Ajoy biswas biography books

When Pratham Prem (First Love, 1965) was released in Bengal and the film went on to become a big hit, one young man suddenly shot to prominence. His name was Ajoy Biswas.

As a young lad, Ajoy was more interested in sports than films.

He dreamt of glory on the sports fields and not on the widescreen.

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As a schoolboy, he was captain of his school team and captain of the all Calcutta Schools hockey team. And as he came of age he was promptly snapped up by Mohan Bagan for their power league in both football and hockey. His ambition of being a name on the sports field was on the way of becoming a reality.

But he suddenly left Asutosh College due to political reasons.

How did he join films then? 

"You won't believe this," he said and laughed, "but Rajen Tarafdar stopped me one day on the street just like that and said 'play the second lead in my Ganga (1960)' " Ajoy refused and said he'd rather join as assistant director.

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