Asit Baran

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| birth_place = Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India

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| death_place = Kolkata, West Bengal, India

| nationality = Indian

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Asit Baran (19 November 1913 – 27 November 1984) was an Indian actor, singer and theater personality.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/people/asit-baren-60816|title=Asit Baren movies, filmography, biography and songs - Cinestaan.com|website=Cinestaan|access-date=2019-06-13|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529100931/https://www.cinestaan.com/people/asit-baren-60816|url-status=live}}

Early life

Asit Baran was born as Asit Baran Mukherjee in 1913 in Kolkata, British India. His nickname was Kalo. He took up a job in the telegraph workshop at Alipore. He learnt Tabla from Jnan Prakash Ghosh and joined in Akashbani Kolkata as Tabla player. While performing Tabla in All India Radio Music Conference, actor Pahari Sanyal impressed on him. Asit Baran often called upon to sing at various music functions in Kolkata.

Career

He first acted in the film Pratishruti in 1941. Within the next few years he performed as actor-cum-singer in several films in Bengali and Hindi. After that, Asit Baran worked continuously for more than four decades on the silver screen, starred in number of Bengali as well as Hindi films.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxtBDwAAQBAJ&q=Asit+Baran+actor&pg=PT25|title=The Cinema of Bimal Roy: An 'Outsider' Within|last=Shoma A. Chatterji|date=22 May 2017|publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=9789386062871|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405125710/https://books.google.com/books?id=vxtBDwAAQBAJ&q=Asit+Baran+actor&pg=PT25|url-status=live}} He also started the theatre group Rangarash. Asit Baran died on 27 November 1984.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/asit-baran-biography/2643/663945|title=Asit Baran|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502213638/http://www.gomolo.com/asit-baran-biography/2643/663945|url-status=live}}

Selected filmography

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Category:1913 births

Category:1984 deaths

Category:Bengali male actors

Category:20th-century Indian male actors

Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema

Category:Male actors from Kolkata

Category:Male actors in Bengali cinema

Category:Bengali theatre personalities

Category:Indian male stage actors