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
Member of Parliament
for Anglo-Indian reserved seats
Assumed office
23 July 2015
Personal details
Born (1946-10-28) 28 October 1946
Tezpur, Assam, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Arpita Baker
ResidenceKolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materLa Martiniere Lucknow
OccupationActor, Politician
Known forCinema 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

YearFilmRoleLanguageDirectorCo-Actor
1975Chameli MemsaabBerkeleyAssameseAbdul MajidBinita Borgohain
1979Chameli MemsahebBerkeleyBengaliIndor SenAnil Chatterjee
Rakhee Gulzar
1982Amrita Kumbher SandhaneyBengaliDilip RoyAparna Sen
Bhanu Bannerjee
Anup Kumar
1983Amar GeetiBengaliTarun MajumdarSatya Bannerjee
Biswajeet
Soumitra Chatterjee
Rabi Ghosh
Anup Kumar
Chinmoy Roy
1984DeviAssameseSambhu Gupta and Dara AhmedBiju Phukan
Dolly Gupta
1988PratipakshaBengaliRathish Dey SarkerPrasenjit Chatterjee
Rameshwari
Utpal Dutt
1988Boba SanaiBengaliAjit GangulyRameshwari
Chiranjit
1988AnjaliBengaliAnjan ChoudhuryRanjit Mallick
Moon Moon Sen
Kali Bannerjee
Madhabi Mukherjee
1993PriyojonAssameseWisekurni BoraMridula Baruah
2002DeshBengaliRaja SenJaya Bhaduri
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Subhendu Chatterjee
Abhishek Bachchan
Nayana Das
2004Bow Barracks ForeverEnglishAnjan DuttVictor Banerjee
Roopali Ganguly
Sohini Pal
Moon Moon Sen
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Arindam Sil
2005ParineetaSir William EckhardtHindiPradeep SarkarSaif Ali Khan
Vidya Balan
Sanjay Dutt
Dia Mirza
2007Minister FatakeshtoBengaliSwapan SahaMithun Chakraborty
Debashree Roy
Koel Mallick
Soumitra Chatterjee
2008LoveBengaliRiingo BanerjeeKoyel Mallick
Jisshu Sengupta
2012Bhooter BhabishyatMr. RamseyBengaliAnik DuttaSwastika Mukherjee
Parambrata Chatterjee
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
2013SwabhoomiBengali

See also

References

  1. "BJP taps magic and acting". The Telegraph. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  2. "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati". www.telegraphindia.com.
  3. "Actor George Baker, Professor Richard Hay Nominated to Lok Sabha". NDTV.com. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  4. Feeds, IANS (24 June 2017). "BJP MP George Baker allegedly attacked by Trinamool".
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