Tapan Sinha (2 October 1924 – 15 January 2009) was one of the most prominent Indian film directors of his time … See more

Sinha was born in Kolkata, West Bengal. His empathy for films began from his student life. He was admitted in the Durgacharan M. E. School of Bhagalpur in the fifth standard. Later it went on to become a secondary … See more

Charles Dickens's novel, A Tale of Two Cities and the cinematic adaptation featuring Ronald Colman inspired Sinha to get involved in film-making. Tapan Sinha went to London in the 1950s to learn film-making. O… See more

On 15 January 2009, he died of pneumonia and septicaemia. See more

In January 2010, the then railway minister Mamata Banerjee, laid the foundation stone of the Tapan Sinha Memorial Metro Hospital, at Tollygunge, Kolkata. Tapan's works left an impact and influence on Bollywood f… See more