (1953, The Fiancee), adaptation of [[Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] novel [[Parineeta (novel)|by the same name]], in same year came the [[Parallel Cinema|neo-realism]] classic, ''[[Do Bigha Zamin]]'' (1953), which not only won the [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]] but also became the first Indian film to win the [[1954 Cannes Film Festival#International Prize|International Prize]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3829/year/1954.html |title=Festival de Cannes: ''Do Bigha Zamin'' |access-date=2009-01-25 |work=festival-cannes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204192851/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3829/year/1954.html |archive-date=2012-02-04 }}</ref> Their association continued with ''Naukri'' (1954), ''Baap Beti'' (1954), ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'' (1955), ''Amaanat'' (1955), ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'' (1960), ''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]'' (1960) and ''[[Bandini (film)|Bandini]]'' (1963), which won Bose his first Filmfare Award was especially noted for his masterly use of black and white, to bring "texture and form in simplicity mixed with richness", especially in the way he captured the starkness and gloom of the prison environment, while depicting women at work.<ref>{{cite book |title=100 Bollywood films|author=Rachel Dwyer|publisher=Lotus Collection, Roli Books |year=2005|isbn=8174364331 |page=41 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bandini (1963) |url=http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/movies/article27375.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=1 October 2009 |access-date=28 April 2013 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Previously, his lighting in film, ''Devdas'' (1955) was also noted as it enhanced the emotional torment of the tight-lipped protagonist, played by Dilip Kumar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.co.in/entertai/2002/dec/09dinesh.htm|title=The perceptive camera of Bimal Roy|date=9 December 2002|publisher=rediff.com, Movies|author=Dinesh Raheja|access-date=28 April 2013|author-link=Dinesh Raheja}}</ref><br />
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Meanwhile, he also shot, ''[[Musafir (1957 film)|Musafir]]'' (1957, Traveller), directorial debut of Bimal Roy's editor and assistant [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]], the film is still remembered for its [[Panoramic images|panoramic shots]];<ref>{{cite news |title=BLAST FROM THE PAST: Musafir 1957 |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/04/25/stories/2009042550871100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204034030/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/04/25/stories/2009042550871100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 February 2014 |date=25 April 2009 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref> and ''[[Kabuliwala (1961 film)|Kabuliwala]]'' (1961) [[Hemen Gupta|Hemen Gupta's]] adaptation of [[Rabindranath Tagore]] story, [[Pashtun diaspora|by the same name]], starring [[Balraj Sahni]], and produced by Bimal Roy.<ref name=gu>[[#Gu|Gulzar, p. 252]]</ref><br />
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Roy died in 1966, thereafter Bose started working with [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]], and went on to receive critical acclaim for his B & W cinematography in ''Apradhi Kaun?'' (1957), his one-night tragedy, ''[[Anokhi Raat]]'' (1968, Strange Night) and the psychiatric ward tragedy, ''[[Khamoshi (1970 film)|Khamoshi]]'' (1969, Silence), starring [[Rajesh Khanna]] and [[Waheeda Rehman]], and ''[[Safar (1970 film)|Safar]]'' (1970, Journey) marked his transition in to colour films. The first two films, also won him his second and third Filmfare Awards. Though Bose continued to work with Sen for another decade, none of the films achieved the commercial success of those early films.<ref>{{cite news |title=Khamoshi 1969 |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/16/stories/2008081653140600.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090804050555/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/08/16/stories/2008081653140600.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 August 2009 |date=16 August 2008 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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His next important collaboration was with actor-director [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroze Khan]], which began with latter's debut the action-thriller ''[[Apradh]]'' (1972), thereafter he shot all of Khan's subsequent directorial ventures, including his next ''[[Dharmatma]]'' (1975)' Shot in [[Afghanistan]], the film was noted for its scenes featuring [[Buzkashi]], a Central Asian sport on horses, including the aerial shots, which in turn won him another Filmfare award.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dharmatma (1975) |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/dharmatma-1975/article4316386.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=17 January 2013 |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref> In the 1980s, he shot, the highly glamorous, ''[[Qurbani (1980 film)|Qurbani]]'' (1980),<ref name=gu/> ''[[Janbaaz]]'' (1986) and ''[[Dayavan]]'' (1988), his last film with Khan. In his late 70s, Bose did one more film ''Chauraha'' (1994).<ref name=cw>{{cite web |title=Kamal Bose|url=http://www.citwf.com/person455512.htm |publisher=Complete Index of World Film |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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He died on 9 October 1995, at the age of 80.<ref name=mal>{{cite news |title=Manorama Yearbook, Volume 30 |publisher=Manorama Publishing House |year=1995 |quote= Deaths: October: Kamal Bose, 80, ace cinematographer, winner of a record five Filmfare awards. |page=94|title-link= Manorama Yearbook}}</ref> His son, Palash Bose is a commercial photographer based in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |title=Palash Bose |url=http://betterphotography.in/2011/08/04/palash-bose/ |date=4 August 2011 |publisher=Better Photography |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''Anjangarh'' (1948)<br />
* ''Mantramugdha'' (1949)<br />
* ''[[Parineeta (1953 film)|Parineeta]]'' (1953) <br />
* ''Pardesi'' (1953) <ref>Directed by [[LV Prasad]], starring Anjali Devi and [[Sivaji Ganesan]].</ref><br />
* ''Naukri'' (1954)<br />
* ''Baap Beti'' (1954) <br />
* ''[[Do Bigha Zamin]]'' (1953)<br />
* ''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]'' (1955) <br />
* ''Amaanat'' (1955)<br />
* ''[[Musafir (1957 film)|Musafir]]'' (1957)<br />
* ''Apradhi Kaun?'' (1957)<br />
* ''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]'' (1960)<br />
* ''[[Parakh (1960 film)|Parakh]]'' (1960)<br />
* ''[[Kabuliwala (1961 film)|Kabuliwala]]'' (1961)<br />
* ''[[Bandini (film)|Bandini]]'' (1963)<br />
* ''Ezhu Rathrikal'' (1968, Malayalam)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ezhu Rathrikal 1968 |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/06/28/stories/2010062850790400.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629104848/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/06/28/stories/2010062850790400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2013 |date=28 Jun 2010 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 April 2013}}</ref><br />
* ''[[Anokhi Raat]]'' (1968)<br />
* ''[[Khamoshi (1970 film)|Khamoshi]]'' (1969)<br />
* ''[[Safar (1970 film)|Safar]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[My Love (1970 film)|My Love]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]'' (1970)<br />
* ''[[Apradh]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Annadata (1972 film)|Annadata]]'' (1972)<br />
* ''[[Dharmatma]]'' (1975)<br />
* ''[[Bairaag]]'' (1976)<br />
* ''[[Qurbani (1980 film)|Qurbani]]'' (1980)<br />
* ''Vakil Babu'' (1982)<br />
* ''[[Janbaaz]]'' (1986) <br />
* ''[[Dayavan]]'' (1988)<br />
* ''Chauraha'' (1994)<br />
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==Awards==<br />
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* [[Filmfare Award]]<br />
** [[Filmfare Award for Best Cinematographer|Best Cinematographer]]<ref name=mal/><ref>{{cite web |title=Best Cinematographer Award (B&W), Colour|url=http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_cinematographer.htm |publisher=Official Listing, [[Indiatimes]] |access-date=28 April 2013}}</ref><br />
*** 1964: ''[[Bandini (1963 film)|Bandini]]'' (B&W)<br />
*** 1970: ''[[Anokhi Raat]]'' (B&W)<br />
*** 1971: ''[[Khamoshi (1970 film)|Khamoshi]]'' (B&W)<br />
*** 1972: ''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]'' (B&W)<br />
*** 1976: ''[[Dharmatma]]''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema |author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar|author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=8179910660 |chapter=Major Cinematographers..|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT276&dq=kamal+bose+cinematographer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jqN8UdKjLYjtrQfAuICgBA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg|ref= Gu}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|0097878}}<br />
* [http://www.upperstall.com/people/kamal-bose Kamal Bose, Filmography] [[Upperstall]]<br />
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