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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:LahiriTulsi.jpg|thumb|400px|Tulsi Lahiri]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Lahiri, Tulsi&#039;&#039;&#039; (1897-1959) playwright and actor, was born in a zamindar family of Naldanga in the district of [[Rangpur District|rangpur]]. His father was Surendranath Lahiri. After passing BA and BL, Tulsi Lahiri set up as a lawyer in Rangpur and then Kolkata. Lahiri became fairly well known when [[Khan, Ustad Jamiruddin|jamiruddin khan]] recorded two of his songs. He then joined His Master&#039;s Voice and Megaphone as music director. Lahiri gave up the practice of law to act on stage and in films. He was also a film director.<br /> <br /> Tulsi Lahiri entered movies during the era of silent films, but was able to make the transition to the talkies successfully. He acted in over fifty movies. He was also a playwright. His plays, Duhkhir Iman (1947) and Chhendatar (1950), based upon the great famine of Bengal and portraying the struggling life of the people of rural Bengal, brought him considerable fame.<br /> <br /> His other plays include Mayer Dabi (1941), Pathik (1951), Laksmipriyar Sangsar (1959), Manikavchan, Maya-Kajal, Chorabali, Sarbahara, etc and are largely critiques of capitalism. He also formed an orchestra which gained considerable popularity. [Zillur Rahman John]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Biography]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[bn:লাহিড়ী, তুলসী]]</div>

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