Asit Baran

{{Short description|Indian actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Asit Baran | image = | alt = | caption = An AI-upscaled image of Baran in the film ''Azadi ke Baad'' (1951) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1913|11|19}} | birth_place = Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1984|11|27|1913|11|19}} | death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor | spouse = | children = | website = | signature = | yearsactive = | father = | mother = | relatives = }} '''Asit Baran''' (19 November 1913 – 27 November 1984) was an Indian actor, singer and theater personality.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/people/asit-baren-60816|title=Asit Baren movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-06-13|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529100931/https://www.cinestaan.com/people/asit-baren-60816|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life== {{Unreferenced section|date=May 2025}} Asit Baran was born as Asit Baran Mukherjee in 1913 in Kolkata, British India. His nickname was Kalo. He took up a job in the telegraph workshop at Alipore. He learnt Tabla from Jnan Prakash Ghosh and joined in Akashbani Kolkata as Tabla player. While performing Tabla in All India Radio Music Conference, actor Pahari Sanyal impressed on him. Asit Baran often called upon to sing at various music functions in Kolkata.

==Career== He first acted in the film ''Pratishruti'' in 1941. Within the next few years he performed as actor-cum-singer in several films in Bengali and Hindi. After that, Asit Baran worked continuously for more than four decades on the silver screen, starred in number of Bengali as well as Hindi films.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxtBDwAAQBAJ&q=Asit+Baran+actor&pg=PT25|title=The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An 'Outsider' Within|last=Shoma A. Chatterji|date=22 May 2017|publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=9789386062871|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405125710/https://books.google.com/books?id=vxtBDwAAQBAJ&q=Asit+Baran+actor&pg=PT25|url-status=live}}</ref> He also started the theatre group ''Rangarash''. Asit Baran died on 27 November 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/asit-baran-biography/2643/663945|title=Asit Baran|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502213638/http://www.gomolo.com/asit-baran-biography/2643/663945|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Pratishruti'' * ''Kashinath'' (1943) * ''Nurse'' * ''Surya Sakhi'' * ''Parineeta'' (1953) * ''Pratyabartan'' * ''Hrad'' (1955) * ''Parchhain'' * ''Bhagini Nivedita'' * ''Drishtidan'' * ''Bondhu'' * ''Mantra Shakti'' * ''Khokababur Pratyabartan'' * ''Sudhar Prem'' * ''Smriti Tuku Thak'' * ''Alor Pipasa'' * ''Ashite Ashiona'' * ''Antony Firingee'' * ''Teen Batti Char Raasta'' * ''Rajkumari'' * ''Sri Sri Ramkrishna Kothamrita'' * ''Jadi Jantem'' * ''Bagh Bondi Khela'' * ''Khana Baraha'' * ''Kalankini Kankabati'' * ''Ma Bhabani Ma Amar'' * ''Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar'' (1966) * ''Prithivi Amarey Chai''

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0052935}}

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