Asit Sen (13 May 1917 – 18 September 1993) was an Indian film director turned famous comedian in the Hindi film industry. He directed 2 films and starred in over 200 films between 1953 and 1993 until his death. As an actor/comedian, he often portrayed a character with authority, such as a police inspector or landlord, but with comic effect, mostly as a slow-speaking person. His acting career was particularly prolific in the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. He had a very thin voice, in striking contrast to his huge physical frame and spoke his dialogues at a slow pace.
Sen started his career, assisting director-producer Bimal Roy in Kolkata, however, the Kolkata-based film industry was now on the decline, thus Roy shifted base to Bombay (now Mumbai) along with Roy's team in 1950, which included Sen, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nabendu Ghosh, Kamal Bose and later Salil Chaudhury. Along with doing small roles in films he directed two films for his mentor's production house, Parivar (1956) and Apradhi Kaun (1957), before choosing acting as his full time career, playing comic roles with almost every known name in the industry.
Filmography Hindi + Year Film Character Notes1949Chhota Bhai1950Pehla Aadmi Romesh1955AmanatGanesh1956Parivar The Director1957Apradhi Kaun The Director1958 Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi as dead man1959SujataPandit Bhawani Shankar Sharma1960Parakh Bhanju Babu1961Kabuliwala BholaChhayaDharad Junglee Doctor1962Bees Saal Baad Gopichand JasoosBaat Ek Raat KiRamu1963BandiniShambu1964BenazirChandi Ki Deewar1965Mere Sanam Gopi Chand Police InspectorChand Aur Suraj Dindayal ChoudhuryBhoot Bungla Dhamu (Servant)1967NaunihalSchool-teacherNai RoshniMotiJaalRita's UncleChandan Ka PalnaSevaram SethUpkarLakhpati1968BrahmachariMotiDo Dooni CharSevakDouble role1969Do Raaste Alopee PrasadYakeen Bhola (Servant)Aradhana Tikaram (Servant)Pyar Ka Mausam Kunvar SahebTamanna Raja RamBeti vaid1970Purab Aur PaschimServantChetnaPagla Kahin KaAbhinetriNarayan1971Upaasna Majhli Didi Babunath (prosecuting lawyer)Buddha Mil GayaJhunjhunwalaMera Gaon Mera DeshMotumal (drunk)AnandDr. Bhaskar Banerjee's Amitabh Bachchan patientDoor Ka RaahiBholu KakaBikhre MotiChahatMere ApneBiloki Prashad1972Amar PremChanderBombay To GoaDhaba OwnerAnnadataMotu BhandariAnuraagD'SouzaBandhe HaathSethji (Roopkala Theatre Owner)Do ChorBhagwan DassDushman Harishankar Chaurasiya (Head Constable)1973Charitra Chor Machaye Shor Chowkidar MunimDharma Seth Garib Dass1974ImtihanProfessorAnjaan RaahenRoti Kapda Aur MakaanKaka (villager who transformed "Poonam" into a village girl)CharitraheenChhote Sarkar1975Amanush PujariBilingual in BengaliChaitaliRemake of the 1971 Bengali film of the same nameZorroDaroga-Soldier1976Balika BadhuUdasuBajrang BaliKhumbkaranGinny Aur JohnnyBhoosamal (Police Constable)Bairaag 1977Anand Ashram Girdhari Bilingual in BengaliAnurodh(Music Station Manager)Bandie1978GharChatterjeeDevataDoctor Shambhunath1979JurmanaDr KabirChhath Maiya Ki Mahima Bombay By Nite 1980JudaaiConstable Dinanath TiwariRam BalramInspector EK MukherjeeAanchal (Government Official)1981Barsaat Ki Ek Raat Police inspector1982Doosra Roop 1985Aar Paar1990Aakhri BaaziAnnouncer
Bengali + Year FilmRole Notes1975AmanushPujari 1977Anand AshramGirdhari 1981AnushandhanPolice Inspector Bengali version of Barsaat ki Ek Raat
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Asit Sen at Bollywood Hungama Tracing Asit Sens Directorial Footsteps by Bobby Sing in The Free Press Journal Parivar (1956) and Apradhi Kaun (1957) Two films directed by the actor-comedian Asit Sen at Bobbytalkscinema.com