Nirendranath Lahiri

Directing

Nirendranath Lahiri

Born — Died

1908-07-17 — 1972-12-02

Place of birth

Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Known for

Directing

Credits

19 titles

Nirendranath Lahiri (17 July 1908 – 2 December 1972) was a Bengali and Hindi film director. He received the 9th Annual BFJA Awards in 1946 and the 2nd National Film Awards in 1955. Lahiri was born in Kolkata, British India in 1908. His father's name was Jitendra Nath Lahiri. Initially, he started his career as an actor in Pramathesh Barua’s studio. He worked with Mr. Barua at New Theatres. He acted in Abhinav in 1940 directed by Debaki Bose. Lahiri was the music director of Ashiana, Tarubala, and Annapurnar Mandir in 1936. In 1940 he made his directional debut in the film Byabodhan. He became popular after directing Bhabhi Kaal in 1945. He directed about 27 films including Bengali and Hindi …

Known for

Behind the camera

Anban poster
NR

An ego clash between two friends, Madhav Pandit and Pande, over cultural differences shatters their families' happiness, leading to broken engagements, forced marriages, and a daughter's disappearance, all designed to teach Pandit a crucial lesson.

Anban

1944

Ban Phool poster
9.0

Haria, an elephant driver, loves gypsy girl Gulabi, but faces rivalry from Ajay, the tea estate owner's son. After Ajay kills Haria's elephant, Raja, Haria seeks revenge, intertwining with a family secret and inheritance dispute.

Ban Phool

1945

Rajdrohi poster
7.0

The 1966 Indian Bengali film.

Rajdrohi

1966

No artwork available
9.0

The 1946 Indian film.

Arabian Nights

1946

Chhabi poster
7.0

An artist leaves everything behind to go in search of fame and recognition, but the past continues to haunt him.

Chhabi

1959

Prithibi Amare Chay poster
9.5

Tapas, an aspiring singer, and Mina, a troubled woman, meet by chance and decide to give life a chance together. As Tapas and Mina face struggles in their jobs, accusations of infidelity threaten their livelihoods, but they remain determined to overcome obstacles and find happiness.

Prithibi Amare Chay

1957

Indrani poster
9.0

Indrani falls in love with Sudarshan, an unemployed man. Soon they face the hardships of life and drift apart.

Indrani

1958

Chasing a Bounty poster
8.0

The movie tells the story of Fakkaram, a.k.a. Fakka, and his love, along with his family and his greedy relatives, who are in search of a valuable amount of money left by a millionaire.

Chasing a Bounty

1953

Kalyani poster
7.0

A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.

Kalyani

1954

Kalyani poster
7.0

A 1954 Bengali Drama Film directed by Nirendranath Lahiri.

Kalyani

1954

Sadharan Meye poster
7.0

A run-of-the-mill girl.

Sadharan Meye

1948

Sadharan Meye poster
7.0

A run-of-the-mill girl.

Sadharan Meye

1948

Shankar Narayan Bank poster
7.0

A 1956 LOST Indian Bengali film starring Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.

Shankar Narayan Bank

1956

Garmil poster
9.0

Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.

Garmil

1942

Garmil poster
9.0

Niren Lahiri directs this social-minded melodrama about the complicated relationship between a traditional Hindu family headed by Madhab Thakur (Choudhury) and their progressive next-door neighbor Mukherjee (Chhabi Biswas). Thakur's daughter, Malati (Sheila Haldar), and Mukherjee's son, Robi (Robin Majumdar), run a school teaching traditional Hindu values which they hope will become a countrywide franchise. Their planned nuptials are impeded when Malati's older sister is forced to marry a Brahmin against her will, resulting in a full-scale revolt in both households. Eventually, the rift is settled, the hero and heroine marry, and a sort of Hindu-laden modernity reigns in the two families.

Garmil

1942

Mahakabi Kalidas poster
10.0

A naive Sanskrit poet, shunned for falling in love with a low-caste Indian woman, faces challenges after entering into a competition with a princess.

Mahakabi Kalidas

1942

Niruddesh poster
8.0

A 1949 Bengali Drama Film directed by Niren Lahiri.

Niruddesh

1949

Niruddesh poster
8.0

A 1949 Bengali Drama Film directed by Niren Lahiri.

Niruddesh

1949

Jadubhatta poster
9.0

1954 Bengali film directed by Nihen Lahiri

Jadubhatta

1954