
An Indian film director who made such memorable films as ‘Aradhana’, ‘Amar Prem’, ‘Kati Patang’, and ‘Howrah Bridge’ in a career spanning five decades, Shakti Samanta was born on January 13, 1926 in Burdwan,West Bengal. After completing his education in Dehradun and Calcutta he took up a teacher’s job near Bombay so that he could be close to the film... Read More →