Amiya Chakravarty ( ; 30 November 1912 – 6 March 1957 ) was a Bengali Indian film director , screenwriter and producer , who was leading film director in Hindi cinema of the 1940s and 1950s . He is noted for films like '' Daag '' ( 1952 ) , '' Patita '' ( 1953 ) , and '' Seema '' ( 1955 ) for which he won the 4th Filmfare Award for Best Story . Chakravarty is also credited along with Devika Rani for discovering Dilip Kumar , whom he gave his first break in 1944 film Jwar Bhata ( 1944 film ) . Chakravarty also produced and directed Daag ( 1952 film ) in 1952 for which Dilip Kumar won his first ever Filmfare Award for Best Actor
4th Filmfare Award
4th Filmfare Awards
Amiya Chakravarty (director)