1909 - 1966
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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Among film directors, Bimal Roy ranks 1,464 out of 1,581. Before 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.
1911 - 2008
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 1,458
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.02
Rank: 1,459
1977 - 2014
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 1,460
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 1,461
1949 - Present
HPI: 39.97
Rank: 1,462
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 1,463
1909 - 1966
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 1,464
1950 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 1,465
1967 - Present
HPI: 39.88
Rank: 1,466
1946 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 1,467
1966 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 1,468
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 1,469
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 1,470
Among people born in 1909, Bimal Roy ranks 339. Before 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 204. Before 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.
1909 - 1964
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 333
1909 - 1994
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 334
1909 - 1933
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 335
1909 - 1986
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 336
1909 - 1997
HPI: 40.34
Rank: 337
1909 - 1993
HPI: 40.07
Rank: 338
1909 - 1966
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 339
1909 - 1988
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 340
1909 - 1979
HPI: 39.69
Rank: 341
1909 - 1998
HPI: 39.61
Rank: 342
1909 - 1998
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 343
1909 - 1953
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 344
1909 - 1997
HPI: 38.80
Rank: 345
1897 - 1966
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 198
1882 - 1966
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 199
1883 - 1966
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 200
1901 - 1966
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 201
1885 - 1966
HPI: 40.54
Rank: 202
1893 - 1966
HPI: 40.33
Rank: 203
1909 - 1966
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 204
1879 - 1966
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 205
1881 - 1966
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 206
1906 - 1966
HPI: 39.09
Rank: 207
1919 - 1966
HPI: 38.41
Rank: 208
1899 - 1966
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 209
1920 - 1966
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 210
Among people born in Bangladesh, Bimal Roy ranks 47 out of 57. Before 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).
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 41
1909 - 1963
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 42
1929 - 1993
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 43
1921 - 1999
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 44
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 45
1930 - 1972
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 46
1909 - 1966
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 48
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 49
1924 - 2016
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 50
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.79
Rank: 51
1972 - 2015
HPI: 31.93
Rank: 52
1973 - Present
HPI: 31.90
Rank: 53
Among film directors born in Bangladesh, Bimal Roy ranks 3. Before him are Ritwik Ghatak (1925) and Mrinal Sen (1923).
1925 - 1976
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 1
1923 - 2018
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 2
1909 - 1966
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 3