Himansu Rai

Biography

Himanshu Rai was a pioneering Indian actor and film director, born into an aristocratic Bengali family in 1892. He co-directed the critically acclaimed "The Light of Asia" (1925) with Franz Osten and later founded Bombay Talkies studio with Sashadhar Mukherjee, where he also starred in several films. Rai's personal life was marked by his marriage to actress Devika Rani in 1929, whom he met on the set of "Prapancha Pash".