George Baker (born 28 October 1946) is an Anglo-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 was born in a Greek family. His parents migrated to India via Britain shortly before he was born. 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, television films, serials mostly playing parts of British Expatriates. He has also been part of roving theatre groups.
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.[4]
On 24 June 2017, he was attacked by a mob, allegedly of Trinamool Congress members, and then hospitalised.[5]
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This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message George Baker born 28 October 1946 is an Anglo 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 BakerMember of Parliamentfor Anglo Indian reserved seatsIn office 23 July 2015 23 May 2019Personal detailsBorn 1946 10 28 28 October 1946 age 76 Tezpur Assam IndiaPolitical partyBharatiya Janata PartySpouseArpita BakerResidence s Kolkata West Bengal IndiaAlma materLa Martiniere LucknowOccupationActor politicianKnown forCinema of West Bengal Cinema of Assam Bharatiya Janata Party Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early life and education 1 2 Acting career Early 1970s present 1 3 Political career 2014 2 Filmography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditEarly life and education Edit George Baker was born in a Greek family His parents migrated to India via Britain shortly before he was born 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 Edit 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 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 amp Santhali More recently he played the role of Sir William Eckhardt in Parineeta and Mr Ramsey in Bhooter Bhabishyat Political career 2014 Edit 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 3 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 4 On 24 June 2017 he was attacked by a mob allegedly of Trinamool Congress members and then hospitalised 5 Filmography EditYear Film Role Language Director Co Actor1975 Chameli Memsaab Berkeley Assamese Abdul Majid Binita Borgohain1976 Adalat Assamese Dilip Deka Dinesh Das1979 Chameli Memsaheb Berkeley Bengali Indor Sen Anil ChatterjeeRakhee Gulzar1982 Amrita Kumbher Sandhaney Bengali Dilip Roy Aparna SenBhanu Bannerjee Anup Kumar1983 Amar Geeti Bengali Tarun Majumdar Satya Bannerjee Biswajeet Soumitra Chatterjee Rabi Ghosh Anup Kumar Chinmoy Roy1984 Devi Assamese Sambhu Gupta and Dara Ahmed Biju PhukanDolly Gupta1988 Pratipaksha Bengali Rathish Dey Sarker Prasenjit Chatterjee Rameshwari Utpal Dutt1988 Boba Sanai Bengali Ajit Ganguly Rameshwari Chiranjit1988 Anjali Bengali Anjan Choudhury Ranjit Mallick Moon Moon SenKali Bannerjee Madhabi Mukherjee1993 Priyojon Assamese Wisekurni Bora Mridula Baruah2002 Desh Bengali Raja Sen Jaya BhaduriSabyasachi ChakrabortySubhendu ChatterjeeAbhishek BachchanNayana Das2004 Bow Barracks Forever English Anjan Dutt Victor Banerjee Roopali Ganguly Sohini Pal Moon Moon Sen Sabyasachi Chakraborty Arindam Sil2005 Parineeta Sir William Eckhardt Hindi Pradeep Sarkar Saif Ali Khan Vidya Balan Sanjay Dutt Dia Mirza2007 Minister Fatakeshto Raj Burman Bengali Swapan Saha Mithun Chakraborty Deepankar DeKoel Mallick Soumitra Chatterjee2008 Love Bengali Riingo Banerjee Koyel Mallick Jisshu Sengupta2012 Bhooter Bhabishyat Mr Ramsey Bengali Anik Dutta Swastika Mukherjee Parambrata Chatterjee Sabyasachi ChakrabortySee also EditBharatiya Janata Party Howrah Cinema of Assam Cinema of West Bengal Jatra theatre Northeast Frontier Railway zone Tezpur SanthaliReferences Edit BJP taps magic and acting The Telegraph 27 February 2014 Retrieved 18 March 2014 The Telegraph Calcutta Guwahati www telegraphindia com http www bjp org media resources press releases press ist list of candidate for lok sabha election 2014 Actor George Baker Professor Richard Hay Nominated to Lok Sabha NDTV com Retrieved 14 October 2016 Feeds IANS 24 June 2017 BJP MP George Baker allegedly attacked by Trinamool External links EditGeorge Baker at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Baker Indian actor amp oldid 1112428681, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
