A commemorative postage stamp on Nitin Bose, an Indian film director, cinematographer and screenwriter, used playback singing for the first time in Indian films : Bhagya Chakra (Bengali) and Dhoop Chhaon (Hindi) [a part of the series ‘100 Years of Indian Cinema‘] :

Issued by India

Issued on May 3, 2013

Credits :
Stamp & FDC : Kamleshwar Singh
Cancellation : Nenu Gupta

Type : Miniature Sheet, Mint Condition

Colour : Multi colour

Denomination : 500 Paisa

Printing Process : Wet Offset

Printer : Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Name : Nitin Bose

Born on Apr 26, 1897 at Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now Kolkata]

Died on Apr 14, 1986 at Calcutta, West Bengal, India

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