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Ramananda Sengupta<br />
8 May 1916 – 23 August <strong>2017</strong><br />
Ramananda Sen Gupta was an Indian cinematographer. He was born in Dhaka in 1916<br />
and became a centenarian in 2016. Sengupta stood behind the lens in more than 70<br />
films. His work in cinematography began in 1938 when he joined as an apprentice at the<br />
Aurora Film Corporation in Kolkata. He worked with G. K. Mehta, as first assistant on the<br />
1941 film Kurukshetra. Sengupta’s first independent work was Purbaraag directed by<br />
Ardhendu Mukherjee.<br />
Nagarik<br />
1952 | Bengali | 127min | B&W<br />
Director Ritwik Ghatak<br />
Producer (Film Guild) Pramode Sengupta, Bhupati Nandi,<br />
Ritwik Ghatak<br />
Screenplay Ritwik Ghatak<br />
Cinematographer Ramananda Sengupta<br />
Editor Ramesh Joshi<br />
Cast Ajit Banerjee, Kali Bannerjee, Gangapada Basu,<br />
Satindra Bhattacharya<br />
Ramu lives in a lower-middle-class<br />
neighbourhood with his family. Ramu’s sister, is<br />
dressed up and paraded in front of prospective<br />
in-laws who humiliatingly examine her. The<br />
light of Ramu’s life is his girlfriend Uma, who<br />
lives in an equally precarious situation.<br />
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