Tapan Sinha
director · 1924–2009 · Golden Age
19 National Film Awards; Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2006, India's highest cinema honor.
31 films catalogued31 directed
A more commercially accessible counterpart to Ray and Ghatak — repeatedly adapted Tagore while blending humanism with social conscience.
Defining films
Kabuliwala (1957) · Khudito Pashan (1960) · Sagina Mahato (1970) · Ek Doctor Ki Maut (1990)
Directed (31)
Ankush
1954 · Golden Age
Upahar
1955 · Golden Age
Tonsil
1956 · Golden Age
Kabuliwala
1957 · Golden Age
Iron Door
1958 · Golden Age
Kalamati
1958 · Golden Age
Khaniker Atithi
1959 · Golden Age
The Hungry Stones
1960 · Golden Age
The Prisoner of Jhind
1961 · Golden Age
Hansuli Banker Upakatha
1962 · Golden Age
Aamar Desh
1962 · Golden Age
The Desolate Beach
1963 · Golden Age
Ascending
1964 · Golden Age
A Burnt House
1964 · Golden Age
Atithi
1965 · Golden Age
Galpo Holeo Satti
1966 · Golden Age
Hatey Bazarey
1967 · Golden Age
Apanjan
1968 · Golden Age
Ekhonee
1971 · Parallel Cinema
Sagina Mahato
1971 · Parallel Cinema
Crossing the Darkness
Crossing the Darkness
1973 · Parallel Cinema
Harmonium
1976 · Parallel Cinema
Ek Je Chhilo Desh
1977 · Parallel Cinema
Sabuj Dwiper Raja
1979 · Parallel Cinema
The Garden of Bancharam
1980 · Parallel Cinema
The Law and a Lady
1982 · Parallel Cinema
Baidurya Rahasya
1985 · Parallel Cinema
Terror
1986 · Parallel Cinema
Disappearance
1991 · Mainstream 80s-90s
Wheel Chair
1994 · Mainstream 80s-90s
Strange Tale of a Strange Village
1998 · Mainstream 80s-90s