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Harindranath Chattopadhyay (April 2, 1898 – June 23, 1990) was an Indian English poet, an actor, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu.

Life

Born to Aghornath Chattopadhyay, a scientist-philosopher, and Barada Sundari Devi, a poetess, he is famous for poems like Noon and Shaper Shaped. His other interests were politics, theatre and cinema. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1973. He married Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, a Socialist and leader of Women, who created the All India Women's Conference, the Indian Cooperative Union and also was the inspiration for the All Indian Handicraft's Board, a body which revived many Indian handicrafts, decimated by the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 19th century. (Pottery and Weaving) their son Ramakrishna Chattopadhyaya is in Banagalore, India, today. Their divorce marked the very first legal separation granted by the courts of India.

Harindranath Chattopadhyay often recited his poem Rail Gaadi on All India Radio (Akashavani). The song was memorably sung by Ashok Kumar in the film Aashirwad.

In 1951 Lok Sabha elections Harindranath Chattopadhyay won from Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State as an independent candidate, supported by the Communist Party of India. He was the member of the 1st Lok Sabha from April 14, 1952 to April 4, 1957.

He died in 1990. His most famous acting role was in the movie Bawarchi (The Chef) which was made in 1972. He enacted as the role of strict and regimented patriarch of the house, where his sons, daughter in laws and grand children lived in a joint family and still respected and abided by his rules.

Works

Poems

• The Feast of Youth (1918)
• The Magic Tree (1922)
• Blood of Stones (1944)
• Spring in Winter (1955)
• Virgin and Vineyards (1967)

Plays

• Abu Hassan (1918)
• Five Plays (1937)
• Siddhartha, Man of Peace (1956)

Filmography

Notes

1. ^ Ramana Rao, G.V. (April 1, 2009). "When Andhra was a Left bastion". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 January 2010.

External links

• Harindranath Chattopadhyay at IMDb
• Rail Gaadi at Geeta-Kavita.com
• Nani ki naav chali at Geeta-Kavita.com

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• Recipients of the Padma Bhushan
• Hindi film actors
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• 1898 births
• 1st Lok Sabha members
• Indian actors
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• People from Mumbai
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