George Baker (Indian actor)
George Baker (born 28 October 1946), is an Indian actor and politician. He is primarily known for his works in Bengali and Assamese language films. He is one of the two Members of Parliament appointed by the president under Article 331 (Anglo-Indian) of the Indian Constitution. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party[1] in 2014 and contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from the Howrah constituency during the 2014 Indian general election.
George Baker | |
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| Member of Parliament for Anglo-Indian reserved seats | |
| Assumed office 23 July 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 October 1946 Tezpur, Assam, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Arpita Baker |
| Residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | La Martiniere Lucknow |
| Occupation | Actor, Politician |
| Known for | Cinema of West Bengal, Cinema of Assam, Bharatiya Janata Party |
Biography
Early life and education
Baker was born in Tezpur, Assam, on 28 October 1945 in a Greek family. His initial education was in Lucknow at La Martiniere College. He was a National level junior in Boxing and Swimming during this period. He later joined the Assam Engineering College but had to leave midway since his father died. He completed a two-year course in Permanent Way Engineering and joined the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in the Engineering Department. He served here for two years and then quit to start his own business.
Acting career (Early 1970s – present)
Baker made his first foray into Assamese cinema in 1974. He played the protagonist in the Assamese film Chameli Memsaab. This film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese at the 23rd National Film Awards. He played the role of Berkeley, a British planter who falls for a native girl, Chameli, (played by Binita Borgohain) and is later accused for her murder. Baker later played the same role in the Bengali version of the same movie.[2]
He went on to act in numerous Bengali movies, Jatra (theatre), television films, serials mostly playing parts of British Expatriates. He has also been part of roving theatre groups.
Over the years he has acted in films of five languages - Assamese, Bengali, English, Hindi & Santhali.
More recently he played the role of Sir William Eckhardt in Parineeta (2005 film) and Mr. Ramsey in Bhooter Bhabishyat .
Political career (2014)
On 27 February 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Baker as their candidate for the 2014 Indian general election from the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) .
On 23 July 2015, he was appointed to the 16th Lok Sabha as one of the two appointed members representing the Anglo-Indian community along with Richard Hay.[3]
On 24 June 2017, he was attacked by a mob, allegedly of Trinamool Congress members, and then hospitalised.[4]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Director | Co-Actor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Chameli Memsaab | Berkeley | Assamese | Abdul Majid | Binita Borgohain |
| 1979 | Chameli Memsaheb | Berkeley | Bengali | Indor Sen | Anil Chatterjee Rakhee Gulzar |
| 1982 | Amrita Kumbher Sandhaney | Bengali | Dilip Roy | Aparna Sen Bhanu Bannerjee Anup Kumar | |
| 1983 | Amar Geeti | Bengali | Tarun Majumdar | Satya Bannerjee Biswajeet Soumitra Chatterjee Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar Chinmoy Roy | |
| 1984 | Devi | Assamese | Sambhu Gupta and Dara Ahmed | Biju Phukan Dolly Gupta | |
| 1988 | Pratipaksha | Bengali | Rathish Dey Sarker | Prasenjit Chatterjee Rameshwari Utpal Dutt | |
| 1988 | Boba Sanai | Bengali | Ajit Ganguly | Rameshwari Chiranjit | |
| 1988 | Anjali | Bengali | Anjan Choudhury | Ranjit Mallick Moon Moon Sen Kali Bannerjee Madhabi Mukherjee | |
| 1993 | Priyojon | Assamese | Wisekurni Bora | Mridula Baruah | |
| 2002 | Desh | Bengali | Raja Sen | Jaya Bhaduri Sabyasachi Chakraborty Subhendu Chatterjee Abhishek Bachchan Nayana Das | |
| 2004 | Bow Barracks Forever | English | Anjan Dutt | Victor Banerjee Roopali Ganguly Sohini Pal Moon Moon Sen Sabyasachi Chakraborty Arindam Sil | |
| 2005 | Parineeta | Sir William Eckhardt | Hindi | Pradeep Sarkar | Saif Ali Khan Vidya Balan Sanjay Dutt Dia Mirza |
| 2007 | Minister Fatakeshto | Bengali | Swapan Saha | Mithun Chakraborty Debashree Roy Koel Mallick Soumitra Chatterjee | |
| 2008 | Love | Bengali | Riingo Banerjee | Koyel Mallick Jisshu Sengupta | |
| 2012 | Bhooter Bhabishyat | Mr. Ramsey | Bengali | Anik Dutta | Swastika Mukherjee Parambrata Chatterjee Sabyasachi Chakraborty |
| 2013 | Swabhoomi | Bengali |
See also
References
- "BJP taps magic and acting". The Telegraph. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
- "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati". www.telegraphindia.com.
- "Actor George Baker, Professor Richard Hay Nominated to Lok Sabha". NDTV.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- Feeds, IANS (24 June 2017). "BJP MP George Baker allegedly attacked by Trinamool".
External links
- George Baker on IMDb