Cinemaazi remembers Yusuf Mulji on his birth anniversary
5 May 1911
Remembering cinematographer Yusuf Mulji on the occasion of his birth anniversary today. Active in films from the 1930s to the 1950s, he has several films to his credit. Among them are P C Barua’s iconic Devdas (1935), the Prafulla Roy-directed social Pujarin (1936), Debaki Bose’s Bidyapati (1937), the reformist film about widow remarriage Anath Ashram (1937), P C Barua’s social drama Adhikar (1938), Debaki Bose’s musical love story Sapera (1939), Hemchandra Chunder’s Parajay (1939), Jawani Ki Reet (1939) starring Kanan Devi, Phani Majumdar’s Doctor (1940), New Theatres’ Hindi-Bengali bilingual Nartaki (1940), Savithri (1941), Hamara Sansar (1945), Azadi Ki Raah Par (1948), the documentary Our India (1950) and the romantic comedy Ladki (1953) directed by M V Raman.
