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Actor

Phani Burma

Acting

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4

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Movies: 6Series: 0Crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 3444926

IMDb ID: nm0122173

Known for: Acting

Place of birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1928 - 1944

Years active: 17

Wikidata: Q2084789

Also known as

ফনী বর্মা • Phani Barma

Other jobs

Director (2)

Biography

Phani Burma was born in 1897 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a Bengali film director born in Calcutta. Started as an actor (e.g. Naresh Mitra’s Devdas, 1928; also, Bangabala, 1929 and Bigraha and Mrinalini, both 1930). Turned director while starring in Shesh Path on location in Burma. Concentrated on direction from 1936 onwards. Co-directed Kamale Kamini with Nirmal Goswami. He died in 1957 at the age of 60.