MUMBAI: Nabhendu Ghosh, one of the most celebrated writers of Indian cinema passed away in Kolkata. He was 91. Most remembered for his screenplay in the Bimal Roy classics like Devdas, Bandini, Sujata, Parineeta Ghosh was a post-graduate in English.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Abhimaan, the Amitabh-Jaya starrer had also been penned by Ghosh.

In 1988 Ghosh had written and directed Trishagni starring Nitish Bharadwaj, Pallavi Joshi, Alok Nath and Nana Patekar.

Ghosh, who had penned about 80 screenplays, had also worked with Mukherjee, Satyen Bose, Guru Dutt, Raj Khosla, Shakti Samanta and Prakash Mehra.

Ghosh was a recipient of Bankim Puroshkar, the highest literary award of Bengal, for his Bengali book Chand Dekhechilo.

He had also written commercial films like Raja Jani, Loafer, Dil Ka Heera and Sharafat.