Naresh Mitra
Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter.
Naresh Mitra
- Name
- Naresh Mitra
- Birthplace
- Agartala, British India
- Died
- 1968
- Place of death
- Calcutta, India
- Occupation
- Film director
- Born
- 1888 · Agartala.
- Nationality
- India · British Raj · Dominion of India
- Education
- University of Calcutta
- Languages
- Bangla
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Naresh Mitra. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1419299 · wikipedia · Naresh Mitra
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Naresh Mitra • Native Name — নরেশ মিত্র • Birthplace — Agartala, British India • Died — 1968 • Place of death — Calcutta, India • Alma Mater — Calcutta University • Occupation — Film director
Career
Career
Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law from the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 in Minerva Theatre. In 1923, Mitra joined Star Theatre in Kolkata and starred in several plays mostly in the role of anti hero. He worked and acted in number of films of Taj Mahal company, East India Film and Kali Films. Mitra directed Devdas in silent version produced by Eastern Film Syndicate in 1928. This is the first film adaptation of Devdas, the novel of Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. He directed few films starring Uttam Kumar such as Bou Thakuranir Haat, Annapurnar Mandir. Mitra was also associated with the Bengali folk Jatra.
Direction
Direction
• Andhare Alo • Chandranath • Devdas • Gora • Kankal • Bou Thakuranir Haat • Annapurnar Mandir • Kalindi
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Agartala.
Birth place
Kolkata.
Death place
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Naresh Mitra, revision 1325974180 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
People, houses and institutions
Knowledge graph
People, houses and institutions
Teachers, collaborators, publishers and institutions recorded against this person, each on a stated basis.
Citizenship
1- IndiaPlace
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
Studied at
1- University of CalcuttaOrganisation
Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 28 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Film memorabilia
38,713 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Narayan RayamajhiPerson
- Narayani ShastriPerson
- Narendra BediPerson
- Narendra JhaPerson
- Narges AbyarPerson
- Narges KalhorPerson
- Nargis AkhterPerson
- Nargis FakhriPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Naresh Mitra?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.