shakti samanta

Birth: born on 13 June 1926 at wardhman Bengal, Shakti samanta school
education completed in Dehradun.he returned to native Bengal for higher studies. Calcutta happened to him. Admission into Calcutta university for bachelors saw him rise to new level.shaktida emerged bilingual with equal command on Hindi and Urdu.Bangla was his mother tongue.
mumbai 1948: with passion to be a Hero in films,Shaktida moved to Mumbai. Days of struggle at Urdu school. At teaching he developed passion for talkies. Cinema urge inside him guided shaktida to Mumbai Studios of Mumbai. Bombay talkies was the favorite spot. At Bombay talkies He came in Touch with leading actor Ashok Kumar. Brief meeting with Dadamuni at talkies transformed his fortunes forever. With an advice from Ashok ji to opt for Direction, Shakti samanta came in touch of Pahni majumdar to be an assistant director. Association emerged fruitful as he dropped the idea of becoming hero/actor forever and came behind the camera.Shaktida committed him to art of film making. His devotion towards cinema proved blessing in 1945. He got break as director with bahu. (1945) inspector hill station detective followed
shakti films: 1957 shakti samanta started his own banner of film production and soon became producer director.
The golden decade: 1960-1970 Is the golden decade of Hindi cinema .decade belongs to Shakti films.array of superhits makes the decade golden.shaktida with his Shakti films gave some of most cherishing moments of Hindi films.shaktida strongly felt story music and songs decide the fate of film. Golden decade proved him right. The decade of romanticism and of Hindi cinema's first superstar—Rajesh khanna
crime -suspense-thriller was initial shaktida interest. He switched to romanticism later what he best delivered.shaktida innovated social engineering with touching musical content. The confident insights Of his films ignited urge and demand for such films among masses.shakti samanta films achieved huge recognition and fan following Howrah Bridge: star studded with actors like Ashok kumar, Madhubala, KN.singh, Howrah Bridge was first Shakti samanta film as producer-director. A crime thriller film has immortal numbers like-- aaiyee meherbaan and mera naam chinchin chu. OP naiyar, Asha bhonsle, Geeta dutt contributed to a grand musical success Post this film for coming two decade Shakti films continued as successful film factory. Good story with great lyrics-dialogues-music is striking feature of many films made under the banner. Shakti samanta shuffled actors as per need of script and screenplay. Rajesh khanna. Shammi kapoor, Ashok Kumar and Uttam Kumar remained prominent faces for Shakti films . Ashok Kumar: Shakti samanta had great love and respect for ashok Kumar. For shaktida dadmuni was elder brother. Together gave nine films. Howrah Bridge cemented their relationship. Shammi kapoor: shammi kapoor had lifelong association with Shakti samanta until very recently death separated friends. "China town" Kashmir ki kali" and "an evening in Paris" are signposts of fruitful association. Rajesh khanna: first superstar of Hindi cinema. Shakti samanta's aradhana (1969) gave popular cinema the first superstar in Rajesh khanna.shaktida brought the idea of popular cinema through khanna with his films. Cinematic efforts and ventures of Shakti samanta furnished immortal place for social romanticism.Release of aradhana became a turning point in history of romantic films. Kati Patang (1971) Amar prem (1972) followed suit. Aradhana, kati patang and Amar prem placed Rajesh khanna as superstar .the overwhelming response of these films glittered the shining superstar tremendously. Anuraag, awaaz, ajnabi, anurodh, mehbooba, alag alag are other notable films for Rajesh khanna with ace director. However Shakti samanta efforts proved less to sail the superstar's sinking innings.salim-javed’s Angry young man diminished the further hope for khanna.shakti films and romanticism shared the odds with superstar. Average and not up to mark performance of films, Shakti samanta took decisive break. Those were the days of litmus test for superstar then struggling to keep his superstar image intact. He failed shaktida expectations and the great association suffered. It even bitterd with star not looking, caring, searching For his mentor. sanjeev kumar (charitraheen) sunil dutt (jaag utha insan) manoj kumar (saawan ki ghata) and uttam kuamar (amanush) are other top actors to work with shaktida .2nd innings also saw Amitabh bachchan and Mithun chakraborty appearing for bangla films.. Sharmila Tagore: Shakti samant's winning efforts gave stars of Bangla films: Sharmila Tagore, Uttam Kumar and Mausmi chatterjee entry to Hindi films. Actress sharmila Tagore was camp favorite of Shakti films. She did many films--Kashmir ki kali, aradhana, amar prem, an evening in Paris, amanush and annad ashram are memorable Sharmila Tagore films for the banner.shakti films gave memorable pairs of golden decade.Sharmila Tagore’s on screen chemistry with Rajesh khanna and shammi kapoor formed the hit Jodis. Anand Bakshi: post super hit aradhana (1969) lyricist anand bakshi continued as lyricist for most shakti samanta films.anand sahib wrote some of his most sweet numbers for shakti films such as-- aradhana, amar prem, kati patang, mehbooba. --- Immortal 'kuch to log kahenge' 'chingari koi bhadke' 'yeh shaam mastani' 'mere naina sawan bhado' and kora kagaz tha y Mann mera' saw Anand Bakshi at his best. kishore kumar :close to shakti samanta singer kishore Kumar shot to fame with super hit aradhana film transformed the fortunes of all associated with it. Playback kishore Kumar was one. he continued as lead playback singer for most of shakti samanta films. some of his most touching numbers are for shakti films. Quest for quality: Shakti samanta devoted his time in search of hit concepts. He committed him to make meaningful social dramas with romanticism in the centre stage. Quest for good stories, suitable faces to match characters, impressive musical chords continued throughout his lifetime. Super success for his ideas reflects the hard work shaktida put in his endeavors. Shakti samanta encouraged many talents.shakti films provided them platform to actualize their potential. Mind behind great array of ideas to Hindi cinema. In the lines of vimal Roy and hrishikesh mukherjee Shakti samanta carried forward their tradition of being bangla but serving Hindi. All three opted to serve Hindi. Ear for music: a story on music In Hindi films may not be completed or get heart of matter if one ignores Shakti films.shakti samanta films contributed to the totality of film music significantly. Music meant lot to shaktida.a committed cine activist Shakti samanta devoted lot of his time to bring out suitable music and lyrics suiting characters and storyline. OP naiyyar, shankar-jaikisan, burmans(SD and RD),madan mohan and laxmikant-pyarelal composed some of their most sweet compositions for shaktida. 1980s: mainstream cinema gradually transformed with action replacing romanticism.salim-javed creation angry young man--Amitabh bachchan replaced Rajesh khanna as next superstar.shaktida paused film making as audiences were also in flow of action. Idea of romantic cinema ideology in the times of revenge and action Ceased. Geetanjali (1993) is last hindi Shakti samanta film Bangla cinema: years after making name in Hindi films Shakti samanta went for Bangla films as well. Average and not up to expectation response of his latter films made him move to regional cinema. Annad ashram, amanush are some of memorable bangla films. They were bilingual films. Hindi cinema is growing day by day. Significant number of contributors made Hindi cinema what it is now. a gradual journey and star studded growth of Hindi films has had the privileged of services of able,craetive,innovative minds--shakti samanta was one such pearl.