Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Utpalendu Chakrabarty (born 1948) is a Bengali Indian filmmaker and theater personality, based in Kolkata, India.
Utpalendu Chakrabarty | |
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উৎপলেন্দু চক্রবর্তী | |
| Born | 1948 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Film maker |
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| Spouse | Satarupa Sanyal |
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Life and career
He was born in Calcutta in 1948. He graduated from the Scottish Church College, of the University of Calcutta.[1]
Chakrabarty was involved in politics in his student life and spent time in Purulia among the tribals. Although he started out as a teacher, his passion was cinema. He made several documentaries and films. He has two daughters, Chitrangada and Ritabhari Chakraborty.
Filmography
Director
Feature films
Television films
- Dwibachan 1989
- Sonar Chheye Dami 1989
- Rang 1989
- Bikalpa 1988
- Aparichita 1986
- Aparichita(Bengali) 2002
- Kalo Patharer Itikatha(Balad of the black Stone)
- Chua Chandan
- May Day 2005
Documentaries
- The Music of Satyajit Ray 1984
- Debrata Biswas 1983
- Mukti Chai 1977
- Sunilo Sagore(On The Life of Sunil Gangopadhyay)
Writer
- The Music of Satyajit Ray (documentary) 1984
- Chokh (screenplay / story) 1983
Composer
- Chokh 1983
Music director
- Chhaturtha Panipather Juddha 1995
Awards
- Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 28th National Film Awards in 1980 for Maina Tadanta
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh
- National Film Award for Best Direction at the 30th National Film Awards in 1982 for Chokh
- Berlin International Film Festival OCIC Award in 1983 for Chokh
- National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film at the 32nd National Film Awards in 1984 for Music of Satyajit Ray.
See also
References
- ^ Some Alumni of Scottish Church College in 175th Year Commemoration Volume. Scottish Church College, April 2008, page 591
External links
- Calcuttaweb Utpalendu Chakrabarty
- Utpalendu Chakrabarty at IMDb
- On The Music of Satyajit Ray
- On Chokh
- On Debshishu
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Categories:
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Bengali writers
- Bengali film directors
- Indian male screenwriters
- Indian documentary filmmakers
- Scottish Church College alumni
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Best Director National Film Award winners
- Film directors from Kolkata
- 20th-century Indian film directors
- 21st-century Indian film directors
- Indian television directors
- Screenwriters from Kolkata
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Director whose film won the Best Debut Feature Film National Film Award
- Directors who won the Best Feature Film National Film Award