Chhabi Biswas
Birthday: 1900-07-12
Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Biography: Chhabi Biswas (Bengali: ছবি বিশ্বাস Chabi Biśbās) (12 July 1900 – 11 June 1962) was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalshaghar (The Music Room, 1958), Devi, (The Goddess, 1960) and Kanchenjungha (1962). He is best remembered for his numerous roles as the quintessential aristocratic patriarch, and was himself the scion of a rich and cultured North Kolkata family. He was born on 12 July 1900. His father, Bhupatinath Biswas, was well known for his charitable works. His first name was Sachindranath, but his mother nicknamed her handsome son Chhabi (a beautiful picture!) and the name stuck throughout his life and career. His portrayal of the formidable father figure, though often typecast, yet was powerful and convincing enough to earn both popular and critical accolades. That portrayal was culturally significant, too as in the British Raj, enlightened Bengali used to combined both the hoary tradition and the Anglicised urbanity.
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The Music Room
An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices h...
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Dikshul
Dikshul is a 1943 Bengali film produced by New Theatres Ltd. Directed by Premankur Atorthy, the film...
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Gali Theke Rajpath
Raja was a professional thief who went to jail for a crime. His very close assistant Bhola waited fo...
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Ratrir Tapasya
Bhupen is an excellent student who works as a private tutor to support his education and family. He ...
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Bhangagara
Eldest brother brings up the orphaned brother single handed along with his (later) second wife's chi...
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Manik
Manik is mentally and physically abused by the manager of the orphanage he lives in. However, when h...
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Sakher Chor
Indra catches a thief Kaanta in the night and tricks him into believing he's a famous thief himself ...
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Mriter Marte Agaman
Biswanath or Bishu a young warm-hearted man, made a "Mukti Fauj" in Hell against Jamraj. He also pla...
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Antariksha
This is a story about a landlord in a local rural Bengal. He is very stubborn, egoist, commanding pe...
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The Dawn
Deeply influenced by leftist ideology, this film dealt with social and political themes: A poor vill...
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Kanchenjungha
Played out in real time, several complex family dramas intersect in the landscape of the Himalayan f...
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Maya Mriga
A woman feels that her worst fears may come true when she receives a letter from her sister after 22...
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Two Generations
One of the early films of Chhabi Biswas featuring him as a leading man, before he came to be associa...
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Indrani
Indrani Mukherjee the only daughter of a staunch brahmin in a village studies at Kolkata and stays i...
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Jog Biyog
The story revolves around the last life crisis of Jamini Mohan and his wife. After his retirement, J...
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Baksiddha
The story is a simple tale of a great soul Sarbananda based on a simple village. Shambhu is a small ...
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Kabuliwala
Rahmat, a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and b...
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Devi
A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation...
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Prashna
With his hard-work and patience, a virtuous boy overcomes the harshness of the world....
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The Hungry Stones
A tax collector posted to a small town puts up at a mansion feared by the locals because it is haunt...
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Iron Door
Based on a story of the Bengali writer Jorasandho, this film takes a sympathetic view of hardened cr...
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Suno Baranari
Himangshu is a villageman who apart from practicing homeopathy helps the local people with their odd...
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Haath Badhalei Bandhu
Running away from an early marriage Suresh elopes with his coy girlfriend Niru and stays away from h...
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Kar Pape
A womanizer (Asit Baran) conceals his syphilis and prepares to marry for the second time. Will his f...
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Sadanander Mela
Sadananda, a wanderer, brings about a positive change in the lives of everyone around him when he st...
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Hrad
Uttam Kumar is in a mental asylum where he has forgotten slices of his life and behaves in a way tha...
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Lakh Taka
The movie tells the story of Fakkaram, a.k.a. Fakka, and his love, along with his family and his gre...
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Upahar
Krishna, the daughter of a penny-pincher, falls for their tenant, Sunil. However, when Sunil leaves ...
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Jamalaye Jibanta Manush
A living human being's funny adventure in hell. The film focuses on the Hindi mythology of the God o...
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Dada Thakur
The film is based closely on the life of the real-life Dada Thakur, and was made in his lifetime. Da...
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Ora Thakey Odharey
In post-partition Bengal, a clash of cultures between neighbors ignites a turbulent yet tender tale ...
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Surya Sikha
Dipto Roy (Uttam Kumar) returns to India after completion of his F.R.C.S. in London. He begins work ...
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Chheley Kaar
Jogin, a poor school teacher, had brought up an orphan Tomato as his nephew. But now suffering from ...
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Mahakabi Kalidas
A naive Sanskrit poet, shunned for falling in love with a low-caste Indian woman, faces challenges a...
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Sanjher Pradip
A 1955 Bengali Drama Film directed by Sudhangshu Mukhopadhyay & written by Prabhabati Devi Saraswati...
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Putrabadhu
The Mukherjee family's daughter, Maya, is engaged to Nanda but notices his growing attraction to Shu...
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Shubha Bibaha
When a bride vanishes on her wedding day, a web of secrets and forbidden love is exposed. Caught in ...
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Surer Parashe
A 1957 Bengali Romantic Drama Film directed by Chitta Bose, featuring Uttam Kumar & Mala Sinha in le...
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Baradidi
Suren, the son of a zamindar of Bangladesh, lives his life in his own way. He takes up the private t...
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Sonar Harin
Jayanta Chowdhury, a ground engineer, is gravely injured and is received by his fiancé, Kuntala who ...
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Agni Sanskar
Rajat and Dhiren are at odds with each other when the board decides to replace the latter with the f...
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The Philosopher's Stone
An underpaid middle-aged clerk finds a stone that changes iron to gold on touch. Preserved by the A...
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Headmaster
The school of a remote and poor village shut down, the head master Krishna Prasanna (Chhabi) migrate...
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Vidyasagar
This movie is based on the life of a famous Bengali philosopher, academic educator, writer, translat...
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Saugandh
A father worries for his younger son and asks his elder son to promise that he will do everthing in ...
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Prithibi Amare Chay
A 1957 Indian film about an aspiring singer and the son of a reputed businessman. His stepmother acc...
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Bicharak
The plot revolves around a series of flashbacks that reveal a judge's past and hidden secrets. Gyane...
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Nirdharita Shilpir Anupasthitite
Nirdharita Shilpir Anupasthitite revolves around a father and daughter, who get separated and unite ...
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Khelaghar
The story starts with the scene where Goutam Chatterjee is escaping from jail. Goutam is a freedom f...
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Chaowa Pawa
Rajat, a young man, meets Manju, a rich girl whose father is looking for her. Though Rajat initially...
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Garmil
Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a tradi...
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Abhoyer Biye
When Abhoy gets engaged to Sabitri she starts to ridicule him as he is old fashioned and socially aw...
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Sabar Uparey
Shankar was a young lawyer in pursuit of making it big in the professional world. However, his world...
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Saheb Bibi Golam
The film explores the tragic fall of feudalism in Bengal during the British Raj. The title of the mo...
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Adarsha Hindu Hotel
Hajari Thakur, a middle-aged Bengali Brahmin cook, faces humiliation and exploitation at his job whi...
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Saptapadi
During WWII an army doctor is brought a drunken Anglo-Indian woman, whom he'd once loved, for treatm...
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Kancher Swarga
A story about a young man, who had to quit his studies as a doctor due to difficult circumstances, c...
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Chupi Chupi Aashey
A woman is murdered and a hand bill of a resort run by a young couple is found. Is the murderer head...
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Bipasha
Bipasha and Dibyendu are in love, and the two decide to marry. However, on their wedding night upon ...
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Shesh Paryanta
The gloomy life of a young boy gets filled with joy when a new family moves into his neighbourhood. ...
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Atal Jaler Ahwan
Shreemonto, who raises his son Jayanta alone, finds solace in his friend Anuradha, but she soon leav...
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Raja-Saja
Trouble ensues when an eccentric but simple-minded villager discovers he is the only living heir of ...
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Hospital
Sarbari and Saibal are both successful doctors and in love. However, Saibal comes from an affluent f...
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Chhabi
An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues t...
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Bratacharini
Jyotirmoy rejects Sita and marries Anuva without his grandfather's approval. As a result, he gets de...
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Chokher Bali
This movie revolves around an extramarital affair between a young, hot widow, Binodini, and Mahendra...
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Samadhan
A working-class leader confronts a villainous factory owner, falls in love with the boss's daughter ...
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Sashibabur Sansar
Sashibhushan who is the orthodox patriarch, has a tough time dealing with the youngsters who want to...
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Pratikar
Sri Beniprasad, owner of "Model Drugs," discovers his workers’ grievances when he finds a bulletin c...
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Jar Jetha Ghar
A 1949 Indian Bengali Drama Film directed by Chhabi Biswas. This film was Chhabi Biswas's second and...
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Dainee
The story revolves around Nayantara, a woman who is perceived as a witch by the villagers. As the na...
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The Flame
The young daughter of a struggling family is forced to get a job when her father is killed in an aut...
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