It is very sad that there are no good photos of Ajoy Kar to use. He
was under oblivion for decades. Nandan and Tapan Sinha Foundation have
arranged Ajoy Kar film festival from 8-10 April, 2014 to mark his
birth centenary on 27 March, 2014.
Ajoy Kar had started his film career as a cameraman for Shrimati
Pictures of Kanan Devi-Haridas Bhattacharya. After a few years, he
started to direct films with pseudo name Sabyasachi. And the films
were 'Ananya' 'Bamuner Meye' and 'Mejdidi'. After that, he went to
south India as a cinematographer. As Ajoy Kar his first direction was
the film 'Jighangsa'. Then, Ajoy Kar made several popular films like
'Bardidi' 'Paresh' 'Saptapadi' 'Harano Sur' 'Prabhater Rang' 'Saat
Pake Bandha' 'Atal Jaler Ahoban' 'Kaach Kata Hire' 'Shuno Baronari'
'Datta' 'Malyadan' 'Noukadubi' 'Khelaghar' 'Saajghar' 'Gri...