---
name: "Gangapada Basu"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gangapada-basu"
fi1m_id: "gangapada-basu"
imdb_id: "nm0060610"
tmdb_id: 12173
wikidata_id: "Q5521051"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1910"
died: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:28:27.738122+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gangapada Basu

## Identity

Gangapada Basu

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gangapada-basu
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gangapada-basu
- **IMDb ID:** nm0060610
- **TMDB ID:** 12173
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5521051
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangapada_Basu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5521051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12173

Actor. Born 1 January 1910 in British India. Died 1 January 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1910, British India
- **Died:** 1 January 1971
- **Also known as:** Gangapada Bose
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangapada_Basu, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5521051, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12173

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Music Room*](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md) (88)

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## Biography

Gangapada Basu, also credited as Gangapada Bose, was an Indian actor born in 1910 in British India. He died in 1971 in India. He is known for his role as Mahim Ganguli in Satyajit Ray’s *The Music Room* (1958), also known as *Jalsaghar*.

Basu appeared in numerous Bengali films, including *Chinnamul* (1951), *Nagarik* (released 1977) and *Surya Sikha* (1963). He worked in theatre with the Gananatya Sangha and Bohurupee groups.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Music Room* (1958), Fi1m 88, as Mahim Ganguli — [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Citizen* (1977), as Land Lord
- *Aparna* (1972), Actor
- *Ekhane Pinjar* (1971), as Avinash Mitra
- *Nishi Padma* (1970), Actor
- *Bibaha Bibhrat* (1969), Actor
- *Baluchari* (1968), Actor
- *Monihar* (1966), as Haran Nayak
- *Bireswar Vivekananda* (1964), Actor
- *Bibhas* (1964), Actor
- *Surya Sikha* (1963), as Dr. Chakraborty
- *Uttarayan* (1963), as Sanat
- *Nishithe* (1963), Actor
- *Hashi Sudhu Hashi Noy* (1963), Actor
- *Dainee* (1961), Actor
- *Manik* (1961), as Natabar Ghoshal
- *Suno Baranari* (1960), Actor
- *Kuhak* (1960), Actor
- *Raja-Saja* (1960), Actor
- *Abak Pritibhi* (1959), Actor
- *Headmaster* (1959), as Harimohan
- *Sashibabur Sansar* (1959), Actor
- *Shubha Bibaha* (1959), Actor
- *The Music Room* (1958), as Mahim Ganguli — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-music-room.md)
- *Indrani* (1958), as Bhoja's Father
- *Daktar Babu* (1958), Actor
- *Ajantrik* (1958), as Uncle
- *Daak Harkara* (1958), Actor
- *The Philosopher's Stone* (1958), as Kachalu
- *Prithibi Amare Chay* (1957), as Bonbihari
- *Shap Mochan* (1955), Actor
- *Debatra* (1955), Actor
- *The Uprooted* (1950), Actor

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