Exam 4: Eminent Bengali Writers, Filmmakers, and Activists: Their Life and Achievements

In the early 1970s, ..................wrote and directed his last play Jwala (The Burning).

In 1932, .............................met Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan for the first time.

Mahasweta Devi received her education from the prestigious Shantiniketan set up by great Indian philosopher and thinker, Rabindranath Tagore that went on to become a part of the Visva Bharti University later on.

............................. historic movement for Dalits' rights to walk on public roads, known as "Villuvandi Yatra" (travel in a bullock cart through public roads)

................................was the leader of the Chengara Land Struggle.

In 1951, ........................joined the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).

The music director was Darbar Bhaduri, who was called by ................'Dada' or 'Guru."

............................passed the Matriculation examination from Labhpur Jadablal H. E. School in 1916 and was later admitted first to St. Xavier's College, Calcutta and then to South Suburban College.

.............................'s first novel Chaitali Ghurni was published on the same year.

...................... was born in Kesalur, a village in the Tirthahalli taluk in Shimoga district on 3 December 1950 to Ganesh Rao, an agriculturist, as well as a freedom fighter, and Lakshmidevi, a homemaker, one of 10 children (five brothers and four sisters).

.......................... 's historical novel Ganna Begum is an attempt worth mentioning for its traditional values.

In 1942, ......................presided over the Birbhum District Literature Conferenceand became the president of the Anti-Fascist Writers and Artists Association in Bengal.

In 1947, ................inaugurated Prabasi Banga Sahitya Sammelan held in Calcutta.

......................... is an Indian film director, in the Kannada cinema, and one of the pioneers of the Parallel Cinema.

....................'s greatest commercial success as a script writer was for Madhumati (1958), one of the earliest films to deal with the theme of reincarnation.

In 1959, ..................received the Jagattarini Gold Medal from the University of Calcutta, and presided over All India Writer's Conference in Madras.

In 1955, ..................was awarded the Rabindra Puraskar by theGovernment of West Bengal.

.......................'s first film, Pather Panchali (1955), won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural Best Human Document award at the1956 Cannes Film Festival .

.................is an eminent Indian Bengali writer, who has been studying and writing incessantly about the life and struggles faced by the tribal communities in the states like Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

.................moved briefly to Pune in 1966, where he taught at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).