| Lahiri, Tulsi (1897-1959) playwright
and actor, was born in a zamindar family of Naldanga in the district of
rangpur,
son of Surendranath Lahiri. After passing BA and BL, Tulsi Lahiri set
up as a lawyer in Rangpur and then Kolkata. Lahiri became fairly well
known when jamiruddin
khan recorded two of his songs. He then joined His Master's
Voice and Megaphone as music director. Lahiri gave up the practice of
law to act on stage and in films. He was also a film director.
Tulsi Lahiri entered movies during the era of silent films, but
was able to make the transition to the talkies successfully. He
acted in over fifty movies. He was also a playwright. His plays,
Duhkhir Iman (1947) and Chhendatar (1950), based
upon the great famine of Bengal and portraying the struggling
life of the people of rural Bengal, brought him considerable fame.
His other plays include Mayer Dabi (1941), Pathik
(1951), Laksmipriyar Sangsar (1959), Manikanchan,
Maya-Kajal, Chorabali, Sarbahara, etc. and
are largely critiques of capitalism. He also formed an orchestra
which gained considerable popularity.
[Zillur Rahman John]
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