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FILM DIRECTOR

Bimal Roy

1909 - 1966

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Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 7 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as Do Bigha Zamin, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Devdas, Madhumati, Sujata, Parakh and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema. Inspired by Italian neo-realistic cinema, he made Do Bigha Zamin after watching Vittorio De Sica's Bicycle Thieves (1948). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bimal Roy has received more than 767,386 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Bimal Roy is the 1,464th most popular film director (down from 1,263rd in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 37th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Bangladeshi Film Director.

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  • 770k

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  • 39.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Bimal Roy ranks 1,464 out of 1,581Before him are Joseph Pevney, McG, Malik Bendjelloul, Brad Anderson, Montxo Armendáriz, and Tate Taylor. After him are Deepa Mehta, Olivier Dahan, Martha Coolidge, Tatsuya Ishihara, Yeşim Ustaoğlu, and Radu Jude.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Bimal Roy ranks 339Before him are Frank Albertson, Ivan Fuqua, George Saling, Howard Da Silva, Robert Serber, and Ruby Keeler. After him are Raúl Landini, John Wright, Sam Balter, Eleanor Garatti, Alan Curtis, and Norris Bradbury. Among people deceased in 1966, Bimal Roy ranks 204Before him are Tom Florie, Ethel Clayton, Francis X. Bushman, Carmelita Geraghty, Knut Torell, and Sydney Camm. After him are Lucy Burns, Gösta Åsbrink, Katsuo Takaishi, Walt Hansgen, Gertrude Berg, and Don Branson.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Bimal Roy ranks 47 out of 57Before him are Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Utpal Dutt (1929), Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921), Vilayat Khan (1928), and Geeta Dutt (1930). After him are Irene Khan (1956), Runa Laila (1952), A. B. Bardhan (1924), Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (1966), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Bangladesh

Among film directors born in Bangladesh, Bimal Roy ranks 3Before him are Ritwik Ghatak (1925) and Mrinal Sen (1923).

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