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Himanshu Rai (1892 – 16 May 1940) was an Indian actor and film director. Regarded as one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, he is best known as the founder of the studio in 1934, along with Devika Rani.
Himanshu Rai (1892 - 16 May 1940), one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, is best known as one of the founders of the studio in 1934, along with Rajnarayan Dube and Devika Rani.
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An Australian has inherited a priceless archive of India’s pioneering film studio. A story spanning 90 years, two continents and film legend Himanshu Rai’s secret first wife. The story begins...
Himanshu Rai is an Indian television actor. Recently he has done the show called Mere Sai - Shraddha Aur Saburi and played the prominent character 'Keshav Kulkarni' .
Himanshu Rai (1892 – 16 May 1940) was an Indian actor and film director. Regarded as one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, he is best known as the founder of the studio in 1934, along with Devika Rani.
Jan 29, 2015 · 1892 – 16 May 1940. Indian theatre, film actor from Bengal who qualified as a barrister in London in 1922. The same year, he successfully played the lead male role in Niranjan Pal’s highly successful West End stage play “The Goddess”. Abandoning his legal career, he set up a theatre company, Indian Players and made acting his profession.
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Himanshu Rai. Himanshu Rai was born into a wealthy Bengali family. He studied Law at the University of Calcutta and studied with Tagore at Shantiniketan. While training as a lawyer in London in the early 1920s, he began acting in plays, amongst them the talented playwright Niranjan Pal's, The Goddess and Prem Sanyas.
