Hiralal sen biography
Pulak Bandyopadhyay
Hiralal Sen
Bengali filmmaker and photographer (–)
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| Born | 2 August Manikganj, Bengal Presidency, British India (present day Bangladesh) |
| Died | 26 October () (aged&#;49) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, filmmaker |
| Spouse | Hemangini Devi |
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Hiralal Sen (Bengali: হীরালাল সেন, Hiralal Shen; 2 August – 26 October [1]) is generally considered one of India's first filmmakers.
In , he filmed the popular Alibaba and Forty Thieves, the first full-length Indian film.[citation needed] A noted photographer, he is also credited with creating India's first advertisingfilms and quite possibly India's first political film. A fire in destroyed all of his films.
Early life
Hiralal Sen's native home was in Bagjuri, a village in Manikganj, approximately 80&#;km from Dhaka, the pr Tarun Majumdar MYP