Famous People with Name Samant

Mohan B. Samant            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mohan B. Samant: was an Indian painter who spent most of his working life in New York. He trained at the Sir J. J. School of Art and was a member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group from 1950, moving permanently to America in the 1960s.Samant was once named as being among the "hundred leading artists in the world today" (actually a list of 102 names) in a 1963 project commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook and reported in Time magazine.[1]

Shakti Samanta            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shakti Samanta: was an Indian film director and producer.Samanta directed his first feature film, Bahu in 1954, starring Karan Dewan, Usha Kiron, Shashikala and Pran [1] and after the success for his next few films, Inspector (1956), Sheroo (1956), Detective (1957) and Hill Station (1957), he started his own production company, Shakti Films, in 1957, and the first release of his independent banner was the murder-mystery Howrah Bridge, with Ashok Kumar and Madhubala as the lead, with its crooning number 'Aaiye Meherbaan' with music by O. P. Nayyar, sung by Asha Bhosle in a notable Geeta Dutt style, and picturised on Madhubala became a rage, and the film a breakthrough hit; this was a turning point. [2][3]

Satish Chandra Samanta            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Satish Chandra Samanta: was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the Lok Sabha from 1952-77. At the age of 15 he was influenced by his guru, Swami Prajnanananda Saraswati and adopted the life of Brahmacharya and took up a life of serving the people. He organi