Prafulla Chakraborty

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Prafulla Chakraborty
Nationality Indian
Occupation Director
Notable work Jamalaye Jibanta Manush
SpouseSonamani Chakraborty
ChildrenKalpana Chakraborty

Prafulla Chakraborty was an Indian Bengali-language film director. [1] His notable works are Jamalaye Jibanta Manush [2] and Gali Theke Rajpath.

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Filmography

YearFilmStarringProduced by
1958 Jamalaye Jibanta Manush Bhanu Bandopadhyay, Jahor Roy, Chhabi Biswas Ananta Singh
1966Shesh Tin Din Sumita Sanyal, Anup Kumar (actor), Geetali Roy
1959Gali Theke Rajpath Uttam Kumar, Chhabi Biswas, Anup Kumar (actor) Pradeep Maitra

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References

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  2. "Prafulla Chakraborty movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.