Bose was an important part of auteur
Bimal Roy's team, starting with
Anjangarh (1948), one of the last major films of the
New Theatres in Kolkata, Thereafter Bose collaborated with Roy in all his subsequent films,
Parineeta (1953, The Fiancee), adaptation of
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel
by the same name, in same year came the
neo-realism classic,
Do Bigha Zamin (1953), which not only won the
Filmfare Best Movie Award but also became the first Indian film to win the
International Prize at the
Cannes Film Festival. Their association continued with
Naukri (1954),
Baap Beti (1954),
Devdas (1955),
Amaanat (1955),
Sujata (1960),
Parakh (1960) and
Bandini (1963), which won Bose his first Filmfare Award was especially noted for his masterly use of black and white, to bring "texture and form in simplicity mixed with richness", especially in the way he captured the starkness and gloom of the prison environment, while depicting women at work. Previously, his lighting in film,
Devdas (1955) was also noted as it enhanced the emotional torment of the tight-lipped protagonist, played by Dilip Kumar. Meanwhile, he also shot,
Musafir (1957, Traveller), directorial debut of Bimal Roy's editor and assistant
Hrishikesh Mukherjee, the film is still remembered for its
panoramic shots; and
Kabuliwala (1961)
Hemen Gupta's adaptation of
Rabindranath Tagore story,
by the same name, starring
Balraj Sahni, and produced by Bimal Roy. Roy died in 1966, thereafter Bose started working with
Asit Sen, and went on to receive critical acclaim for his B & W cinematography in
Apradhi Kaun? (1957), his one-night tragedy,
Anokhi Raat (1968, Strange Night) and the psychiatric ward tragedy,
Khamoshi (1969, Silence), starring
Rajesh Khanna and
Waheeda Rehman, and
Safar (1970, Journey) marked his transition in to colour films. The first two films, also won him his second and third Filmfare Awards. Though Bose continued to work with Sen for another decade, none of the films achieved the commercial success of those early films. His next important collaboration was with actor-director
Feroze Khan, which began with latter's debut the action-thriller
Apradh (1972), thereafter he shot all of Khan's subsequent directorial ventures, including his next
Dharmatma (1975). Shot in
Afghanistan, the film was noted for its scenes featuring
Buzkashi, a Central Asian sport on horses, including the aerial shots, which in turn won him another Filmfare award. In the 1980s, he shot, the highly glamorous,
Qurbani (1980), He died on 9 October 1995, at the age of 80. His son, Palash Bose is a commercial photographer based in Mumbai. ==Filmography==