Pahari Sanyal, (22 February 1906–10 February 1974) born Nagendranath Sanyal, was a stalwart Bengali character actor

Actor

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 whose status was as towering as that of others such as Chhabi Biswas

Chhabi Biswas

Chhabi Biswas was a much revered Bengali character actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalshaghar , Devi and Kanchenjungha .He is the best remembered for his numerous roles as the quintessential aristocratic patriarch, was himself the...

 and Kamal Mitra.

Sanyal acted in many famous Bengali films Like "Harano Sur", "Bhanu Goyenda Jahar Assistant", "Shilpi" etc. Besides being an adept character actor, Sanyal gave a superlative performance in his portrayal of iconoclastic Bengali reformer Vidyasagar

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

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. He played a small but meaty role of an ornithologist in Ray's timeless classic Kanchenjungha

Kanchenjungha

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. He was seen in some of the acclaimed Hindi

Hindi

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 films such as Raj Kapoor

Raj Kapoor

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 starrer Jagte Raho

Jagte Raho

Jagte Raho is a 1956 film directed by Amit Maitra and Sombhu Mitra, produced by and starring Raj Kapoor. The film centers on the trials of a poor villager who comes to a city in search of a better life. However, the naive man soon becomes trapped in a web of middle-class greed and corruption...

 and English

English language

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 films such as Merchant

Merchant

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-Ivory

Ivory

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 venture, The Householder.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1956	Jagte Raho Jagte Raho Jagte Raho is a 1956 film directed by Amit Maitra and Sombhu Mitra, produced by and starring Raj Kapoor. The film centers on the trials of a poor villager who comes to a city in search of a better life. However, the naive man soon becomes trapped in a web of middle-class greed and corruption...	Shashan, Meenu's husband
1957	Harano Sur Harano Sur Harano Sur is a 1957 film by Ajoy Kar, starring Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar, with music by Hemanta Mukherjee, and sung by Geeta Dutt.The film is regarded as one of the finest examples of Bengali cinema of this early golden period.-Synopsis:...	Roma's father
1962	Kanchenjungha Kanchenjungha Kanchenjungha is a 1962 Bengali film by Bengali film director Satyajit Ray. It was Ray's first original screenplay and his first colour film....	Jagadish

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